QUESTION: Is there anything on earth about which we can say, according to the truth of God and with certainty in our own minds, "The Father worketh herein and the Son also"?
ANSWER: Most assuredly, yes. The Church of the living God is still upon earth, and that Church is the workmanship of God—is the subject of the operations of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Yes, God is working upon the earth. It is a work, too, which was counseled from everlasting, which is for God's own eternity and for Himself and His Son in that eternity. When man sees this as to the
Church, he (the renewed, saved man) will see how near he is to the work of God. Questions will surely follow to each one—questions such as, "How far do I understand God's thoughts as to the Church?”
“How far am I practically working together with God in this matter?" or "How far is my life here below, practically inconsistent with the present aim and the present object of God in His work?”
The Spirit of God dwells in a body, the Church upon earth, and that body is made responsible for the honor and the glory of the Lord. Eternal salvation to each soul individually is through faith in the Lord Jesus. But the individuals so saved were to be gathered together in each place under the present guidance, corporately, of the Holy Spirit, and be the body which is responsible for the truth and the honor of the Lord.