The Holy Spirit has only one Center —Christ — for His people, to whom they should gather. All other centers are of men. All believers have the Lord’s presence with them individually because they are indwelt by the Holy Spirit, yet the indwelling of the Spirit, most blessed as it is, is not a public testimony to the oneness of the body.
Think of this, dear fellow-believer, Christ has promised His presence in the midst of the assembly where the Holy Spirit has gathered Christ’s saints together unto His name in separation from evil. An assembly in a place represents the whole body in that place and manifests the one body.
It is a comfort that the gathering of just two or three is mentioned. God is no doubt making provision for these last days of the Church’s history on earth when such ruin has come in. But the ruin does not take away privilege or responsibility, for the testimony (two is adequate testimony) of the one body may continue.
Is there a higher privilege than this one? I know of nothing else like it — a divine Person gathering His people to a divine center to worship the Father in Spirit and in truth.