The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 223
THE CHURCH OF CHRIST the difference.
The King
us in the ordinary or in an extraordinary way.
Zacharias
charge of your Sender?
may send was a
This makes
priest of the course of Abijah
ald of Christ
this
;
all
but his son John was the her-
by extraordinary revelation.
right of succession
But
183
makes no
;
The Levite served by
the prophet because he
difference
;
was chosen
called in the one
the office remains the same, so long as
we have
way
of God.
or the other,
the assurance that
King Jesus has called and ordained us. For this reason our fathers devoutly spoke of an office of all believers. In Christ's Church there are not merely a few officials and a mass of idle, unworthy subjects, but every believer has a calling, a task, a vital charge. And inasmuch as we are convinced that we perform the task because the King has laid it upon us not for oureven from the motive of philanthropy, but to serve the Church, to this extent has our work an official character, altho the world denies us the honor. selves, nor
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Bekijk de hele uitgave van maandag 1 januari 1900
Abraham Kuyper Collection | 704 Pagina's
Bekijk de hele uitgave van maandag 1 januari 1900
Abraham Kuyper Collection | 704 Pagina's