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THE COMMUNION OF GOODS communion ion of saintsof theAnd inasmuch as this twofold naturemust beoutward andof thecommun-illustrated to the church of Jerusalem in itsperfect unity, therefore thehadand a communionof spiritua ...
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LOVE558must be acknowledged that no other event could have stamped upon the Church the impress of mercy, which was to last throughout the ages, so long as the Church was to last, than this general division of goods, which was wrought by the powerful pressure of the waves of love and ...
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THE COMMUNION OF GOODS mountain-top, from which there glor)'-559no other perspective than theisof Christ's return.Putting that return far from our thoughts, or altogether ignorit, we can not possibly The Holy Spirit works theingunite our eternal ...
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LOVE556 bodies something ofgreater andstillessentially belongs to the tionalfirstmore sacred importance, whichChristian congregation.Interna-intercommunication was to be developed graduallytranslation of theWordof ...
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XXVII.The Communion "of Gifts.Now the isend of the commandmentcharity out of a pure heart, andof agood conscience, andunfeigned."—iTim.i.of faith5.Communion of goods in Jemsalem was a symbol. ...
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LOVE562The followingillustration willmakethis clear.AnEnglishmillionaire, well supplied with bank-notes, in an African villagereduced to beggary.finds himselfThenatives, ignorant of hiswealth and not unders ...
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THE COMMUNION OF GIFTS from theEven as Body possesses the Head, so Head and Body belong to eachthis sacred partnership flowsHead561every other blessing.possesses the Body, and thealso a mutual possession. even tho the Head has this advantage over t ...
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;THE COMMUNION OF GIFTS563name, especially adapted for his particular need, and distributes it carefully and without mistakes, so that every saint receives his own. And while thus every one partakes of Christ and of His gifts, the one Christ with His treasure is common to all ...
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LOVE564themselves best in the gracious operation of which they are the For when the Holy Spirit imparts talents and gifts, the tempter whispers in the ear that it will be for their best advantage subjects.to use these gifts forandto shinetothe bles ...
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THE SUFFERING OF LOVE567world was offended by it, could not bear it, counted it as mortal hatred; for He denied it its joys and sinful pleasures. He did not even smile when it was full of laughter, but when it begged for His applause He had only rebuke. He prevented the Jerusalem ar ...
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