Unity Among Different Nationalities
“If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.” “Whosoever
drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the
water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up
into everlasting life.”
John 7:37
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4:14
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If, with these promises before us, we choose to remain parched and
withered for want of the water of life, it is our own fault. If we would
come to Christ with the simplicity of a child coming to its earthly
parents, and ask for the things that he has promised, believing that we
receive them, we should have them. If all of us had exercised the faith
we should, we would have been blessed with far more of the Spirit of
God in our meetings than we have yet received. I am glad that a few
days of the meeting still remain. Now the question is, Will we come
to the fountain and drink? Will the teachers of truth set the example?
God will do great things for us, if we by faith take him at his word. Oh
that we might here see a general humbling of the heart before God!
Since these meetings began, I have felt urged to dwell much upon
love and faith. This is because you need this testimony. Some who
have entered these missionary fields have said, “You do not understand
the French people; you do not understand the Germans. They have to
be met in just such a way.” But, I inquire, does not God understand
them? Is it not he who gives his servants a message for the people?
He knows just what they need; and if the message comes directly from
him through his servants to the people, it will accomplish the work
whereunto it is sent; it will make all one in Christ. Though some
are decidedly French, others decidedly German, and others decidedly
American, they will be just as decidedly Christ-like.
The Jewish temple was built of hewn stones quarried out of the
mountains; and every stone was fitted for its place in the temple, hewed,
polished, and tested, before it was brought to Jerusalem. And when
all were brought to the ground, the building went together without
the sound of ax or hammer. This building represents God’s spiritual
temple, which is composed of material gathered out of every nation,
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