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Harmony, March 17
Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There
is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your
calling.
Ephesians 4:3, 4
.
The Holy Spirit will work with the consecrated human instrument; for
this is God’s purpose. God has opened a door between heaven and earth,
which no power can close. He calls upon every human being to be pure,
holy, sanctified, in order that the work for this time may be accomplished.
When God’s people place themselves in proper relation to Him and to one
another, there will be a full impartation of the Holy Spirit for the harmonious
combination of the whole body.
Nothing so manifestly weakens a church as disunion and strife. Nothing
so wars against Christ and the truth as this spirit. “By their fruits ye shall
know them” (
Matthew 7:20
). “Doth a fountain send forth at the same place
sweet water and bitter? Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries?
either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh. Who is
a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? Let him shew out of a
good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom” (
James 3:11-13
).
“Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; and
make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of
the way; but let it rather be healed. Follow peace with all men, and holiness,
without which no man shall see the Lord: looking diligently lest any man fail
of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and
thereby many be defiled” (
Hebrews 12:12-15
).
As long as we are in this world we must be linked with one another.
Humanity is interlaced and interwoven with humanity. As Christians we are
members one of another. The Lord has made us thus, and when disappoint-
ments come, we are not to think the worse of one another. We are individual
members of the general body. In helplessness and disappointment we are
fighting the battles of life, and the Lord designs us, as His sons and daughters,
whom He calls His friends, to help one another. This is to be a part of our
practical Christian work.—
The Signs of the Times, February 7, 1900
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