Post by Lee on Feb 17, 2014 2:12:19 GMT
Moses commanded the Israelites to bring pure oil olive beaten for the light,
to cause the lamps in the Tabernacle to burn continuously. So the Ecclesia
itself, the true Lightstand, must be fed with the pure Word of God continually,
no mixture of any kind is at all permissible. If it is1 not kept absolutely
pure, the lamp burns low, flickers, and goes out, and He who holds the Ecclesia
in His right hand removes the lampstand out of its place.
Paul's command to Timothy, "Keep thyself pure," is the order which is
written upon the portals of the Ecclesia, and especially is it applicable to
matters of doctrine. It is but a step from doctrine to manner of life, from
precept to practice. Men live their creeds. Their inner springs of action,
their true characters, are proclaimed in their deeds.
"By their fruits ye shall know them." If these be evil, the Ecclesia will be
forced to pronounce them so. After it has patiently endeavored to rectify
them, and has failed, then it must declare itself separated from the individual
who cannot be reclaimed; but all in the spirit of meekness. No judicial act
of condemnation is embodied in the step. It is merely a standing aside from
evil doing, which cannot be approved. — Christadelphian, 1885.
to cause the lamps in the Tabernacle to burn continuously. So the Ecclesia
itself, the true Lightstand, must be fed with the pure Word of God continually,
no mixture of any kind is at all permissible. If it is1 not kept absolutely
pure, the lamp burns low, flickers, and goes out, and He who holds the Ecclesia
in His right hand removes the lampstand out of its place.
Paul's command to Timothy, "Keep thyself pure," is the order which is
written upon the portals of the Ecclesia, and especially is it applicable to
matters of doctrine. It is but a step from doctrine to manner of life, from
precept to practice. Men live their creeds. Their inner springs of action,
their true characters, are proclaimed in their deeds.
"By their fruits ye shall know them." If these be evil, the Ecclesia will be
forced to pronounce them so. After it has patiently endeavored to rectify
them, and has failed, then it must declare itself separated from the individual
who cannot be reclaimed; but all in the spirit of meekness. No judicial act
of condemnation is embodied in the step. It is merely a standing aside from
evil doing, which cannot be approved. — Christadelphian, 1885.