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Then
I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw
seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the seven lampstands One
like the Son of Man...
In
our time we have all kinds of status symbols in the Christian
church—membership, attendance, pastoral staff, missionary offerings. But
there is only one status symbol that should make a Christian
congregation genuinely glad. That is to know that our Lord is present,
walking in our midst!...
No
matter the size of the assembly or its other attributes, our Lord wants
it to be known by His presence in the midst. I would rather have His
presence in the church than anything else in all the wide world.
Hearing
the proud manner in which some speak of the high dollar cost of their
sanctuaries must lead people to suppose that spirituality can be
purchased. But the secret of true spiritual worship is to discern and
know the presence of the living Christ in our midst....
The
Christian church dares not settle for anything less than the
illumination of the Holy Spirit and the presence of our divine Prophet,
Priest and King in our midst. Let
us never be led into the mistake that so many are making—sighing and
saying, 'Oh, if we only had bigger, wiser men in our pulpits! Oh, if we
only had more important men in places of Christian leadership' Jesus Is Victor, 59-60,63.
"Lord,
I pray that I might never deviate from that significant thought: 'I
would rather have His presence in the church than anything else in all
the wide world.' May that be my prayer this morning. Amen."
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