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Last Updated on : October 11, 2014

 

 

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The Bedside Watchman

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WITHOUT PARTIALITY

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A mistake which is made by many brethren and sisters is to value one meeting above another. There is certainly some degree of difference between them, but it should not affect our response to them. What does need emphasising is that each meeting is a particular function of the household or family of God.On a Sunday morning the family recalls the sacrifice of its Lord; a sacrifice which he lovingly suffered for it. On a Sunday evening the family joins to witness to the power of his Name and Kingdom; and on a week-night it pursues its study of God's ways and purposes as revealed in His Word. In fact, the Bible class, especially in the case of young brethren and sisters, fulfils their need. Each meeting, then, should not be an individual choice, but a family pursuit which increases and enlivens the spirit of fellowship.The fact that the largest attendance is on a Sunday morning and the lowest is at mid-week Bible Class shows shocking partiality in our response to what should be a happy spiritual family expression of love and devotion to God's will and to one another. Paul urged young Timothy to "do nothing by partiality" and James wrote that the wisdom that is from above is "without partiality" and we all need to think very seriously not only about our attitude to another, but to our meetings.

JOHN MARSHALL, The New Life, pages 53-54

 

 


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