Obviously in a paper like this it is not possible to deal fully with all the issues involved in church life. But as we seek the truth in GOD'S Word, the HOLY SPIRIT delights to show us more. The Apostle Paul stated the two‑fold wonder of GOD'S blessings to the human race:
"Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of CHRIST; and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in GOD, WHO created all things by JESUS CHRIST ..." (Eph. 3:8‑9).
May the LORD help us all to enter more fully into these treasures.
1. Mt. 18:20; 1 Cor. 5:4; see Mt. 23:8 as to who the "brethren" really are — every true believer in CHRIST.
2. See 1 Cor. 1:10–15; 1 Cor. 3:3–5
3. See 1 Cor. 4:17; 7:17; 11:16; 14:33; 14:34
4. Uplook, Jan. 1998, pp. 27–28
5. F. Schaeffer, *The Church at the End of the 20th Century*, InterVarsity, 1970, p. 66
Much of this material adapted from *A Scriptural Assembly* by Andrew Stenhouse.
This information is being shared by CHRISTians gathered in the name of the LORD JESUS CHRIST.