CHURCH MEMBERSHIP..pdf

BY REV. ASHTON OXENDEN Think not, Christian, that thou art a solitary being, standing alone in the midst of this wide world. No ; thou belongest to a great spiritual Body, which is called " the Church of God," or "the Church of Christ." Strictly speaking, those only belong to this blessed Family who are really and truly Christ's people ; who are under the influence of His grace, are led by His Spirit, and are faithfully serving Him. And of this body He himself is the living Head. Eph. i. 22, 23, V. 23; Col. i. 18. But this expression, " the Church," is often used in a much wider sense, to include all baptized persons. It is with us Christians, much as it was with the Jews of old. They, as a nation, were God's Church.