Ham: solitary Christian?

Thursday, December 3, 2009
    Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552
Meditation:
    God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful. I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.
    —1 Corinthians 1:9-10 (NIV)
Quotation:
    There are many things which a person can do alone, but being a Christian is not one of them. As the Christian life is, above all things, a state of union with Christ, and of union of his followers with one another, love of the brethren is inseparable from love of God. Resentment toward any human being cannot exist in the same heart with love to God. The personal relation to Christ can only be realized when one has “come to himself” as a member of His Body, the Christian fellowship.
    ... William T. Ham, “Candles of the Lord”, in Spiritual Renewal through Personal Groups, John L. Casteel, ed., NY: Association Press, 1957, p. 169 (see the book)
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, banish all hardness in my heart towards any of Your people. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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