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[Songs in the Night - July 19] < >
God...hath made us able ministers of the New Testament. II Corinthians 3:5, 6
OUR position is that of ambassadors for God, explaining
to men his mercy and his provision of the
New Covenant, through which all may be blessed and
recovered if they will.
So many as receive our message
with joy and turn from sin to follow our Lord may
be invited to become members of the body of Christ,
the body of Messiah, the body of the Mediator, the
body of the great Prophet, the body of the great
Priest, the body of the great King of the millennial
age.
So, then, we are ministers of the New Covenant
in that we are laying down our lives in its
service, in its interest, although it is not yet a covenant,
but merely a promise.
We are not only laying down
our lives, but seeking out fellow-members of the body
of the Anointed One and assisting them in the laying
down of their lives, under the assurance that these better
sacrifices will soon be finished and their application
be made by our glorious Head, and we with him in
glory. Z'09-51 R4332:2 (Hymn 148)