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  EPISTLE 164
  by George Fox
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of gathering together as
believers in the power of the Lord God, being established in the life
and power of God, and being a blessing to others.

Topics: "Community in Christ", "Faith and Worship"
Scripture References: Matthew 18:20, 2 Corinthians 2:15, Colossians 1:18, Hebrews 2:14, Hebrews 10:24-25, 1 John 3:8

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George Fox emphasizes the importance of gathering in the power of the
Lord, encouraging believers to meet regularly and provoke one another to
love and good works. He stresses that true edification, life, and peace
come from being united in Christ, who is the head of the church and the
source of eternal life. Fox urges the community to be established in
their faith, demonstrating a steadfastness that reflects God's glory and
serves as a blessing to others. He reassures them that their worship and
truth are already found in Christ, who overcomes all that causes
suffering. Ultimately, he calls for a deep connection with the Lord, who
reigns above all and provides life everlasting.

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CONTENT
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My dear friends,--Keep your meetings in the power of the Lord God, in
which ye may all feel life eternal among you. And do not forsake the
assembling of yourselves together [Heb 10:25], but provoke one another
to love [Heb 10:24], in which is edification, life, peace, truth, and
dominion; in which ye may feel the blessing of God covering you, ye
dwelling in the same. And so, meet together in the name of the Lord
Jesus Christ [Mat 18:20], whose gathering is above the gatherings of the
sons and daughters of Adam in the fall, and will stand when they are all
gone . . . . And so, in that the Lord God Almighty preserve you all to
his glory; that to the Lord God  ye may be a blessing in your
generation, and a good savour to God [2 Cor 2:15], and in the hearts of
all people.

That none may say, ye are an unstayed, unestablished, or a fickle
people, and have your religion, truth, and worship to seek; but that ye
have it already, and are established in the life and power of God, and
in his worship, church, and religion, which Christ is the head and the
life of [Col 1:18], (which destroyeth the devil and his works [Heb
2:14/1 Jn 3:8],) who is the pasture of life, who was before death was.
And so, feel him set over all that, which makes to suffer, who was
before it was, and will remain when it is gone: and so, feel the top-
stone over all laid, and Christ to reign.

G. F.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/george-fox/epistle-164/
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