An Epistle to Friends 2
The sermon emphasizes the importance of maintaining faith in God's power and love, and having fellowship with one another through the blood of Jesus Christ.
Margaret Fell delivers a powerful message to her beloved brethren and sisters, urging them to stand firm in the power and life of God, emphasizing the unbreakable bond of peace in the everlasting covenant and the inseparable love of Jesus Christ. She prays for God to wash and cleanse them from all sin, enabling fellowship in eternal light and life. Margaret entrusts them to the eternal power of God's Word and His saving grace, ensuring their souls' preservation and union with Him.
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An Epistle To Friends, 1659
My Dearly Beloved Brethren and Sisters, in the everlasting truth, and eternal love, and power of an endless life, into which we were begotten, and have been nursed up, and kept in, as living stones growing up in the temple of the living God; the same power and arm is present with you, and owns you; therefore keep in it, and let your faith stand in the power and life of God in every particular; and in that book of life will you read me near, as if present, in the everlasting covenant and bond of peace, which is never to be broke; and in that love of jesus Christ, which none can separate us from, height nor depth, life nor death. The eternal God keep you, who brought again our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead, through the blood of the everlasting covenant; and by His blood wash you, and cleanse you from all sin, and all that would separate from God; that you may have fellowship one with another in the eternal light and life, and there I leave you; and to the Word of His eternal power I commit you, and commend you to His eternal Arm, which is able to save your souls, and keep you up to Himself.
M.F.
Sermon Outline
- The Presence of God's Power
- We were begotten and kept in the power of an endless life
- This power is present with us and owns us
Key Quotes
“The eternal God keep you, who brought again our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead, through the blood of the everlasting covenant;” — Margaret Fell
“In that love of jesus Christ, which none can separate us from, height nor depth, life nor death.” — Margaret Fell
“The same power and arm is present with you, and owns you;” — Margaret Fell
Application Points
- We must keep our faith standing in the power and life of God in every particular.
- We can have fellowship with one another in the eternal light and life through the blood of Jesus Christ.
- We must not let anything separate us from God's love and power.