Corporate Repentance - Robert J. Wieland

ightness of your rising" (Isaiah 60:2, 3).
Marvelous will be the results when the church
learns to feel for the world as Christ feels for it.
The Head cannot say to the feet, "I have no need of
you" (1 Corinthians 12:21). This is why "God has
set … in the church" the various gifts of His Spirit.
The church becomes His efficient "body" in
expressing Himself to the world in the same way
that a healthy person expresses through his
physical members the thoughts and intent of his
mind. All gifts will lead to the "more excellent
way," which is agape.
The world and the vast universe beyond will
watch with wonder. The final demonstration of the
fruits of Christ's sacrifice will bring the great
controversy to a triumphant close. In a profound
sense hardly dreamed of by the pioneers, a work
will be done in the hearts of God's people that is
parallel to and consistent with the cleansing of the
sanctuary in Heaven. Thus it will be "cleansed,"
justified, set right before the universe.
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