Peace Communion Service

Jesus our life and righteousness is there, where perfect peace and perfect love are unchangeably known. The blood ever speaks of our title to be there. There we worship the Father, rejoicing in Christ Jesus without a cloud and without a fear, having no confidence in the flesh. There we are ever learning divine goodness, and increasingly delighting in the Father who loves us as He loved His Son, and delighting in the Son of God who also loves us and gave Himself for us. Such are some of the blessings of present fellowship with the Father and with the Son.
Communion, then, is the Christian's watchword. Our blessed Lord would have us share with Himself "the words" the divine communications which the Father gave Him. (John 17:8.) He also gives us His own peace, that calm, unperturbed state which ever flowed from confidence in the Father's love. He would have us to be without troubled hearts or fear during the whole time of His absence. He said, "Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you.... Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." John 14:27. He would have us also share His joy. He said. "These things I speak in the world, that they might have My joy fulfilled in themselves." John 17:13. As to love, His desire is that we should know that the Father loves us as He loved Him. (John 17:23, 26.) And to crown the whole, He will share His glory with us. "The glory which Thou gavest Mc I have given them." John 17:22. Oh, to be kept in the constant enjoyment of this sweet communion! H. Snell