In Your Measures, Wait
The sermon emphasizes the importance of taking heed to the Measure of the Life of God, which guides us to righteousness, peace, and godliness.
George Fox preaches about the importance of being guided by the life of God within each individual, leading their minds to the source of Light, Life, Virtue, Strength, and Nourishment, in order to be kept from darkness and confusion. He emphasizes the need to heed the measure of Light within to be guided to the Father of Life, enabling everyone to experience the glory in the face of Christ Jesus. By cultivating qualities like Peace, Patience, Righteousness, Temperance, and Godliness, individuals can grow in brotherly kindness and unity, avoiding strife, sects, and divisions, allowing only the Light of God to rule among them.
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FRIENDS every where, to the Measure of the Life of God in you all take heed, that with it your Minds may be guided up to the Living God, from whence Light and Life doth come, and Vertue, and Strength, and Nourishment; so that with the Life ye may be kept from that which vails, and clouds and darkens, where the Mist of Darkness cometh over you.
Wherefore to the Measure of Light take heed, that with it all your Minds may be guided up to the Father of Life, from whence Life cometh; that the Knowledge of the Glory in the Face of Christ Jesus, ye may all come to enjoy.
So that in Peace, Patience, Righteousness and Temperance and Godliness ye may be kept, and all grow up in brotherly Kindness; and be kept from that which causeth Strife, and Sects, and Divisions; so that nothing may rule but the Light of God among you. . . . So, all having a Light from Christ Jesus, the Righteousness of God, he is the Way to the Father, whom God gave for a Covenant of Light, Life and Peace.
Therefore every one in your Measures wait, that ye may see him, and come to witness the Covenant of Life and Peace with God, receiving his Gift, Christ Jesus, the Son and Mediator.
Sermon Outline
- The Measure of the Life of God
- The Importance of the Measure of Light
- Growing in Godliness and Brotherly Kindness
- Waiting in Our Measures
- Seeing Christ Jesus
- Receiving the Covenant of Life and Peace
Key Quotes
“Wherefore to the Measure of Light take heed, that with it all your Minds may be guided up to the Father of Life, from whence Life cometh;” — George Fox
“So, all having a Light from Christ Jesus, the Righteousness of God, he is the Way to the Father, whom God gave for a Covenant of Light, Life and Peace.” — George Fox
“Therefore every one in your Measures wait, that ye may see him, and come to witness the Covenant of Life and Peace with God, receiving his Gift, Christ Jesus, the Son and Mediator.” — George Fox
Application Points
- Take heed to the Measure of Light in your life to be guided by the Living God.
- Waiting in our measures allows us to see Christ Jesus and receive the covenant of life and peace with God.
- Be ruled by the light of God to avoid strife and sects, and instead grow in godliness and brotherly kindness.