p. 3 | Meeting in His Name by John Norton Loughborough

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Dec 1, 1914

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 41, No. 47.

Meeting in His Name

By John Norton Loughborough

"If two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of My Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them." Matt. 18:19, 20.

What is it to gather together in His name? That may appear as we study the revelation of His name. Reading of His dealing with Moses, we get His name: "And the Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord. And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin." Ex. 34:5-7.

Gathering together in His name is coming together believing "that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him" (Heb. 11:6); gathering together with the mind impressed that we are coming to One who has benefits to bestow, and that He has an appointment to be there with us, and to bestow upon us the benefits implied in His name. This truly would be gathering in His name. Coming thus to the house of prayer, life and power may be realized by us. Otherwise the failure is our own, in not claiming what is our privilege. J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.