Section 5
our body presented, our soul transformed, our mind renewed, our spirit burning, and our gifts exercised. Thus, at the end of Romans 13, the church life has been portrayed and the Christian life adequately defined.
RECEIVING THE SAINTS
However, there is still a great need. We must take care of the matter of receiving the saints. In the matter of receiving the saints, we need to exer cise the discernment which is derived from the practicing of the church life and the living of a normal Christian life. If we are unclear about receiving the believers, we shall damage the church life and cut it into pieces. We shall resem ble a person who, in so many details, takes care of his physical body, but is negligent about a partic ular matter which can cause death. If we are not careful about receiving the saints, the church will be mutilated. During the more than forty years I have been in the church life, I have met a good number of dear saints who proclaimed that they had seen the Body, but who, after a short time, be came divisive over doctrine, damaged the church, and cut themselves off from the fellowship of the church. Therefore, I say that we must be very care ful about properly receiving the believers.