'For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him,
being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church,
to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas;
namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:'
(Act 15:21-22)
Hello
@Hekuran,
I understand why you should feel this way in response to my entry, but I believe that worship takes place within the heart, in spirit and in truth, and the making of melody in the heart to God. It does not require a building or the presence of others. In fact I find that the presence of others can be a hindrance to worship.
The congregations of the early church met within the local synagogue, where the word of God was read openly, for that was their only means of hearing it. As for Paul, by the time he wrote his last epistle, to Timothy, his instruction was very much to the individual believer and not believers en mass.
Within the love of Christ our Saviour,
Chris
if I may, I will take it a little bit further. The visible church the institution that consist in this modern day world is a combine mixture of "Nominal christians and True Born from Above Christians". "goats and sheep" "Devils and Saints" in which are member of one another either in the same building. or as The whole body of "The Institutionalization of All Combine churches" which is mixture of all kinds of "Fishes" in a net that was drawn up from The SEA"
[ It Is Adulterated]
Now There Is The Congregation that Christ is Building. "One Body of Believer" who are actually "BORN of GOD" a real birth and not a confession of believeth, a actual Birth. They are "BORN" in another "Sphere" but they are here on earth, And how can that be explain, it cannot be explain it is A work of GOD himself, And it cannot be explain, Just like Jesus Told "Nicodemus" don't even think about it, it cannot be explain!
So The Congregation of GOD cannot be Explain and we are all together for real, everyone from the Day of Pentecost we have fellowship with everyone right now all who have been born again, but those who are alive right now,
many are not abiding in "The Vine" by some type of sins, of committing or the sins of omissions, or both. if they concentrate on Obedience and clean them selves up, by washing them selves with the
"Unadulterated Word of GOD" daily, For the Holy Spirit" job also is to show us our sins by using the word of GOD in which we read daily and grow in grace, for grace reveals our faults to us personally, then they will "Experience The
True "Koinonia" and not the fake fellowship of the combine group of saints, and devils, and demons, Vipers, and snakes and wolves and witches who all come together for practicing all kinds of witchcraft, using Bible verses as potions and spells for healing and blessing and making wishes, and all kinds of Chantings to make something come true, strips of verses in the cars and shoes and drawers and hanging in their houses and repeating these spells day by day, nothing but witchcraft spells and Potions, and having fellowship with those who do. and approve these people. they can never have True "Koinonia" although "Born again" they have broken fellowship with The true "Congregation" of Christ. and you can never convince,
because they are learning and Never coming the
"Knowledge In "THE TRUTH" because they are outside of
"The TRUTH" and so GOD the Father have turn them over to them selves. {and they cannot do without the company of the institutional Church and those members of all kinds of fish, they are comfortable with the atmosphere of such a mixture of Pollutions. like the drug addict gets separated from His drugs after a time, They get lonely and mis that atmosphere with some much
" antsy" and they think that is normal and the christians way with the way of the Bible.
Note: I did not say they have been "Condemn" but their response automatically would be "Now there is no
Condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus" { and I never even mention condemnation, but they are blind in a way and they do not know the difference between "Condemnation and The many Kind of Judgments" that there are in 'The Word of GOD.' because they are not "Abiding in Christ "and they thing they are abiding in Christ. Some never have abided in Him, but have received the Holy Spirit but has never Recognized him as
"The LORD of Their LIFE"and do not even know what that means, and all of this, is strange language to them.
"for it is By grace are you saved and not of Yourselves"
