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I gained abundant joy! Sure there's suffering but Jesus takes you through it! And the joy you get is abundant!

HALLELUJAH! I've been praying about this!

Dear God, let me draw near to you with a true heart! 💙 I need You Lord! Thank you for helping me God!

Jesus never told his disciples so start congregations as we know them today. He never instructed his disciples to do worship concerts and lectures on a Sunday morning and a bible study on Wednesday. He never taught them how to run a pre-planned meeting or a Sunday school. In fact the early believers mostly met in private for about 300 years. When they got together they had very informal gatherings usually over a meal instead of following an agenda at a formal pre-planned meeting. They were concerned about sharing life with each other, and that's the context in which Hebrews 10 was written. What we see a lot today is that believers have had enough of superficial religious traditions and obligations. But they are hungry for Jesus and for his kingdom, and they are hungry for deep relationships with like-minded fellow believers. And they usually find that outside of Sunday morning gatherings and old traditions. They meet in homes, or in a Coffee house, or around a campfire, or at a hike. They share life togther. They don’t care so much about Church buildings but they care about Jesus and about each other. Even spiritual gifts and the five-fold ministry function well in this relational setting. In fact they were given in the context of a very similar setting in the first place.

@Bonno1974

10 ай бұрын

Finally... Thankyou! Bless you!

i trusted he could catch me AMEN

Thank you Lord for this message!

It’s the voices between the verses that keeps the pews full. Ancient Christian Proverb.🤪

Thank you for this encouragement❤️

Online fellowship can leave you empty-handed if you don’t have no one too fellowship with

@gedankenvoll7478

Жыл бұрын

True. But at the same time attending weekly church services can leave you empty- handed as well. In fact Jesus never told his disciples to run a pre-planned meeting on a Sunday morning like a Worship concert and a lecture or perform some weekly ritual. Such formal meetings demand conformity and people have to cooperate and relationships become less important. You can attend such formal meetings for many years, even small formal meetings, without getting to know or caring for others in the group. Or even worse: you can have a conflict with someone in the group and not deal with it for years. The New Testament church was very different from what we call church today. Believers mostly met in a very private setting for about 300 years. When they got together they had very informal gatherings usually over a meal instead of following a certain agenda at a formal pre-planned meeting. A lot of believers would even meet on a daily basis and the focus was on relationships and not performing a certain ritual or following a pre-planned agenda. I think we need to understand that in our time where we are driven by all sorts of church growth strategies and new ideas that come up every now and then.

I agree that we should be in community, but what does going to church have to do with "worship"?

I was a member op The Church op Christ but many scripture are twisted Yahushua did not die on a friday nor rose on a sunday Dan 9; 26-27 Matt;12;38-41 Matt 28 ;1 die on wednesday rose on shabbath shalom