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Originally Posted by james34
Here. Is a major difference and one problem presented by livestream services.
I personally know people who never attend church(but are physically able) and I know churches who even before this pandemic, were livestreaming their services. I even chimed in on these services(as it is a church some of my sinner family is associated with and one where I preach when I'm in their area)
But as I watch these live streamed services I notice several well able people in that area chiming in and posting amens throughout. I have watched this for probably 2 if not 3 years. These people claimed christianity off and on for some years even before internet services were available. What I am noticing is that these livestream services are not impacting their lives the way being physically present would. I dont believe the same conviction power is present or it's easier to push it away when it's just on a screen and speaker. We as Christian's may pretend not to know the difference, but sinner folks do and they will take an online service where they wouldn't dare go into a church house with a live service. So what is it that makes the sinner more comfortable, if it's the same? The fear of God isnt falling in the same manner, maybe that's why some Christians are gravitating toward the livestream services themselves.
Online and virtual services seem to mostly bring about a lip service type of Christianity, that is mostly steeped in superstition if one looks closely. I know folks that wouldn't go near repentance, but they are quick to copy or share anything presented to them on social media, with the promise of a blessing. We really do folks a disfavor by going along with this virtual church stuff. It has its place, but it's not a replacement, not even close.
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Brother this is an excellent post. I think this is going to be over, but we really don't understand the impact on some members after this is over. I believe many will come back, it is not that they are having fun and places to go in a situation like this anyways. They all probably can't wait to gather with other humans as they miss it badly. During the Spanish flu, when it was over, we didn't hear of a massive exodus of people from the church, it was quite the opposite.
We need broadcasting as we need letters, they are good and anointed (that's how we got the new testament); however, I agree that it is not enough. I just hope this goes away soon.
I honestly think we should cooperate with the community and show that we care. Love is greater than faith. A good compromise is splitting large assemblies in small groups of less than 10, and assign teachers to them, and then having leaders over 50, to keep the accountability. But for that to be a feasible, there should have been already a team of teachers in place. It only takes two or three to have church.
For the practical standpoint, if you have a cluster of believers that do protect themselves sufficiently from other people outside that cluster, then they may effectively protect the cluster. And if one of them get it and pass it to the rest, then they won't contribute to overwhelm the hospital as the cluster was small to begin with.