I think anyone would say the local Church is Gods plan. I believe in Church fellowship. It is being said here on AFF that I refuse to attend a Church because of having a beard and wanting to keep it. This is false. Altho I am passionate about the freedom to wear a beard it is the least issue in me choosing a Church.
I am hit always with warnings about being lost for not going to Church. But are THEY attending a Church Fellowship? Lets examine this.
What is Church? Well first off the Church is PEOPLE. Those who have the Spirit of God living in them. In this aspect of truth one need not go somewhere to be part of the Church. If you are in Christ and he in you your in the Church.
The next aspect is going to Church or we might say assembling with saints. This is very important. Do we submit ourselves to any group that claims to be a Church?
1 Tim. 3:14-15
14These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly: 15But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is
the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
The Apostle defines the local Church as
the pillar and ground of the truth.
So how much false doctrine are local Churches allowed to teach and still be a "Church"?
Are our souls truly safe if we are submitted to Pastors or Preachers who teach a false and perverted foundation?
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