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Originally Posted by Praxeas
Amen. I have been making that point now for a while, but he keeps blowing off my posts. He has a limited view of what it means to gather as a church......but the fact is the bible says where two or more are gathered "there will I be in the midst"...Jesus did not say "if they are gathered ONLY for the purpose of teaching lessons"....
Churches gathered for many reasons according to the word. They prayed. They taught. They used the gifts to edify. They worshipped. They prayed for each other. They ministered to visitors or unbelievers. And they even made important church decisions like doctrinal issues and excommunicating a member
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Praxaeus, you can play on words all you wish.. of course we are all the church.... but when you go to church this Sunday... are you not at the GATHERING of the SAINTS? That is the CHURCH I am referring to.
In the NT we see many instances of them gathering on the first day of the week for their weekly instructions in the WORD.. we see nothing more than the teaching of Gods Word.. the doctrines......
again in perfect order.. he game the five fold minsitry not for the HYPING of the SAINTS or the REACHING of the SINNER but for one purpose "the perfecting of the saints"
I'll never know why we use the local sanctuary as the place to reach sinners.. that is sooo backwards... the local church in the NT was NEVER USED for the evangelization of sinners.. but rather the maturing and training of the saints.. so the saints my go out and "do the work of the ministry" which is the spreading of the gospel
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