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1 | Superior Hope | Heb 11:40 | Emmaus | 127292 | ||
The Body of Christ is the Church, which means Assembly from the Greek Eklesia. How can one be in Christ and not be in the Assembly, which we are told not to forsake, for the obvious reason that we would be forsaking the Body of Christ? 1 Cor 12 is all about the parts of the Body of Christ. Is not the body together and connected? Can a family thrive or even survive as a real family if the husband and the wife and the children do not come together but are merely ships passing in the night or ships entering and leaving the port at different times? This seems so obvious even in the natural, let alone the examples in the scripture and the consatnt practice of the Church from the time of Jesus and his disciples. It is plain common sense, whether an explicit law or not. Where I come from it is also Church law. Emmaus |
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2 | Superior Hope | Heb 11:40 | Ancient | 127298 | ||
Hey Emmaus, You always post good things, with good sound judgment. I don't disagree with what you're saying. I never did. I think it is a good idea to go to church. My argument has never been that you should not go, but that it is not a commandment. If you make it a law, you put yourself under the law, sin is identified, it revives, and you die. Also, as you say, the Body of Christ is the Church. We, the living members, are all the building stones of the house of God, built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ being the chief cornerstone. Jesus said that where two or three are gathered, there he is in their midst. My real question concerning church and commandment is, when did the fellowship of two or three become inadequate? Why does someone now need a preacher and a full congregation of worshippers instead of just two or three together? Aside from the statement of Jesus, we do not otherwise have any parameters to this "command" to go to church. An assembling, in my estimation by scripture, need not consist of any more than two. Again, going to church is good, but I see no reason to make it a command until your lack of attendance starts to bring harm to others. Ancient |
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3 | Superior Hope | Heb 11:40 | Emmaus | 127305 | ||
Even Jesus called 12 and 10 men is the minimum for a the Jewish congregation. I never recall two people being described as congregating or being decribed as congregation. This all sounds like an authority issue to me. I gather you wish to be the authority, at least as far as yourself is concerned. Personally, that inclination has always led me into trouble. As I recall Jesus did establish a hierarchy in his Church. I have never trusted a man in authority who did not recognize and obey the authority above him. I trust even less a man who does not want to recognize any authority over him. In the civil community the prisons are full of such. I have visited friends there. And those who haven't found there way there yet create mischief and trouble in the community until they do. There are spiritual analogies to be drawn from this. But I see no promising future to your line of reasoning. For me. It does not pass the test of common sense. Kind of like the "victimless crime" argument, which is an oxymoron. Emmaus |
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4 | Superior Hope | Heb 11:40 | Ancient | 127314 | ||
Emmaus, Jesus is the one that said "two or three gathered," and that "He would be in their midst." The Jewish congregation, is the Jewish congregation, not the Christian congregation. The 12 people called, is recognized by many as pertaining to one "disicple" for each of the tribes of Israel. As for heirarchy and authority, Jesus said to call no man "Master," for one is our master, even God our Father. I think you are splitting hairs with me at this point. Ancient |
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