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NASB | Acts 2:42 They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 2:42 They were continually and faithfully devoting themselves to the instruction of the apostles, and to fellowship, to eating meals together and to prayers. |
Subject: Do we have to have only one pastor, one |
Bible Note: Dear Bereaniam - Many have found themselves in circumstances not unlike yours. I am one of them, having been a member of a church for a great number of years that slowly drifted off into apostasy. A decade ago my wife and I, after much prayer, felt led to quit this church and go to another. And never in our Christian experience have we been so richly blessed as a result of the move. ...... There are no easy answers, but I believe there is one sure answer: prayer. Pray today, pray tomorrow, and keep on praying for God's infallible guidance! Churches left and right are falling away. Cults are springing up like mushrooms, the infamous and heretical Word-of-Faith movement is injecting its venom into many congregations and their leadership, and secular humanism in a myriad of forms is manifesting itself more and more vigorously. The task of finding a church that truly believes the Bible and preaches the gospel of Jesus Christ is becoming increasingly difficult, but by no means impossible. God is sovereign! ....... Not knowing all the details that surround your situation, it would be both fatuous and presumptuous -- and utterly useless -- to attempt to suggest any specific remedy, save this one: "Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man. Trust in the Lord and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths." (Proverbs 3:3-6). ..... And don't forget to pray! --Hank |