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NASB | Hebrews 10:25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 10:25 not forsaking our meeting together [as believers for worship and instruction], as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more [faithfully] as you see the day [of Christ's return] approaching. |
Subject: Can we worship outside of our community? |
Bible Note: Yes differently you want a Bible believing but I think there are people that travel for all the wrong reasons. They travel to follow a pastor, friends etc. I know a church that brags that it has people from 50 miles away. While that may certainly attest to good teaching, it may also be the result of heresy and false teaching that tickles the ear and draws many today. In the case of this church the people that travel that far are passing no less than 10 excellent churches. The real problem comes with children when you live so far from the church most people only participate in Sunday services and their children don’t get plugged in or feel a part of the group since they probably attend different schools, which means different friends, teachers, and problems. I have seen many faithful families attend this church traveling great distances and in almost all the cases they had problems with their children, mainly because they never got plugged in. Also when a crisis hit the family it was very hard for many church members to travel to their home to insure meals were prepared, baby sitting was done and such. When everything was fine the travel wasn’t a problem but when things went bad the travel compounded the problems. Had they attended their local church many of these problems would have been dealt with. I’m an advocate of attending a church near your home. That way you make friends you can have a relationship with. You can insure that needs are being met like meals being prepared if someone is in the hospital, baby sitting can be done by fellow Christians, maybe taking someone to the hospital (can’t drive or too old), also when we get older many times our license is taken and we need help getting to grocery stores and such. All of these things are usually taken care of by a local church. EdB |