Bible Question: So Do i continue going,or do i just make my own time with God at Home? and hope to one day find some true belivers out there. |
Bible Answer: Dear maricjess, Do both... neglect neither! "By God's all-wise appointment, our assemblies are the food and the nourishment of our souls. It is the main way whereby we publicly identify with Christ and His Gospel. We evidence our love for Christ by our loyalty and support of one another in opposition to all false worship. Many things will rise up in competition to the diligent attendance of our assemblies. We must recognize and refuse to give in to anything that is opposed to what Christ commands. The total falling away of a graceless professor always begins with this neglect, this disassociation with God's people." --John Owen "The way to benefit fully from the Spirit’s ministry of illumination is by serious Bible study, serious prayer, and serious response in obedience to whatever truths one has been shown already. This corresponds to Luther’s dictum that three things make a theologian [and every believer is a theologian!]: oratio (prayer), meditatio (thinking in God’s presence about the text), and tentatio (trial, the struggle for biblical fidelity in the face of pressure to disregard what Scripture says)." (from Concise Theology: A Guide to Historic Christian Beliefs) By the way, if you are serious in your effort to find a good church, the following book is available online: "Nine Marks of a Healthy Church" by Dr. Mark Dever. http://marks.9marks.org/ In Him, Doc |