Happy Lord's Day!
Happy First Day of the week. I sure hope that you are making time to assemble with other followers of Christ Jesus to sing hymns and praises to God together, to sit and listen to the preaching of God’s Holy Bible, and to give reverence to God at the beginning of the week.
It is scriptural to congregate with other believers of God weekly. The assembly of ourselves together is found in Genesis to Revelation; this includes the Pentateuch, Prophets, Psalms, the four Gospels, and the epistles.
Be sure to congregate with a church that resembles as much as possible what is found in the Bible: not just teaching the Bible, but also preaching and exalting the name of Jesus Christ. Not just celebrating in song, but also singing hymns, psalms, and spiritual songs. Not just speaking about repentance, but humbling ourselves in actions of repentance and good works.
If a church doesn't want you... that's alright. Pity them, pray for them, and shake the dust off your feet; then find a church that does want you. If someone doesn't want you, remember there is always someone else who will take you.
We are commanded: “let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching” (Hebrews 10:24-25).
Our Savior exemplified on many occasions in the four Gospels the necessity of congregating with other believers, such as in Luke 2, Matthew 21, and John 2. Specifically in Luke 4:16-21, the scriptures tell us, “And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, AS HIS CUSTOM WAS, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day and stood up to read….”
So, if our Lord had the custom to go to the temple, then today we too should have the custom to meet together with other believers at the local churchhouse. Meet together with other believers weekly, regularly, at the churchhouse. It’s not just commanded; it's not just exemplified; it's not just told about; it's one of the biggest blessings you receive and give to others in your week.
Happy First Day of the week. I sure hope that you are making time to assemble with other followers of Christ Jesus to sing hymns and praises to God together, to sit and listen to the preaching of God’s Holy Bible, and to give reverence to God at the beginning of the week.
It is scriptural to congregate with other believers of God weekly. The assembly of ourselves together is found in Genesis to Revelation; this includes the Pentateuch, Prophets, Psalms, the four Gospels, and the epistles.
Be sure to congregate with a church that resembles as much as possible what is found in the Bible: not just teaching the Bible, but also preaching and exalting the name of Jesus Christ. Not just celebrating in song, but also singing hymns, psalms, and spiritual songs. Not just speaking about repentance, but humbling ourselves in actions of repentance and good works.
If a church doesn't want you... that's alright. Pity them, pray for them, and shake the dust off your feet; then find a church that does want you. If someone doesn't want you, remember there is always someone else who will take you.
We are commanded: “let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching” (Hebrews 10:24-25).
Our Savior exemplified on many occasions in the four Gospels the necessity of congregating with other believers, such as in Luke 2, Matthew 21, and John 2. Specifically in Luke 4:16-21, the scriptures tell us, “And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, AS HIS CUSTOM WAS, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day and stood up to read….”
So, if our Lord had the custom to go to the temple, then today we too should have the custom to meet together with other believers at the local churchhouse. Meet together with other believers weekly, regularly, at the churchhouse. It’s not just commanded; it's not just exemplified; it's not just told about; it's one of the biggest blessings you receive and give to others in your week.
