For example, you have written somewhere that the «do not forsake the gathering of yourselves» does not refer to physically meeting, when I think if you closely check the context and as well as the intended audience and reason for the letter, the conclusion is that it DOES refer to physically
meeting with other believers.
There may be a few exceptions, but most believers who avoid
meeting with other believers will eventually weaken in their walk of faith and are susceptible to false doctrine.
Here are a few places I have
met with other believers last month and have been encouraged by them and have (hopefully) been an encouragement.
But
we met with other believers.
Not exact matches
You say» The challenge is to
meet regularly
with other believers while not being sucked into religion.»
Prayer is vital, and gathering
with other believers is vital, and praying together
with others is vital, but none of this requires a regularly scheduled prayer
meeting, as practiced in some churches today.
We must be vigilent or we may find ourselves
meeting in basements
with other believers sooner than we think
Concealing the Word of God [2:76] And when they
meet the
believers, they say, «We believe,» but when they get together
with each
other, they say, «Do not inform (the
believers) of the information given to you by GOD, lest you provide them
with support for their argument concerning your Lord.
While these posts do not exclude
meeting together
with groups of
other believers for whatever purpose, they try to broaden our perspective to help us be the church, the body of Jesus, wherever we are — at work, in the neighborhood, among the poor and homeless, while we're shopping for groceries,
with relatives, or wherever.
We prepared ourselves to
meet Jesus by taking a bath or shower, putting on our best clothes, and gathering
with other believers to praise God and thank Him for salvation, redemption and new life in Jesus.
If people want to
meet in their homes
with other believers, that's fine too.
«The
believers...
met daily in the temple (along
with other Jews) and had their meals together in their homes... continuing together in close fellowship» (Acts 2:44 - 46, TEV).
THE BIBLICAL PATTERN FOR CHURCH IS THIS: Every Christian should gather together to hear the Scriptures and worship Jesus together
with other believers weekly (see Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 16:2; Acts 2:42; Colossians 3:16; 1 Corinthians 16:19; Colossians 4:15; Romans 16:5; Acts 20:20; James 2:2; Psalm 84:4; Psalm 37:17; Psalm 92:13) It is also good to
meet for smaller groups of Christian community in each
other's homes regularly (see Acts 2:46) It's good to have leaders overseeing the work and needs of each local church — this is the Biblical pattern — not all of us are called to church leadership, and so we should submit to, and serve whoever God has called to lead at the place we find ourselves (see Acts 14:23; Titus 1:5; Hebrews 13:7, 17; 1 Timothy 5:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:12 - 13; Philippians 1:1 b; Ephesians 4:11 - 12; 1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Peter 5:1 - 2; Acts 20:17;) If there are
believers who are unable for physical reasons to attend a church weekly, they should find a church or
believers who will gather together
with them regularly for worship in their own home.
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