We absolutely need to meet
together as believers specifically for the purpose of worship and discipleship.
Can not our unity in Christ be expressed in worshipping and working
together as believers?
Not exact matches
we
as believers have a commission: Then Jesus called
together the Twelve [apostles] and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases, And He sent them out to announce and preach the kingdom of God and to bring healing.
Denominations / buildings / altars are just place
believers continue to «meet
together»
as the book of Hebrews puts it.
What will it mean for both sides in this debate — at least
as it takes place among
believers, in and for the church — to move beyond political ideologies and culture wars and stand
together under God's word of law and gospel?
By the way, I would include you descriptions of «two
believers go [ing to] volunteer at the homeless shelter, or work [ing]
together to raise support and awareness for human trafficking»
as mutual edification, since they are helping one another grow at the same time (through their example to one another if nothing else).
Some commentators think that the words with which John records Jesus» death, «He bowed his head and gave up his spirit», were also intended to mean that
as he died he handed over the Spirit to the few representative
believers who stood at the foot of the cross (John 19:30).10 Luke, in the Acts of the Apostles, separates chronologically what John holds
together theologically.
This will work best when the same group of
believers that learns
together goes out and serves
together as well.
The Anglican church stands squarely in the Reformed tradition, yet embraces Church tradition
as that which connects all generations of
believers together and gives us a starting point for our interpretation of Scripture.
We are admonished not to neglect the gathering
together, fellowship with one another
as believers.
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.
From the beginning of his pontificate, he reached out to religious
believers outside the Church; and
as he grew closer to them throughout the world, it had a parallel effect of forging new alliances in America, particularly between Evangelicals and Catholics, and Jews and Catholics, who have worked
together to protect the family, uphold Judeo - Christian morality and combat prejudice.
I felt the Shalom of God, his unity on earth
as it is in heaven, slip away
as believers took sides, rallied
together in disgust, and used «rights» and «amendments»
as justification for ignoring the suffering of their African - American sisters and brothers in Christ.
As believers in Jesus Christ today — Ephesians 2:6 tells us that secondly, we have been raised
together with Christ.
I thought straight away this is a joke
as scriptures tell us only the father knows the time of his sons return and hes keeping it to himself he hasnt even told his son yet.Mark 13:32 This a mystery isnt God all knowing and isnt Jesus God it is a mystery.Yet I like that that is the case because it proves that the father is not the son and the son is not the father they are separate yet they are one just like the holy spirit.I have come across denominations that believe the father son and holy spirit are the one person i asked them how they can say that when Jesus was baptized we see 3 separate persons.We have enough information to know that we are in the last days the signs are present and increasing.Ever since Israel became a nation the countdown has begun.The verse the enemy will come like a thief in the night i have heard preached many times and i believe the preachers have got it wrong because they preach it from the view for the church to get there act
together or you will miss out.This view is incorrect because if you are a born again
believer following him in obedience and relying on the holy spirit you are not walking in darkness but are walking in the light so you will not be caught unaware
as those who are sleeping this is a warning for those who are sleeping or walking according to the flesh they are in darkness.Remember the 10 wise virgins the ones who were alert and keep refilling there lamps went in with the bride those who slept were left behind and so it will be when the Lord returns.Now is the time to prepare our hearts and lives to be ready for his return.It is an exciting time to be living and we are to live in the expectation that the Lord could return at any time brentnz
For the last two years I had heard about some
believers whom God led to give up the religious structure they had become part of to live
as the body of Christ
together in this region of the world.
And
together,
as a unified church,
as a body of
believers under the direction of Christ the head, Paul says we are the fullness of him who fills everything in every way or the fullness of him who fills all in all.
Now we are walking
as free
believers together and still loving each other... life is good.
Let us humble ourselves and recognize that there are many valuable and helpful and relational ways for
believers to gather
together and to assemble that do not look at all like what many people think of
as «church.»
Noni and all those who find themselves ostracised or slandered unfairly firstly God loves you and you are special to him you are his children his daughters and sons do nt ever forget that so you are not alone in fact you are the apple of his eye and he loves you.No matter what people say about you it does nt change the fact that he loves you and will protect you just abide in him he will strengthen you in your weakness.Never think you are alone we have the holy spirit and have other
believers even though we may not go to church
together we love the Lord just
as much
as you do which means we are brothers and sisters in Christ.Just trust him and take each day
as it comes he promises to never leave us or forsake us.He has given us his strength in our weakness so that like him we are overcomers the head not the tail.Keep asking the Lord what it is he wants you to do and be obedient though it may be hard but in the end it will prove good for you for the Lord is for you not against you.regards brentnz
As believers in Christ, however, we have much that we can agree upon: love, sacrifice, compassion, hope, joy, grace, redemption, reconciliation, and renewal are values that bind us
together.
All
believers around the world and throughout time are the church, and in order to function
as the church, we must seek opportunities to gather
together.
Christian prayer, in all its ranges, is never an individual thing; it is personal, certainly, in that it is my prayer, but it is always my prayer
as one of a family of
believers who share
together in the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and are thereby, in the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, assured of the love of God.
Unlike adherents to some of the other religions which have commanded the allegiance of men, Christian
believers are gathered
together as a fellowship, meeting at specific times and in specific places to engage in the action of divine worship.
The hairy, bell bottom - wearing
believers of Bugbrooke were aiming to model the first - century Church
as they lived
together in communal houses across Northamptonshire.
For example, on Friday mornings, I have coffee with a group of men, no bible study or agenda, just a group of
believers who come
together to share and encourage one another
as we go through life
together.
Obviously there are social benefits that come
as a result of gathering
together, but a church that is so inwardly focused that it resembles a club more than a body of
believers seeking to incarnate God's will in the world, is not something I'm looking for.
Experience of Spirit binds
believers together as a community of love (Acts 2:43 - 47).
When it comes to the gods presented by various
believers, atheism AND agnosticism (the two go
together, usually
as they are not mutually exclusive positions — a grandmother can also be a wife) is the most sensible stance until proof can be evaluated..
But in his emphasis on the Church
as the company of all of the redeemed of all of the ages,
together with his willingness to embrace Catholic
believers, including the Holy Father,
as brothers and sisters in the Lord, he opened a window for Southern Baptist - Catholic engagement that will be hard to close.
But of course,
as much
as she is hoping that I will become a
believer and then be content to spend every Sunday sitting in church with her, I am hoping she will abandon her faith, (
as I did after 25 years) and then she will be content to spend her Sundays with me, the man who loves her, and we could actually go off and do things
together... or, we could compromise and I would be content with having one Sunday a month with her.
But it is difficult to understand how saying the government has a special focus on religious
believers and describing our diverse and increasingly non-religious society
as «Christian» would help to bring people
together rather than divide.»
In the meantime, DiPietro put
together a memo explaining how Trump could win mostly by going hard after a new gun - control law pushed by Cuomo, which he wrote could provide 300,00 to 500,000 new voters, and by running against Bill de Blasio, New York's «first truly radical mayor, a man who still reveres the Sandinistas, honeymooned in Havana, and self - describes
as a
believer in liberation theology (i.e., Marxism).»
As a
believer in his «thinking forward» philosophy and the principle that «relationships yield results,» Senator Smith has worked to bring
together diverse groups with a common goal in mind.
As a firm
believer that everything is better with a double dose of color, I love how pairing two unexpected (or even expected) colors
together really helps to amp up an outfit or just a single piece!
In addition, courting other
believers creates wonderful opportunities to do spiritual activities
together, such
as attending church, Christian concerts, reading the Bible, and serving.
Whether we stayed
together longer than we should have is debatable,
as I'm a big
believer that we get what we need in life when we need it.
Soaring Bitcoin demand in Venezuela; Kazakhstan warming toward bitcoin
as currency in free fall; Moscow exploring blockchain voting; Legal Identity for all, can bitcoin blockchain rise to the challenge; Blockpay lets merchants accept 8 major cryptocurrencies at zero cost; Big banks band
together to introduce «settlement coin»; South Africa Reserve bank open to blockchain and cryptocurrency; Bank of Japan Governor says Blockchain could alter financial services... Collect Your Free PDF — The Bitcoin
Believers Business Manifesto Please leave your comments...