Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]
Welcome To The Christian Fellowship Forums
Add Reply
Importance of church!; Church and online christian chat rooms
Topic Started: Dec 24 2012, 03:51 PM (355 Views)
Terry
700
[ * ]
Hello, I don't think anyone is more committed to online chatroom ministry then I am and I am so excited what God is doing. However there is a growing and biblically wrong belief that the christian chat rooms are either church or replace it. This is completely wrong! The word church in the greek is ekklesia and is used 77 times in the new testament.

It means a gathering of people, and it means literally together. We are not physically together online. We are commanded to not forsake the assembling of ourselves together in Hebrews 10:25 and again we arent asembled togther online.

I do know the church is a group of people and not a building but the local body also assembled together and often in a house as they did in Colossians 4:15. God not only commands us to go to a church meeting but we are also commanded to serve within the local body, 1 Corinthians 12 and Romans 12 plus other verses speak on that.

We are commanded to support the work of the church and in 1 Corinthians 16:2 the money was instructed to be given upon the first day of the week (Sunday) and the context there, it was to be given to a local church.
I wonder how many who just go online faithfully give. In Ephesians 5:20 husbands are commanded to love their wives even as Christ loved the church.

We cannot love Jesus and not love the church, again refering to a local called out group of believers. So many of the new testament letters were written to a local church, Romans to the church at Rome, Corinthians to the church at Corinth, Ephesians to the church at Ephesus, Philippians to the church at Phillipi, Colossians to the church at Colossae, Thessalonians to the church at Thessalonica, Galatians was written to a group of local churches in the province of Galatia.

The Bible says a pastor should be ordained to each local body and supported. If we love the Lord, we will follow the teachings of the Bible. Many quit going to a church cause they had a bad experience in one. This is just an excuse, pray and seek where the Lord would have you attend. There are good loving bible churches and I'm glad to be in one. Let's serve and worship the Lord within a local church and let's serve Him online also. He is worthy!
Edited by Brother_Jim, Dec 24 2012, 04:01 PM.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Brother_Jim
Member Avatar
Network Owner
[ * ]
AMEN
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Deleted User
Deleted User

Amen!!
Quote Post Goto Top
 
Deleted User
Deleted User

Amen!!!
Quote Post Goto Top
 
1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous)
« Previous Topic · Bible Doctrine · Next Topic »
Add Reply