WHY COME TO CHURCH?

Why Come to Church?

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Why are the Saints commanded thusly?

Hebrews 10:25

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.

Is it to hear the Reading of the Written Word?

They can read it for themselves at Home!
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Is it to hear the Preaching of the Word?

They can turn on their Televisions and hear that

24 hours a day?

Is it to hear the Exposition of the Word?

They can go to any Christian Bookstore,

and buy the same Reference Volumes the preacher has!

Is it to Praise and Worship the Lord?

you can do that anywhere!

Is it to Pray?

You can do that anywhere except in a Public School!

What is the one thing about being gathered together, that you cannot do just as well, alone at home? And the answer is,

"Be Gathered Together!"

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Jesus Said in Matthew 18:20

For where two or three are gathered together

in my name,

there am I in the midst of them.

You can have a thousand people jammed into a tiny room, and none of them be "gathered together!"

There is something more required

than just being in the same physical location!

Acts 2:1

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come,

they were all with one accord in one place.

Acts 2:44,46

And all that believed were together,

and had all things common;

And they, continuing daily

with one accord in the temple,

Acts 4:32

And the multitude of them that believed

were of one heart and of one soul:

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1 Corinthians 1:10

Now I beseech you, brethren,

by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

that ye all speak the same thing,

and that there be no divisions among you;

but that ye be perfectly joined together

in the same mind and in the same judgment.

1 Peter 3:8-9

Finally, be ye all of one mind,

having compassion one of another,

love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing:

but contrariwise blessing;

knowing that ye are thereunto called,

that ye should inherit a blessing.

John 17:21

That they all may be one;

as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee,

that they also may be one in us:

that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them;

that they may be one, even as we are one:

I in them, and thou in me,

that they may be made perfect in one;

and that the world may know that thou hast sent me,

and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

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This is the Secret of Revival, this is the Power of Pentecost! It is when the Saints of God, assemble themselves together as one Body, Linking themselves into a "Hive Mentality," that things begin to happen!

When we achieve this "Collective Unity," When all have only one Heart and Soul between them, this is when they are of "one accord!" This is when they truly become one with each other!

This is when the Head of the Body can become ONE with the Body of the Body!

It is then that Jesus will manifest Himself within the Body, and the Members of the Body will begin to spiritually minister to each other's needs!

"This Is What Having Church Is All About!"

Jesus does not call his Ministers to become a one man show! It seems that the only time that the Local Churches are on the "same sheet of music" is when they are singing the same Hymn!

If you cannot gather together in "collective unity"

truly becoming One with one another,

then you might as well stay home and watch Television!

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This is part of what attaining unto

"The measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,"

Is All About!

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When we begin to fully understand what First Corinthians Chapter 12 is all about, we begin to realize that some Manifestation of the Spirit, is given to every member of the Body of Christ! These Spiritual Gifts are given to individuals, but they belong to the entire Church, and are for the benefit of the entire Church.

Ephesians 4:16

From whom the whole body fitly joined together

and compacted by that which every joint supplieth,

according to the effectual working in the measure of every part,

maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

Ephesians 4:16 NIV

From Him the whole body,

joined and held together by every supporting ligament,

grows and builds itself up in love,

as each part does it work!

It is the purpose of the Fivefold Ministry, to help each of us discover what our Spiritual Gift is, then train us how to use that Gift! When the Body assembles itself together, it is so that every member of the Body, can minister in love, to every other member of the Body!

This Is What Having Church Is All About!

Your Brother in Christ

Hugh

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