Church matters🌟
ON MATTERS REGARDING THE LOCAL CHURCH
Updated: April 13,2025
Redeemed Believers need to be in Church
Being an active member in Church, matters.
ACCOUNTABILITY & CHURCH DISCIPLINE:
Problems in the church:
What is the church?
*The church is basically Heaven on Earth. It’s the only place dominated by praise of God, exaltation of Jesus Christ, the love of what is righteous, the hatred for what is sinful... And there’s not going to be any sin in heaven, so we want to get as close to that as we can.
*The church is the pillar and ground of the truth. The church is the source of divine truth. The church is where the truth prevails that basically destroys all ideologies and falsehoods and deception and brings everything into obedience to Christ.
*It is a gathering of worshipers. We are those who worship Jesus Christ.
*What is the church: The redeemed gathered of God, is composed of those who have been called by God to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, constitute the church. The church is His kingdom; it’s His kingdom on earth, and it’s as close to heaven as we can get without being there.
*The church: is the kingdom of God on earth. This is where we live and move and have our being. We are a people who are bound together—I guess to simplify it—by life and love and truth.(1)
*It is a family of love.
*The people of God who follow their risen Savior.
Three words used in Scripture about "Church".
1. Keric - The facility
2. Ekklecia - The called out ones (believers added to the body of Christ at conversion) -
3. Sonagoga - The called together
The called out ones are called together.
"Do not forsake the assembling together"-
"When you come together..."
"When you meet together..."
The Christians gathered and “They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” Acts 2:42
Ephesians 5:19
speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with gratefulness in your hearts to God.
The local Church is important in the life of the believer on a consistant regular basis as noted through all info provided herein and to help a believer in their spiritual walk, growth, and much more. You as a believer are to biblically be submitting under and to the authority of the local church, which is under the authority of Christ as the Head and the leaders are shepherds there with a higher responsibility to present you to God (on that last day) as a matured believer who has conquered sins and been good stewards and servants of Christ (as individual believers). You cannot live the Christian life apart from the Church.
Biblically, socially, psychologically, spiritually, God has called the congregation together. We are a living body. Christ is the head. We are one. We are a united group called to be living together as one body of believers as the eternal family of God.
The Church is where Christians gather; it is our community and where we grow in faith and serve God and others 🥰
Worshipping God, serving God, serving others in this community together as the family of God. We gather and meet regularly. It is a normal part of our new life in Christ.
Believers come together. Their lives are weaved together. They help one another, serve one another, and bless one another. "Church" and "worship", "sing", "love" & "service", and "cheerfully giving". It is more then that too. We learn together, educate one another, counsel, guide, get answers to our questions, help each other mature in the faith. We celebrate, helping care for and provide for, and assist the congregants who are poor, widows and orphans. And help those who are sick, or in need of help through various life seasons such as help finding a spouse, weddings, biblical counsel, helps through pregnancy, birth, raising up children, sickness, disease, and death. It is a full community of brothers and sisters in Christ worshipping and serving God together, and helping, blessing and being in close relationships with, and serving & blessing one another in many ways.
Also, we gather "together" we as a unified congregation participate in partaking of the Lord's Supper, and are witnesses to public baptisms. These are all part of living the Christian life, and among those who gather together with the local congregation of believers.
“The church by definition is an assembly. That is the literal meaning of the Greek word for “church”—ekklesia—the assembly of the called-out ones. Christians are therefore commanded not to forsake the practice of meeting together (Hebrews 10: 25)" —we are to experience the close communion between believers that is commanded in Romans 16: 16, 1 Corinthians 16: 20, 2 Corinthians 13: 12, and 1 Thessalonians 5: 26. In all those spheres, we must submit to our Lord.”
A large portion of NT Scriptures were written to the Church; letters to the churches. Which are the gathered believers in the local congregation meeting together regularly.
Here are some important things to understand about Church and your local Church & congregation community. I hope it helps educate and bless you. 😊
Updated: March 31, 2025
=====Varied FAQ======
ABOUT CHURCH & IMPORTANCE:
About the Church body & your place in it
Are you reading the Bible Daily?
CHRIST IS PRESENT IN THE CHURCH:
Christ is active in the Church @ 23:45
Baptism and Church membership
CORPORATE WORSHIP:
Physically being at church:
Your place in the church:
*Remember you are there to worship & serve God, so if you found yourself in a bad church, with people not being godly, there's a reason they're like that, but you keep following Jesus. If necessary, move churches.
Pastor related:
Dangers of gossipping about the pastor/family
Handling Pastoral problems
When Pastors mess up dont let it dash faith
Managing specific issues
On Church Ordinances:
Understanding Baptism, its importance, church membership and active assembling.
Understanding corporate participation in the Lord's Supper & warnings
Finding a Church
Help finding a biblical church
Other helps
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DONT BE DECIEVED:
Know the basic Essentials beliefs a Christian & Church must hold to, to actually be Christian.
■ Things to be aware of about church (playlist)
* It's pretty obvious that if your church, Bible studies, or preacher promote these folk or their books, you need to flee that church.
Finally: Avoid churches that have celebrity like leaders, and ones that make changes to accommodate worldly pleasures and worldly priorities.
It wrongly accomodates, enables, and even encourages people to put these earthly desires and goals above righteousness, Scripture & the church. Rather than teaching and encouraging right priorities, they decide to make the church take the backseat and further perpetuate the idol that is extra curriculars. Christians gather together on Sunday not because it supposedly became the "Christian Sabbath" (it didn't), but because it is the Lord's Day (ἡ Κυριακή ἡμέρα)—in celebration of Christ's resurrection. Also avoid churches that change the day your church gathers in order to accommodate travel, sports and camping as it shows there's something very wrong with that "church" & you should flee it or replace that pastor immediately. We are to prioritize God above any temporary earthly activities and desires.
Believers should even seek out a church to worship at on Sunday when away from home, traveling or on vacation. It's outrageous any church would consider changing things around to accomodate and avoid all the congregation gathering on Sunday with the redeemed saints, as we should be doing. Mark and avoid such churches.
Hope these resources have been very helpful to you.
God bless
Footnote:
(1) Quote from JMac at 55 year celebration Sunday 2024
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