Sure, if you are here to do the interpretation.
The Reason the Church is Floundering....
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i agree i do not treat forums as Church. it is a place of good discussion.
back to the drawing board what is holding back the church Body of Christ ? Do we worship the denomination or the one its about ? Many will say the one its about .. how comfortable are we out side our denom? the Church i pastor is gen baptist but i dont promote Gen Baptist doctrine . is the church willing to make sacrifices ? remember we are the Church. when we look into the mirror of the Word . we can soon see the real us. for me do want to be lead down the path of righteousness . do i follow that path all the time? no times i get off and have to make U turns around.
i do want to hunger and thirst for righteousness to be filled, question do we fully understand this concept in scripture . next how hungry and thirsty are we? this ha s nothing to do with Church doctrine example osas osnas or baptism of the spirit evidence of speaking in tongues .
to me its about being Honest with our selves
i think the Big key is we draw nigh to God
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
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i do want to hunger and thirst for righteousness to be filled, question do we fully understand this concept in scripture . next how hungry and thirsty are we? this ha s nothing to do with Church doctrine example osas osnas or baptism of the spirit evidence of speaking in tongues .
to me its about being Honest with our selves
i think the Big key is we draw nigh to God
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
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lol i got a warning cause i used capsGRRMPPH.
Why yes I can and it seems to me that what you said was.......ole Major is cute as a bulldog puppy!
Gathered would IMHO mean "in order to worship God".
Now if we go back and read through all the posts made on the forum......I do not think that we will we that they were all in worship of God.
Complaints are supposed to go to the Mods. I can’t help ya in that dept.
NAR must have sent you.
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That could be said of a great many conversations heard when gathering in a formal church setting. At least I have heard many such conversations that were quite worldly discussed before and after services.
Yes, that can get old when you have just been through 6 days of worldly chatter and you’re starving for godly fellowship.
Either that, or a bad slice of Pizza!
As long as there are coffee and 'fresh' doughnuts, I'm good to go.
WHAT is "NAR"?????
Well that is true. But what about "during"?????
A lot of people who leave church services are heard to be saying......"I thought that preacher would never shut up"!
Isn't that the group that holds to modern day Apostles and Prophets?
Reminds me of what heard John MacArthur say, as last year celebrated 50 anniversity as head Pastor at his church, and stated that at his first message when he was trying to impress the staff to hire him, he spoke for over 4 hours!
I agree. Aside from the pandemic, there so many forums, right now, that have good intentions to formalize their site as an official church (and worship service) but the liturgy of a worship service is not the same as an online Christian forum gathering.
Let's be very careful not to discredit liturgy, which is formal corporate worship to God and an example of this is in Acts 1:13-26. When we go back to the first church worship of 120 in the upper room, it was a mixture of men and women. This early form of liturgy is where they collectively worshiped, prayed, made supplication, most likely sang hymns, commissioned Matthias as the next disciple and Peter preached. This would be the first "church service."
When we talk about Christian forums is distinctively a gathering of believers to share and discuss Jesus, but it doesn't take the place of a face to face meeting of worship.
New Apostolic Reformation.
Nor does it take the place where we as a body lift our praises, adoration and worship heavenward, such as...
Revelation 7:9-10 (KJV) After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
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