No believer has ever “gone to church” in the history of Christendom. The “church” is the body of Christ made up of called our believers who gather in Christ. Christ is the head of the body, the church.
The church met in thier houses, as we read in scripture. The church is a living body of believers not an organization of man or a corporation.
The functioning of the church is to gather in Christ abd freely minister abd edify one another as they are led, no man made control over all eith a one man exalted above all called “the pastor” on a thing called a altar or stage.
There is to be body ministry where all can edify not a one man pastor gift over all, (1 Corinthians 24:26-38, 1 Peter 4:10,11,).
This kind of wonderful gatherings where they also had a full meal and fellowship is wonderful.
a lot in a week is too much for me.
Yes, the religious forms of men can be weary to many. But the true gatherings in the spirit are wonderful .
I mainly take the New Testament seriously, while the Old Testament does not apply as much in 2024,
All of it applies in soo many ways we can barely understand.
though all scripture does apply whether directly or indirectly.
Yes
Over 40% of the Bible is narrative, according to The Bible Project. There are a lot of different writing styles in the Bible, so it can get confusing.
No man knows the things of God but by the Spirit
1 Corinthians 2: 11, 12,14 “For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 12. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. …14. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”
To be honest, that is one of the reasons why I have installed artificial intelligence onto my computer: To help me understand the Bible more. Of course, I'll tell you when I use AI.
No, this is not right. No man knows the things of God but by the Spirit, (1 Cor. 2:11,12,14 KJV).
And
1 John 2: 20. But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. 27. But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.”
And
2 Corinthians 13: 5. Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?”
Hebrews 13: 20. Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21. Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.”
Find a gathering of believers who wait on the Lord, preferably who gather in homes and have body ministry and plurality if elders not a one man over all and who have a meal together. And who hold to the doctrine of Christ.
