aiki
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It isn't only about self-sacrificing --- it's being treated as a brother or sister and getting proper rest and nourishment for our physical bodies. It isn't about judging others for how many meetings a person attends each week, because the number of meetings isn't mentioned in the Bible.
The Christian life is fundamentally and crucially about self-sacrifice (Ro. 12:1) To the degree one shrinks from death to Self and to the sacrifice necessary to love as Jesus loved, to that same degree one is useless to God and a detriment to the Body of Believers. Love, godly love, costs. There is no way around this fact. It cost Jesus his life to love us and it will cost us dearly, too. It is because this is so that it is vital to be in the flow of God's power, the power of His Spirit, in walking with Him.
You are right: there is no particular number of church meetings that the Bible sets as necessary to proper Christian living. However, the Bible does command:
Hebrews 10:24-25
24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,
25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
Forsaking entirely the local community of believers runs contrary to this command.
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