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<blockquote data-quote="paul1149" data-source="post: 74529615" data-attributes="member: 280608"><p>You'll get different answers to some of these questions. The Christian world is unfortunately not in perfect agreement on everything (just as the Muslim world is not in complete agreement with itself). That's why it is so important to prayerfully read, study, and meditate on the Word of God, the Bible yourself. If you do so, the Holy Spirit will teach you what you need to know at the right time.</p><p></p><p>My favorite baptism story is of two young Chinese men decades ago in China. They found a New Testament and began reading it, and came to faith in Christ. They wanted to take it to the next level and get baptized, but Christianity was severely repressed then, and they couldn't find anyone to do it. So finally, in desperation, they went down to the river and baptized each other. They went on to found a network of dozens of house churches.</p><p></p><p>If you remember the excerpt I posted from John 4, Jesus told the woman at the well, "Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father." Church is important. Fellowship is important, as the Lord has given us each of us to build each other up in love. But those times when church is not possible, our relationship with the Lord still is valid and still can grow. It depends on our heart for the Lord, because He is always an open door (see Revelation 3:20). The same lack of legalism applies to when we worship as well.</p><p></p><p>You can get a pretty good, and very, very beautiful, glimpse of heaven at the end of the Book of Revelation, at the very end of the Bible. There, in <a href="https://www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/rev/21/1/s_1188001" target="_blank">chapter 21 </a>John describes the Holy City descending from heaven and apparently becoming a kind of portal between heaven and the new Earth. Amazing stuff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="paul1149, post: 74529615, member: 280608"] You'll get different answers to some of these questions. The Christian world is unfortunately not in perfect agreement on everything (just as the Muslim world is not in complete agreement with itself). That's why it is so important to prayerfully read, study, and meditate on the Word of God, the Bible yourself. If you do so, the Holy Spirit will teach you what you need to know at the right time. My favorite baptism story is of two young Chinese men decades ago in China. They found a New Testament and began reading it, and came to faith in Christ. They wanted to take it to the next level and get baptized, but Christianity was severely repressed then, and they couldn't find anyone to do it. So finally, in desperation, they went down to the river and baptized each other. They went on to found a network of dozens of house churches. If you remember the excerpt I posted from John 4, Jesus told the woman at the well, "Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father." Church is important. Fellowship is important, as the Lord has given us each of us to build each other up in love. But those times when church is not possible, our relationship with the Lord still is valid and still can grow. It depends on our heart for the Lord, because He is always an open door (see Revelation 3:20). The same lack of legalism applies to when we worship as well. You can get a pretty good, and very, very beautiful, glimpse of heaven at the end of the Book of Revelation, at the very end of the Bible. There, in [URL='https://www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/rev/21/1/s_1188001']chapter 21 [/URL]John describes the Holy City descending from heaven and apparently becoming a kind of portal between heaven and the new Earth. Amazing stuff. [/QUOTE]
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