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It's not hijacking if it's getting to truth that's being ignored.We have already covered that. Thank you. Please dont hijack my thread.
Well its hijacking now because i removed the scripture. All thats left is the question.It's not hijacking if it's getting to truth that's being ignored.
Then the answer is yes.Well its hijacking now because i removed the scripture. All thats left is the question.
We can agree on a lot of thing. Taking scripture out of context isn't one of them.Thank you. We can agree on something.
Jeremiah 29:11. Etc.
Online fellowship blesses me every day. Through it i am exhorted, edified, and filled with the Spirit that Gives me peace, joy, and love.
Im not against church, but i would say beware of teachers and getting sucked into the denominational mindset. I disagree on submitting to elders though. Only a child needs to submit to an elder. Peter said that elders should not lord over the flock, but should be examples for them. Back in the apostles day they were establishing the churches and its doctrine, and so they had to listen to the apostles. However i don't believe we have apostles anymore. We can read scripture for ourselves and so we need no Lord over us. We have one Lord who is lord over all.That's great! Who is against that? No one has argued against it, have they?
However, when you say it's a substitute for gathering with real people (not just rabbits) in you community, and submitting to the authority of the elders, which is given to them by God, you are wrong, and there are texts with explicitly and implicitly say so.
Let me save you a few posts because I've seen this many times before.
Objection: There are bad churches out there
Answer: If you know that they are bad, avoid them.
Objection: People in my last church were mean to me
Answer: Get over it. Forgive them, and start over.
Objection: Every church I go to is full of hypocrites.
Answer: News flash: Churches are full of sinners, and you (and I) are no better.
The flock submits to the shepherd. That's how it works.Im not against church, but i would say beware of teachers and getting sucked into the denominational mindset. I disagree on submitting to elders though. Only a child needs to submit to an elder. Peter said that elders should not lord over the flock, but should be examples for them. Back in the apostles day they were establishing the churches and its doctrine, and so they had to listen to the apostles. However i don't believe we have apostles anymore. We can read scripture for ourselves and so we need no Lord over us. We have one Lord who is lord over all.
(Psalms 16:8) I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.Is God among us as we gather online?
Wireless no doubt... Prayer is the best wireless communications protocol every designed.Depends on what broadband or internet service he is using in Heaven...
Yes. Because we're gathered together with our spirits. The Apostle Paul said the same in Colossians 2:5, "For though I'm absent from you in body, I'm present with you in spirit....". Lot of church goers are physically present but spiritually absentIs God among us as we gather online?
Jesus is inside all of us who are born again, He always knows what we are doing. Before the cross, no one was born again, there was not yet the mechanism. Jesus knows all of our hearts as we chat or gather or what ever you want to call it.you have to understand that the Word was written before there was Internet and that God is true. I'm not sure if online counts. I'm pretty sure its when in fellowship.
you have to understand that the Word was written before there was Internet and that God is true. I'm not sure if online counts. I'm pretty sure its when in fellowship.
Jesus is inside all of us who are born again, He always knows what we are doing. Before the cross, no one was born again, there was not yet the mechanism. Jesus knows all of our hearts as we chat or gather or what ever you want to call it.
Speaking of which, for instance, why can I not call a gathering online for 4PM today with born again believers to work out an offense of one brother to another in the Name of The Lord ?. Say 4 people meet here online in a prayerful spirit. Would not Jesus be there too ? I mean after all, He is in each of us, He knows exactly what each of us is doing and saying every second of every day. See , before the cross they didn't have that indwelling Spirit.
i correct my post. It does say where 2 or 3 are gatheredFellowship i believe is a little different that an online chatroom. He said "When 3 or more gather in my name.. surely i am among you" I can't speak for him
As ive said before.. follow the Spirit. Don't seek the council of meni correct my post. It does say where 2 or 3 are gathered
No but we can speak for ourselves and for what we understand to be true. They couldn't gather together online in those days. We can today. Forget the flesh, if it can get together wonderful, but all the better in the spirit, world wide. Really to God, for the born again believer the flesh is dead anyway unless Paul taught a false doctrine.Fellowship i believe is a little different that an online chatroom. He said "When 3 or more gather in my name.. surely i am among you" I can't speak for him
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