In this way neglecting to meet with God’s people is a sign of overwhelming and outrageous pride. You have somehow determined either that the gifts God has given others are of no real consequence to you, or you have determined that you are so gifted that you can happily survive without. The reality, of course, is that God has made Christians to thrive and survive only in community. Lone Christians are dead Christians.
God has made you part of a body, and you need the rest of that body to function well. When you neglect to meet with God’s people, you deny yourself the gifts he has given them—gifts that bring him glory when they use them for your good.
Tim Challies
Why You May Be Tempted To Neglect Your Church
ARE THEY DEAD? I'VE BEEN PREACHING GRACE THRU FAITH ALONE FOR 32 YEARS SOON, (WITH A NICE LOVING VOICE... HOLY SCRIPTURES, KING JAMES VERSION ONLY, CHRISTIANS DOES NOT LOVE THE WORD OF GOD, OR ME, WHY SHALL I COME TO THEIR BUIDINGS, WHEN THERE IS NO SOUND DOCTRINES, 74% OF ALL AMERICAN PASTORS ARE SLAVES TO INTERNET PORN, 54% DOES NO BELIEVE IN HELL... PLUS ALL OF THEM ARE AMENIAN AND PALAGIAN FOOLS, WITH NO AGAPE LOVE AGAINST A POOR WISE MAN, AND I LIVE IN A CAPITAL WITH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE PASSING MY PREACHING PLACE PER YEAR)... AND ONLY ONE PASTOR HELPED ME OUT WITH A MEAGER $10 FOR 19 YEARS AGO... "WHERE ARE THEY, WHERE ARE THY WISE MEN?"
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