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Any true Churches
Dave in Tenn:
Got it. :)
Maybe we're on the mountaintop with Christ, then.
Mark 9:2 And after six days doth Jesus take Peter, and James, and John, and bringeth them up to a high mount by themselves, alone, and he was transfigured before them,...
having already been with Jesus in the wilderness...
Matthew 4:2 ...and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger.
I know afterwards, I did hunger.
Beloved:
In regard to going to church, this passage comes to mind
(Mat 6:5) `And when thou mayest pray, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites, because they love in the synagogues, and in the corners of the broad places--standing--to pray, that they may be seen of men; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.
(Mat 6:6) `But thou, when thou mayest pray, go into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.
G5009 ταμεῖον tameion
Thayer Definition:
1) a storage chamber, storeroom 2) a chamber especially an inner chamber
3) a secret room Part of Speech: noun neuter
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: contraction of a presumed derivative of tamias (a dispenser or distributor
G2374 θύρα thura
Thayer Definition:
1) a door 1a) the vestibule 1b) used of any opening like a door, an entrance, way or passage into 1c) in a parable or metaphor 1c1) the door through which sheep go in and out, the name of him who brings salvation to those who follow his guidance 1c2) “an open door” is used of the opportunity of doing something 1c3) the door of the kingdom of heaven (likened to a palace) denotes the conditions which must be complied with in order to be received into the kingdom of God
Part of Speech: noun feminine
So you see, we need go to the supreme distrubitor/ store room to pray to the Father in secret and we close our door to the outside.
In the past Joe started a post on the "secret places" that deals with this subject more.
I always wondered what Jesus did when he went to the temple in Jersulem. Then figurued it out that everywhere he went ....he was always in the secret place, because he was always praying and doing the Will of the Father....in the temple, in the streets and in the publican dining halls.
When my eyes were finally opened I let go of my herd mentality and now I am thinking like a single sheep. Follow that Shepard.
beloved
cjwood:
the joy in my heart grows more and more as i learn so many tidbits of remarkable truths from my brothers and sisters in Christ. it causes me to realize how much studying i have to do in order to truly make the scriptures and the life of Jesus Christ my mainstay. i love your wisdom Beloved.
claudia
Falconn003:
--- Quote ---Church G1577
ἐκκλησία ekklēsia ek-klay-see'-ah
From a compound of G1537 and a derivative of G2564; a calling out, that is, (concretely) a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation (Jewish synagogue, or Christian community of members on earth or saints in heaven or both): - assembly, church.
Beloved
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Ah Beloved so wonderfully had already define chruch ,,,,,, i see ;D ;)
Rodger
Ninny:
I can Identify with your questions! Ray and some of the others here came out of the Worldwide Church of God, I was a Seventh Day Adventist for many years! Some friends and I began to realize that the SDA church was not where we belonged! BUT we were all Adventists at heart and felt like there was no other place to go! So for 8 long years we worshipped together in our homes keeping the Sabbath day like all good Adventists.
The more we studied the Scriptures the more questions we had. I never believed in all the doctrines of the church, but you know they kept the Sabbath and they SAID they had the truth! I never believed that people burned forever in hell and the SDA church teaches that sinners will be destroyed instead of tortured. I didn't know of any other church that taught that!
Well, we did find another place to worship once we realized that the Sabbath is not the true test of faith! We found the Vineyard Churches and our Vineyard healed us of all that Adventism! My friends are still there, but no not me I have to go out testing the waters! Going where God sends you sure won't win you any popularity contests :o
So here I am again, only this time I understand more about studying the Scriptures and "READING ALL THE WORDS!" I don't think Ray Smith wins many popularity contests either! So we're all in this together sitting before our computer screens reading the LOF series over and again wondering why we never saw it before and kind of like we're the last humans on earth wondering if there are any more of us out there! Sometimes it feels like you're sitting in front of a shortwave radio saying "C Q, (seek you) is anyone there?"
Well God is there! Sorry, I don't know any true churches except for the Church that Jesus is coming back for, when we are told "This is the way, walk ye in it" What else can we do?
Walking with you,
Kathy
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