These things write I unto you, hoping to come unto you shortly: But if I tarry long, that you may know how one must behave himself in the house of God, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. In the middle of his epistle which outlines the description of a man of […]
» Read moreLet us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. […]
» Read more“Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added [unto them] about three thousand souls. And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.” Acts is the second volume of Luke’s two-part treatise to Theophilus on the beginnings of Christianity. The first book, the […]
» Read moreThe Assembly and Its Connection With Heaven – 18-19 Having the excommunication of the brother who rebelled against assembly authority in our minds, we come to verse 18 which says “Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” Some say […]
» Read more“Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.And if he shall […]
» Read moreScripture, by varying examples, has furnished us with a vast array of different views toward God’s house; there are some bad examples and some good examples. Of course, there is only one right one, which is His. The question remains for us, then, what attitude we will take, whether it be one consistent with the crowd or consistent with God. […]
» Read moreThe modern approach to whether or not the assembly should be highly esteemed would begin on preference. And when something doesn’t fit that preference, suddenly the concept of the local assembly fails to have any potential of being a dignified concept in that person’s mind. However, if we realize that it is God’s assembly we are considering, and that He […]
» Read more“We have our Bibles, our reading plans, our coffee hours, our TV broadcasts, our books, our audio, our Christian music – what more could a local church offer us that we don’t have already? Yes I have Christian friends who go to church, but that certainly can’t mean they are better than I am!” Obligations We Cannot Fulfil Without the Assembly […]
» Read moreAs we begin to study the main concepts of our place relative to the assembly, it is first of all important to start with Biblical definitions. The Watchtower cult calls itself “Jehovah’s Witnesses,” when in reality the organization is neither Jehovah’s or made up of true witnesses: it has the term, but not the real definition. In the Charismatic movement […]
» Read moreThough it may be obvious that truth itself exists – even assembly truth – one might still ask “Is it that important to uphold? Is it a big deal if we don’t get it right?” Or an even more sensitive question might arise: “Do I have the right to judge the practices of certain denominations just because their pattern is […]
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