It's funny, but sad when a person doesn't know the name of the Pastor of the church they call "My Church."---The church is the body of Christ and assembles regularly for fellowship, for teaching, for remembrance and for prayer. If the body is there then the bride is there, for they are one and the same. So what happens when Christians skip church services?We would look down on a husband and wife who did not live together except to put in an appearance on birthdays and major holidays. So how does Jesus feel when He hears a member of His body, the church, say, "I don't need to go to church to be a Christian"? How does He feel when a member of His body never fellowships, is never subject to teaching, never remembers the Lord's death through communion or never consents in prayer with the rest of the body? The person who called the church, "her church," claimed a church she never attends except for certain special occasions. Her influence and her wealth are not there.

That is why the writer of Hebrews, in the midst of a discourse on what it truly means to be a Christian (Hebrews 10:19-23) wrote, "And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching." Hebrews 10:24,25 The writer then follows this warning with another one concerning willful sin. Bottom line? You can claim whatever church you wish to. But if you have no investment in it of your time, talent or treasure, then is it truly yours?
The title "My Church" got my attention...thought I would share it.
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