Monday, March 23, 2020

Must The Church Assemble?

"And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight."  Acts 20:7. In the seventeenth verse of Acts 20, Paul calls for the elders of the church located in Miletus.  These appointed men are to oversee the flock and to feed the church.  Acts 20:28.  Hence, the disciples are the church.  The church of Jesus Christ is the community of the saved who have submitted themselves to the authority of Jesus Christ.  As the church of Christ, we are to assemble together for the purpose of worshipping together but also that each one might encourage the other.  This is the reason for meeting in a building of some type.  Our present danger is preventing us from meeting in a building but we engage in worship by social media streaming of live services or even drive thru chuches.  While these means are not the normally accepted ways by which we worshiip, we can be acceptive of these means for a time until this crisis ends.  We can still offer help to each other with phone calls and cards.  We can discuss the worship in which we engaged by discussion of the lessons that were taught and what lessons we gained from the lesson or sermon.  This is a time that should bring us closer togeher with one another as we check up on one another.  This is truly the life of the disciple anyway. We assemble to worhip our Great God so that we might be inspired to serve His children.

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