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Agapeton
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All who are in Christ: Would the 1st century believers...Posted : 3 Jan, 2012 11:14 PMIdentify with our modern "church" gathering service today? Seriously. Do you think that our modern gathering of ourselves is the same now as it was in the 1st century? |
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Agapeton
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All who are in Christ: Would the 1st century believers...Posted : 3 Jan, 2012 11:17 PMWhy is it that Christianity did not raise special buildings for worship until Constantin's day? Could it be that Christians knew that the Temple form of worship would be done away with in Christ, the only Temple that would be raised up? Did the Christians know that the time to worship would be in Spirit and in truth and that there would be no need to worship Christ on mountain tops or in certain special places? (John 4:23-24). Did they know that the only sacrifices to be offered were spiritual ones such as Praise and thanksgiving ( Heb. 13:15; 1 Pet. 2:5)? |
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Agapeton
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All who are in Christ: Would the 1st century believers...Posted : 3 Jan, 2012 11:23 PMThis is a re-post. Please go to this topic, thanks. |
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All who are in Christ: Would the 1st century believers...Posted : 4 Jan, 2012 02:21 AMCarnality and in Christ are not in agreement the heart of strife is evil. |
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Agapeton
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All who are in Christ: Would the 1st century believers...Posted : 4 Jan, 2012 04:37 AMYes, PJ. With that in mind, how do we not discern which is carnality in the church of God knowing that most of these things i described came in later on in the faith when in the beginning there was no such thing and ALL the believers had a right to speak amongst one another in order at a gathering? |
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All who are in Christ: Would the 1st century believers...Posted : 4 Jan, 2012 04:51 AMYou have said you do not believe those truth's, they all come with the gift of the Holy Ghost. |
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elishabroadway
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All who are in Christ: Would the 1st century believers...Posted : 4 Jan, 2012 05:03 AMno agapeton, of corse things are not the same as tey were in the first centurty. it would be obserd to say they were! we have no way of knowing exsactly howthey worshiped but I am sure they sang aongs and I am also ure that being concerned about keeping the traditions of the 1st century church would be legalistic! I dont see one reason why we shouldnt worship however we see fit (we being a unified body of believers) My church is an old wooden building with a tin roof and concrete floors it has grass growing p through the cracks I go and clean it every 2 weeks and pull the grass up and spary for ants, furthermore our service is not like you described we certainly dont have ushers handing out anything we sit down and first we sing then there are some that sing special songs maybe whoever wants to gets up it doesnt hjave to be planned then the preacher preaches then we have a prayers service wich may include an alter call ,also incluse having special prayer where we lay hands on someone and anoint them with oil , then wqe have a prayer list that we anoint and pray over for prayer requests, after all of that we then gice the offering its nothing like most churches thouigh we are free to speak out if we have a question or something to add ! |
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shalom716
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All who are in Christ: Would the 1st century believers...Posted : 4 Jan, 2012 05:58 AMThere seems to be a stronghold in peoples minds of how worship and church should be done. A lot is based on man-made traditions that have been going on for years and people accept this as how things should be done. I believe as the days become darker and more persecution comes churches will have to choose between conforming to the government or get shut down. Already, they can not preach against homosexuality, so isn't this an example of a watered down gospel? I believe the remnant will have to gather in homes and take care of one another. Christians are already considered intolerant by the government and certain groups are labeled as terrorist. The laws that are currently being passed in congress (National Defense Bill and Martial Law) will allow protesters to be arrested and detained because of their rebellion against the government...the NWO is here!! |
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All who are in Christ: Would the 1st century believers...Posted : 4 Jan, 2012 07:10 AMDon't believe it will happen in this country before Jesus returns. |
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shalom716
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All who are in Christ: Would the 1st century believers...Posted : 4 Jan, 2012 07:23 AMWell its already happening...why do u think all these countries leaders have been removed and people protesting all over the world, they want a NWO! Islam is taking over the world!! It is all happening right before our eyes, look it up on youtube, do u watch the news?? |
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All who are in Christ: Would the 1st century believers...Posted : 4 Jan, 2012 07:27 AMSure I can see that, and our place is to pray, the platform is being set for the tribulation, but watch what happens in this country this year, you can not hear what is happennung in the kingdom of God in the media. |
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