Bible Reasons for Attending Church
John 17:20 “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word, 21 that they may all be ONE, just as you, Father, are in Me, and I in You, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 The glory that You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be ONE even as We are ONE, 23 I in them and You in Me, that they may become perfectly ONE, so that the world may know that you sent Me and loved them even as you loved Me."
The importance of attending CHURCH to become "ONE," with other Christians cannot be overstated. Although "Salvation is by Grace" for believers, for the more mature disciples, sanctification and holiness are required in order to learn to become "ONE" with each other as Jesus and His Father are ONE!
Jesus told ALL His disciples to "become PERFECT as your Heavenly Father is PERFECT" (Mt. 5:48).
Apostle Paul admitted he had not attained to the perfection of God the Father, attending church is a learning experience for disciples to learn to try to be like their Heavenly Father and Creator as much as possible.
2Corinthians 13:11 "Finally, brothers, rejoice! Aim for perfect harmony, encourage one another, be of one mind, and live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you."
2Corinthians 13:9 "For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
Matthew 5:48 "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in Heaven is perfect."
John 17:23 "I in them, and thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent Me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved Me."
Hebrews 10:24 "And let us consider how to spur one another on to Love and Good deeds. 25 Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day [of the return of Jesus] approaching. 26 If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains." The Gospel of Jesus Christ is to save Christians from their sins so Christians learn to become like God and Jesus.
Attending Church regularly helps us learn to exhort and receive encouragement from each other and helps us to repent from our sins.
"The Day:" 1Corinthians 3:13--- "The Day shall declare" every man's work. Elsewhere we read of "the Day of the Lord" (1Thessalonians 5:2); "the Day of Christ" (Philippians 1:10). The words of Jesus to His disciples (in Matthew 24; Luke 17) had enabled all who were willing to hear to understand "the signs of the times." As the writer gave these warnings, the day when the Son of Man should come in His kingdom, bringing judgment upon Jerusalem (Matthew 16:28), was close at hand---that Day came in the first-century A.D.
As much as possible Christians are Commanded to go to church so we all speak the same things we learn from God and the doctrines of the apostles (Acts 2:41-42). It is helpful To CONFORM us to the One mind of Christ (1Cor. 2:16), One Soul (In Christ's Soul becoming "ONE" with Him and each other Ephesians 4:4), and One Body of Christ. "Bringing all thoughts into the obedience of the mind of Christ" (2Corinthians 10:5).
But exhorting one another --- That is, in your assembling together in a direction that proves that it is proper for Christians to exhort one another when they are gathered together for public worship. Indeed there is reason to believe that the preaching in the early Christian assemblies partakes of much of the character of mutual exhortation to be Christ-like.
Romans 12 lists seven spiritual motivational gifts.
1st Corinthians 12 has 9 spiritual manifestation gifts listed.
Ephesians 4:11 The five-fold ministry gifts of men are listed.
These Scriptures together list 21 fundamental Biblical Gifts essential for the Church Body to be healthy and to function well.
We are all to stand up together as "one" to drive back the "gates of hell." Holy Spirit's positioning members of the Body of Christ is critical.
The Body of Christ is A Corporate Superpower in spiritual realms and Heavenly places. The Body of Christ is A Global Superpower
The Body of Christ is true Economics where “He who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall.”
Corinthians 8:14 "At the present time, your surplus will meet their need, so that in turn their surplus will meet your need. Then there will be equality. 15 As it is written: “He who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall.”
When individuals are in the right place, led by Jesus the Healing and Healthcare System of God works well.
People should NOT be doing other members' functions or jobs in the Body of Christ.
If one is not in the Holy Spirit's anointing, or in the right lane, then criticism results.
In worshipping and praising God, the corporate Body of Christ's anointing increases the Holy Spirit's presence in unity, the Holy Spirit's presence grows until at a point, the "dew point" breaks, and then everyone is anointed.
The Scripture has written, paraphrased, Christians are to be container bulging to "overflowing" breaking open, and the anointing of the Holy Spirit and the Glory of Jesus with the "Rivers of Life" flowing out of each Christian in the gathering of the Church.
John 1:16 "For of His FULLNESS we have all received, and grace upon grace."
Ephesians 1:22 "And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church."
Ephesians 1:23 "which is His body, the FULLNESS of Him who fills all in all." The Church is Christ's Body that Jesus wants to fill with His FULLNESS so His Father will be All in All.
Ephesians 4:13 "Until we all attain to the UNITY of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a MATURE man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the FULLNESS of Christ."
Colossians 1:19 "For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the FULLNESS to dwell in Him."
Colossians 2:9 "For in Him all the FULLNESS of Deity dwells in bodily form."
Colossians 2:9-10 "For in Him all the FULLNESS of Deity dwells in bodily form, and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority." Attending Church is usually necessary to being "Made Complete" in Jesus Christ.
John 1:14 "And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, FULL of grace and truth."
It is Good when brothers dwell in UNITY, as ONE, as Jesus and His Father are ONE (John 17:21).
Psalm 133:1 "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell together in UNITY !"
Psalm 122:1 "I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
Psalm 133:2 "It is like the precious oil upon the head [Jesus], Coming down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard, Coming down upon the edge of his robes." The anointing coming down and resting on all believers is necessary for a revival.
Ephesians 4:3 "Being diligent to preserve the UNITY of the Spirit in the bond of peace."
Ephesians 4:4 "There is ONE body and ONE Spirit, just as also you were called in ONE hope of your calling."
John 17:21 "That they may all be ONE; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
Colossians 3:14 "Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of UNITY ."
Ephesians 4:13 "Until we all attain to the UNITY of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.
1Corinthians 1:10 "Now I exhort you, brethren, by the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the SAME MIND and in the SAME judgment."
Romans 12:4 "For just as we have many members in ONE Body and all the members do not have the SAME function."
John 17:23 "I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in UNITY, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me."
Romans 15:5 "Now may the God who gives perseverance and encouragement grant you to be of the SAME MIND with ONE another according to Christ Jesus."
Romans 15:6 "So that with ONE accord you may with ONE voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ."
Romans 15:9-11 "And for the Gentiles to glorify God for His mercy; as it is written,
“Therefore I will give praise to You among the Gentiles,
And I will sing to Your NAME.”
Again he says,
“Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.”
And again,
“Praise the Lord all you Gentiles,
And let all the peoples praise Him.”
2Chronicles 30:12 "The hand of God was also on Judah to give them ONE HEART to do what the king and the princes commanded by the word of the Lord."
Ephesians 1:10 "With a view to an administration suitable to the fullness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth..."
1Corinthians 12:12 "For even as the body is ONE and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are ONE body, so also is Christ."
Philippians 1:27 "Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in ONE spirit, with ONE mind striving together for the faith of the gospel."
Philippians 2:1-4 "Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, make my joy complete by being of the SAME MIND, maintaining the SAME love, united in spirit, intent on ONE purpose. Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard ONE another as more important than yourselves.
Ephesians 4:2 "With all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for ONE another in love."
1Peter 3:8 "To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit."
Philippians 2:2 "Make my joy complete by being of the SAME MIND, maintaining the SAME love, united in spirit, intent on ONE purpose."
2Corinthians 13:11 "Finally, brethren, rejoice, be made complete, be comforted, be like-minded, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
Come together in unity, as one as Jesus and His Father are One (John 17:21).
John 17:20 "I am not asking on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in Me through their message, 21 that ALL of them may be ONE, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me. 22 I have given them the GLORY You gave Me, so that they may be ONE as We are ONE."
Church Corporate HOLY SPIRIT anointing fulfills the Gospel (John 17:21).
Come together in principle in UNITY in the Word of God (John 17:21).
The United States Government and Educational System is changing the vocabulary of the nation as also happened in 1917-1918 by Lenin and by his wife Krupskaya who was appointed to be in charge of public education.
Just as Communist Russia, the USA has started a similar global educational reformation, with intimidation, and silencing of the Judeo-Christian Culture by Fascist Socialism with the power and control of the U.N. World Government.
The public schools today tell the children what to believe, whether it is right or wrong as Krupskaya commanded and the American public schools mirror that indoctrination curriculum of lies, half-truths, and moral perversion today. Generally, the lies include the evolution of life from amino-acids to human beings, moral sexual perversion TAUGHT about the LGBTQ legally mandated brainwashing that perverts the minds and souls of the children teaching against God and nationalism, and giving themselves over to the coming supersized dark tyranny of the U.N. controlled by enemies of God and America.
In 1917 A.D. Russia was very "woke" and tore down the monuments and statues of their heritage and culture as has happened in the USA.
They actually appointed "thought police" as Google, Facebook, and others control the "woke" language they can speak, tell the people what they can say and what they cannot say, such as U.S. Law banning the Name of Jesus by making it illegal to speak in public schools so as few people as possible will be saved and as many as possible will be doomed to spiritual darkness (Acts 4:12). Government controls on "free speech" in Twitter, Facebook, and other media all work to brainwash the children to damn their souls forever. Jesus said it would be better for those who "stumble" and perverted the souls of the children to commit suicide (Luke 17:2).
Luke 17:2 "It would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble. 3 Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him."
As the government schools conform the thinking of the students against believing in God, family, and nationalism, they take the children as property of the government, and take them out of the authority of the parents to build a "New Society," a "New World Order," a "Global Reset" of total tyranny, an oligarchy of a few elitist people in the U.N. World Government as more and more treaties grow the power the U.N. world government into more spiritual darkness and enable more abuse of power.
It is COMMANDED to always teach the children the Way to God in Heaven.
Proverbs 22:6 "TRAIN up a CHILD in THE WAY he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it."
Deuteronomy 6:6-7 "And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall TEACH them DILIGENTLY to your CHILDREN, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise."
Ephesians 6:4 "Fathers, do not provoke your CHILDREN to anger, but bring them up in the DISCIPLINE and INSTRUCTION of the Lord."
Proverbs 13:24 "Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is DILIGENT to DISCIPLINE him."
Deuteronomy 6:7 "You shall TEACH them DILIGENTLY to your CHILDREN, and shall TALK OF THEM when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise."
Psalm 127:3 "Behold, CHILDREN are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.
Isaiah 54:13 "All your CHILDREN shall be TAUGHT by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your CHILDREN."
Matthew 19:13-15 "Then CHILDREN were brought to Him that He might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people, but Jesus said, “Let the little CHILDREN come to Me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the Kingdom of Heaven.” And He laid His hands on them and went away."
Colossians 3:21 "Fathers, do not provoke your CHILDREN, lest they become discouraged."
Proverbs 23:13-14 "Do not withhold discipline from a CHILD; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die. If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol."
Psalm 127:3-5 "Behold, CHILDREN are a HERITAGE from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the CHILDREN of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate."
Deuteronomy 11:19 "You shall TEACH them to your CHILDREN, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by THE WAY, and when you lie down, and when you rise."
Colossians 3:20 "CHILDREN, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord."
Proverbs 1:8-9 "Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's TEACHING, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck."
Galatians 5:22-23 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things, there is no law."
Proverbs 22:15 "Folly is bound up in the heart of a CHILD, but the rod of DISCIPLINE drives it far from him."
1Timothy 4:12 "Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity."
Matthew 19:14 "But Jesus said, “Let the little CHILDREN come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the Kingdom of Heaven.”
Deuteronomy 4:9 “Only take care, and keep your soul DILIGENTLY, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them KNOWN to your CHILDREN and your CHILDREN's CHILDREN."
Proverbs 19:18 "DISCIPLINE your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death."
Ephesians 6:1-4 'CHILDREN, OBEY your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” Fathers, do not provoke your CHILDREN to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord."
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.
Proverbs 29:15 "The rod and REPROOF give wisdom, but a CHILD left to himself brings shame to his mother."
Hebrews 12:5-11 "And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. For the Lord DISCIPLINES the one He loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.” It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without DISCIPLINE, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate CHILDREN and not sons. Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who DISCIPLINED us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?"
Proverbs 29:17 "Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; He will give delight to your heart."
3John 1:4 "I have no greater joy than to hear that my CHILDREN are WALKING in the TRUTH.
Ecclesiastes 12:1 "Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them.”
Matthew 18:10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the Face of My Father who is in Heaven.
James 3:1 "Not many of you should become TEACHERS, my brothers, for you know that we who TEACH will be JUDGED with greater strictness."
Isaiah 28:9-10 “To whom will He TEACH KNOWLEDGE, and to whom will He explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, those taken from the breast? For it is PRECEPT UPON PRECEPT, PRECEPT UPON PRECEPT, LINE UPON LINE, LINE UPON LINE, here a little, there a little.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths."
Titus 2:4-5 "And so TRAIN the young women to love their husbands and CHILDREN, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the WORD of God may not be reviled."
Proverbs 20:11 "Even a CHILD makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright."
Psalm 34:11"Come, O CHILDREN, listen to me; I will TEACH you the fear of the Lord."
Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Him who strengthens me."
Ephesians 6:1-3 "CHILDREN, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”
Mark 10:13-16 "And they were bringing CHILDREN to Him that He might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it, He was indignant and said to them, “LET THE CHILDREN COME to Me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the Kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a CHILD shall not enter it.” And He took them in His arms and blessed them, laying His hands on them."
Genesis 18:19 "For I have chosen him, that he may COMMAND his CHILDREN and his household after him TO KEEP THE WAY of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what He has promised him.”
Exodus 20:12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you."
Proverbs 13:22 "A good man leaves an inheritance to his CHILDREN's CHILDREN, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous."
Psalm 78:1-7 "Give ear, O my people, to my TEACHING; incline your ears to the words of my mouth! I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old, things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have TOLD us. We will not hide them from their CHILDREN, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and His Might, and the Wonders that He has done. He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a Law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to TEACH to their CHILDREN."
2Timothy 3:16 "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for TEACHING, for reproof, for correction, and for TRAINING in righteousness,
Psalm 23:1-6 "The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for His NAME's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows."
Deuteronomy 4:10 "How on the day that you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, the Lord said to me, ‘GATHER the people to Me, that I may let them hear MY WORDS, so that they may LEARN to fear Me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may TEACH their CHILDREN so."
2Timothy 2:15 "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the WORD OF TRUTH."
Proverbs 17:6 "GRANDCHILDREN are the crown of the aged, and the glory of CHILDREN is their fathers."
Mark 9:37 “Whoever receives one such CHILD in MY NAME receives Me, and whoever receives Me, receives not Me but Him who sent Me.”
Isaiah 38:19 "The living, the living, he thanks you, as I do this day; the father makes KNOWN to the CHILDREN your faithfulness.
Proverbs 15:5 "A fool despises his father's instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent."
Deuteronomy 4:9-10 “Only take care, and keep your soul DILIGENTLY, lest you FORGET the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. MAKE THEM KNOWN to your CHILDREN and your CHILDREN's CHILDREN— how on the day that you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, the Lord said to me, ‘GATHER the people to Me, that I may let them hear My WORDS, so that they may LEARN to fear Me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may TEACH their CHILDREN so."
Psalm 8:2 "Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger."
James 1:5 "If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him."
Deuteronomy 11:18-19 “You shall therefore LAY UP [LEARN] these WORDS of Mine in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall TEACH them to your CHILDREN, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
Luke 6:40 "A disciple is not above his TEACHER, but everyone, when he is fully TRAINED, will be like his TEACHER."
Ephesians 4:32 "Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you."
Matthew 5:19 "Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and TEACHES others to do the same will be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven, but whoever does them and TEACHES them will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven."
Psalm 32:8 "I will INSTRUCT you and TEACH you in the way you should go; I WILL COUNSEL you with My Eye upon you."
Colossians 3:16 "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, TEACHING and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God."
Proverbs 1:8 "Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's TEACHING."
Deuteronomy 6:6-9 "And these WORDS that I COMMAND you today shall be ON YOUR HEART. You shall TEACH them DILIGENTLY to your CHILDREN and shall TALK of THEM when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall BIND THEM as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates."
Matthew 18:2-6 "And calling to him a CHILD, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like CHILDREN, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this CHILD is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. “Whoever receives one such CHILD in my name receives me, but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea." TEACHING LIES AND IMMORALITY AS ACCEPTABLE WILL BE JUDGED BY GOD.
John 14:26 "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My NAME, He will TEACH you all things and bring to your REMEMBERANCE all that I have said to you."
Psalm 113:9 "He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of CHILDREN. Praise the Lord!
Matthew 10:24 “A disciple is not above his TEACHER, nor a servant above his master."
1Peter 4:10 "As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:
Romans 12:7 "If service, in our serving; the one who TEACHES, in his TEACHING."
Matthew 21:15-16 "But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the CHILDREN crying out in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant, and they said to Him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes; have you never read, “‘Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise’?”
James 3:1-2 "Not many of you should become TEACHERS, my brothers, for you know that we who TEACH will be JUDGED with GREATER STRICTNESS. For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body."
2Timothy 1:11 "For which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and TEACHER,
Luke 2:52 "And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man."
Isaiah 26:3 "You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You."
Psalm 119:11 "I have stored up Your WORD in my heart, that I might not sin against You." WE ARE RESPONSIBLE TO LEARN THE WORD OF GOD AS DISCIPLES.
2Timothy 3:16-17 "All Scripture is breathed out by God [GK: GOD-BREATHED] and profitable for TEACHING, for reproof, for correction, and for TRAINING in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work."
Ephesians 4:29 "Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear."
John 13:13 "You call Me TEACHER and Lord, and you are right, for so I am."
Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Mark 10:15 "Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a CHILD shall not enter it.”
Mark 9:36-37 "And He took a CHILD and put him in the midst of them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them, “Whoever receives one such CHILD in My NAME receives Me, and whoever receives Me, receives not me but Him who sent Me.”
Romans 2:21 "You then who TEACH others, do you not TEACH yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal?"
Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope."
Titus 2:3-5 "Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to TEACH what is good, and so TRAIN the young women to love their husbands and CHILDREN, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the WORD of God may not be reviled."
Luke 6:31 "And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them."
Matthew 21:22 "And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”
1Corinthians 16:13-14 "Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love."
Romans 12:6-7 "Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; the one who TEACHES, in his TEACHING."
Titus 2:7-8 "Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your TEACHING show integrity, dignity, and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us."
Ephesians 2:8-9 "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast."
1Peter 5:5 "Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
John 16:21 "When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world."
1Corinthians 15:58 "Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
James 1:17 "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change."
2Timothy 3:14-17 "But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from CHILDHOOD you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for TEACHING, for reproof, for correction, and for TRAINING in righteousness, that the man of God may be COMPLETE, EQUIPPED for every good work." TRAIN the CHILDREN to be EQUIPPED to walk with God and Jesus.
Ephesians 3:16-19 "That according to the riches of His glory He may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have the strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Matthew 28:19-20 "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the NAME of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, TEACHING them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
1Chronicles 25:8 "And they cast lots for their duties, small and great, TEACHER and pupil alike."
Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied."
James 1:27 "Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world."
The U.N. NWO is a major part of the "Gates of Hell" that is working to overthrow the Church today (Mt. 16:18).
The U.N. is powered by "thug spirits," the spirit of bullying, the spirits of antichrists, and by members of the state religion of civil government who are bullies and tear down and silence Christians. Civil Government is actually a STATE RELIGION as Thomas Jefferson said to the leaders of Virginia! People have a choice of serving the antichrist spirit of Civil Government or serving the Holy Spirit of God and Jesus in a Christian nation.
Attending Church is commanded by God and Jesus and more frequently as the end approaches. "And so much the more as you see the Day approaching" - The term "day" here refers to some event that was certainly anticipated, and which was so well understood by them that no particular explanation was necessary. It was also some event that was expected soon to occur, and in relation to which there were indications then of its speedily arriving. If it had not been something that was expected soon to happen, the apostle would have gone into a more full explanation of it and would have stated at length what these indications were. There has been some diversity of opinion about what is here referred to, many commentators supposing that the reference is to the anticipated second coming of the Lord Jesus to set up a visible kingdom on the earth, and alerted others to the fact that the period was approaching when Jerusalem was to be destroyed, and when the services of the temple were to cease... So far as the language is concerned, the reference might be to either event, for the word "Day" is applied to both in the New Testament. The word would properly be understood as referring to an expected period when something remarkable was to happen which ought to have an important influence on their character and conduct. In support of the opinion that it refers to the approaching destruction of Jerusalem, and to the coming of the Lord Jesus to set up His kingdom in the hearts of Christians, we may adduce the following considerations:
(1) The term used - "Day" - will as properly refer to that event as we do to any other. It is a word which would be likely to suggest the idea of distress, calamity, or judgment of some kind, for so it is often used in the Scriptures; comp Psalm 27:13; 1Samuel 26:10; Jeremiah 30:7; Ezekiel 21:5; notes Isaiah 2:12.
(2) Such a period the "Day of the Lord" was distinctly predicted by Jesus Our Savior, and spoke of the first-century circumstances which would precede it were clearly pointed out; see Matthew 24. That event was then so near that Jesus our Savior said, the current generation would not pass away until the prediction had been fulfilled; Matthew 24:34. Jesus set up His Kingdom in the first century (Luke 19:27; 1Cor. 15:25; Rev. 1:5). Jesus is the Ruler of all kings and nations in the lifetime of Apostle John.
(3) The destruction of Jerusalem was an event of great importance to the Hebrews, and to the Hebrew Christians to whom this Epistle was directed, and it might be reasonable to suppose that the apostle Paul would refer to it.
(4) It is not improbable that at the time of writing this Epistle, there were indications that that day was approaching. Those indications were of so marked a character that when the time approached they could not well be mistaken (see Matthew 24:6-12; 24:24; 24:26), and it is probable that they had already begun to appear.
(5) There were no such indications that the Lord Jesus was about to appear to set up a visible kingdom but He set up an invisible kingdom at its humble beginnings in the first century A.D. It was a fact that that was about to occur, as the result has shown, see 1Corinthians 4:8.
Millions of Christians have been martyred confessing "Jesus is Lord." Jesus is the LORD of Lords and the King of Kings and they died confessing Jesus was setting up His Kingdom in their hearts (Mt 10:32-33).
The expectation is the "SOON" destruction of Jerusalem was referred to and was about to occur, was just what might be expected to produce the effect on the minds of the Hebrew Christians that the apostle here refers to. It was to be a solemn and fearful event. It would be a remarkable manifestation of God. It would break up the civil and ecclesiastical polity of the nation and would scatter them abroad. It would require all the exercise of their patience and faith in passing through these scenes. It might be expected to be a time when many would be tempted to deny Jesus is Lord and apostatize. It was important, therefore, to exhort them to meet together and to strengthen and encourage each other as they saw that the Apocalypse was drawing near. The argument then would be this. The danger against which the apostle desired to guard those to whom he was writing was, that of apostasy from Christianity to Judaism. To preserve them from this, he urges the fact that the downfall of ceremonial Judaism was near in their lifetimes, and that every indication that they saw of its approach ought to be allowed to influence them and to guard them against that danger. Attending Church regularly as the end of America approaches attending church is commanded for the same reasons. You need the strength of Jesus and His Body, which is the Church, to walk and obey Jesus until the end.
Psalms calling us to assemble together.
The Psalms of Ascent(s) have also been called the Song of Degrees, the Pilgrim Songs, as well as the Gradual Psalms. They are named this because of the phrase appearing before each psalm in Psalms 120-134. Each is called "a song of ascent" at the beginning of the psalm. The Hebrew term is maʿalot which means "going up." They were going up to the house of the Lord, church today, to praise and worship God and Jesus. In the New Testament, the Church worships in "Heavenly places" and goes up to Heaven as God and Jesus are worshipped (Ephesians 1:3, 20; 2:6; 3:10; 6:12).
The Songs of Ascent is a special group of psalms comprising Psalms 120—134 singing the joy and blessings of assembling together in the Body of Christ in then the Jerusalem Temple and today in churches those psalms of entering the presence of Jesus are just as important. They are also called Pilgrim Songs. Four of these songs are attributed to King David (122, 124, 131, 133) and one to Solomon (127), while the remaining ten are anonymous. The city of Jerusalem is situated on a high hill of Mt Zion/Mt Moriah. The Psalms of Ascent are songs about going up to the Temple in Jerusalem to worship, or today worshipping God and rising in their spirit to the assembly in Heavenly Places worshipping God and Jesus.
Ephesians 5:19 "Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord, 20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ." It is especially important to worship together in Church, learning to become "One," with one another as Jesus is One with His Father.
Worshipping God through Jesus singing Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs is COMMANDED by the Holy Spirit for our spiritual mental health and well-being.
1Corinthians 14 gives God's Will for what is to occur in today's church services.
1Corinthians 12 has written Christians need to learn to function as God has endowed each with gifts to be an eye or foot or whatever part of the Body of Christ.
Acts 16:25 "About midnight Paul and Silas were PRAYING and SINGING HYMNS to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose." PRAYING AND SINGING HYMNS brought freedom and release from prison for Paul and Barnabas.
Colossians 3:15 "Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for to this you were called as members of one body. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it ALL in the Name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him."
In the assembly in Church: "Teaching and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God." Teaching and admonishing one another with ALL WISDOM singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with thanksgiving and gratitude in your heart to God for His gift of Jesus.
Proverbs 22:6 "Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it."
Children need church schools, Christian schools where the Way to God and eternal life through Jesus and His Gospel are diligently TAUGHT.
Ephesians 6:4 "Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord."
Deuteronomy 4:9 "Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren." Teaching the children in Church, as well as at home, is commanded by God and Jesus.
Deuteronomy 11:19 "Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up." Teaching children at every opportunity 24/7 the Apostles' Doctrine everywhere possible is commanded by God and Jesus.
Deuteronomy 4:9 "Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. TEACH them to your CHILDREN and to their CHILDREN after them."
Christians are COMMANDED to TEACH the CHILDREN the WORD and precepts of God and Jesus in a Christian environment.
Luke 6:40 "The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher." Jesus COMMANDS ALL disciples, including children to be DILIGENTLY TAUGHT to be like Him.
Psalms 18:33 "He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights. 34 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. 35 You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me."
Titus 2:3 "Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good. 4 In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the WORD of God will not be discredited." The command of God is to teach each other 24/7 whenever and wherever possible the Apostles' Doctrine.
1Timothy 3:16 "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work." Scripture must be used for instruction, for conviction of sin and for correction and training in righteousness so we may be completed, fully equipped for every good work the Holy Spirit calls us to do. Churches must become equipping centers, equipping the saints for this life and for the life to come in eternity.
Eph. 4:12 "To equip the saints for the work of service, for the building up of the body of Christ."
Church is a place where God equips the saints with Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors-Teachers, and other necessary gifts for the ministry of Jesus:
Ephesians 4:11 "And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ, 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ."
1Peter 5:4 "And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of GLORY that will never fade away. 5 Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” 6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you." Humble yourselves by OBEYING JESUS and going to Church and learning to "Love one another" as Jesus commands Christians. Learning to love each other and the unlovable can be a humbling experience!
There are many biblical reasons for attending Church, for example, how can we "Love One Another" if we stay away from the weekly assembly of Christians? We MUST learn to love each other and attend church learning as much as possible about the Apostles' Doctrine. The assembling together is commanded by God and Jesus to achieve God's training for each disciple/Christian.
Being conformed into the "image and likeness" of Jesus Christ and becoming the "Bride of Christ" is what the Creator desires of us and it is our responsibility to seek His Face (1Cor 13:12; 2Chron 7:14) to help enable us to do His Will and obtain His Blessings.
John 17:21 "I am not asking on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in Me through their message, 21 that all of them may be ONE, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me. 22 I have given them the glory You gave Me, so that they may be ONE as We are ONE."
Only by attending Church may you obtain the Glory of Jesus to become ONE with each other as Jesus and His Father are ONE. Attending Church is the ONLY WAY to learn to become ONE with one another as Jesus and His Father are "ONE."
Galatians 6:6 "Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor. 7 Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. 8 The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life." If one sows his time, and service ministry in the church, one will more accurately become "ONE" with Jesus and one with others as God and Jesus have commanded.
Attending Church is very much part of fulfilling God's "Greatest Commandments."
Matthew 22:37 "Jesus declared, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the First and Greatest Commandment. 39 And the Second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’" Amen