Absolutely. There are a lot of excuses people give for not following that instruction in the bible but it doesn't change the fact the commandment is there.
My observation is that most often the people who consider themselves Christians who don't follow it are either those who are so rigid in their thinking they can never find a church they agree with 100% so they don't go to any.
Or they have been let down by people in a church or churches so allow bitterness to deny them of the benefits of being a part of an assembly.
In both those cases the reasons are just excuses for not doing something we are clearly told to do. It ties in with placing ourselves in a position to be made better Christians through the ministry of pastors, teachers, etc as also spoken about in Ephesians chapter 4.
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"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
The story is told of D.L. Moody as he visited two of his congregation who had been absent from the church services. Previously, they had been zealous in the work ... Recently, though, they had stopped going to the meetings, and Moody went to see them. They told him they believed it’s not necessary to come to church ... You can worship God in the privacy of your own home. The pastor said nothing, ... but he leant forward and carefully lifted two pieces of coal out onto the hearth. Nothing was said for a couple of minutes ... and then they realised the lesson Moody was showing them. ... The coals burnt well when they were in the fire, - along with the other coals; but when they were removed from the rest and set on their own, they quickly extinguished.
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Absolutely. There are a lot of excuses people give for not following that instruction in the bible but it doesn't change the fact the commandment is there.
My observation is that most often the people who consider themselves Christians who don't follow it are either those who are so rigid in their thinking they can never find a church they agree with 100% so they don't go to any.
Or they have been let down by people in a church or churches so allow bitterness to deny them of the benefits of being a part of an assembly.
In both those cases the reasons are just excuses for not doing something we are clearly told to do. It ties in with placing ourselves in a position to be made better Christians through the ministry of pastors, teachers, etc as also spoken about in Ephesians chapter 4.
I LOVE the truth, even when spoken by a liberal. Seriously, I agree 100%.
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That is the first time anyone on this board has ever agreed with me on anything!
I don't think you are allowed to use that word on this forum. You might want to check.
I agree with you too. And might I add my 2 cents that the local franchise of a denomination isn't necessarily the best place to support with your time and money. Of course if you have bought into the fallacy that the denomination you've been supporting is the absolute purest and on the cutting edge of what God is doing today then I guess you would see the need to attend those meetings "religiously". You will make sure that you project the elitism to everyone you talk to about it too until you realize that particular church is not the gift from God you thought it was. Been there done that.
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