Well, you don't have a whole lot of scripture to back that up.
Don't require "a lot" of Scriptures.
Do you recall, ANYONE in Scripture, NOT in a man-made Church, gathering together, ministering, speaking the Word of God, praising God?
Perhaps, in a field, a street, a garden, a boat, at a water well, a town? Anywhere two or three are present?
Not in comparison to the scripture that says we are one body with many members.
That ^ relates to, men IN Christ, regardless of where they are at any time; flying in a plane, on a boat on a sea, any continent, they ARE: one body IN Christ, the Spirit of God IN them, a son of God, a son of Abraham...
And I will challenge you that a man made church is full of nonconverted... How can you be sure of that?
Because I know the Difference BETWEEN...
A (non-committed) Beginner, learning ABOUT,
A (non-committed) man WITH Christ,
A (committed) man WITHIN Christ.
Oh, you probably didnt even read the verse I am referring to. It says just the opposite:
1 Corinthians 1:21 KJV
For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
That is not SAVING the SAVED.
That is SAVING those that HEAR and BELIEVE
Those that believe still need preaching.
Never said otherwise.
I have a Holy, without SIN, HIGH Priest, Ordained by God Himself, and HIS WORD, WITH and IN, me 24-7, Verifiable, IN Scripture.
Does that apply to your...minister?
You complained and even in this rebuttal you complain. You made a lit of points on why you don't go to Church, and this is one of them.
Not complaining. Standing for what I believe, whether or not in contrast to a METHOD, you believe IS Required.
You simply DID NOT "LISTEN".
~ "GO" to a Church, one/twice a week, is YOUR method.
Do the MATH...365 days in a year.
52 or perhaps 104 times a year, you "GO" to a church, are ministered to BY A man, (who HAS sinned), WHOM, you are THEN, supposed to Search the Scriptures, to discover WHAT your minister says IS TRUE or not.
~ My preferred "method" - IS Daily, any time, any place, with any one, friend, family, neighbor, stranger... alone...
DOES NOT REQUIRE, me "GO" or "BE" in a man-made BUILDING...I HAVE His Word, IN ME, and HAVE, His Written Testimony IN MY Hand to Verify.
TO gather.
TO BE ministered TO, BY my Lord.
TO SPEAK TO, my Lord.
TO HEAR, my Lord.
TO Praise, my Lord.
TO Worship, my Lord.
And now you give a while lot more reasons why you don't like church
Uh huh. And? Do you also criticize Jesus, when He didn't LIKE men USING the TEMPLE, as a money exchange, as a place to buy and sell?
The Lord said:
Luke 19:
[
46] Saying unto them,
It is written, My house is the
house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
it is written
Reference; (Isa 56:7).
(You are naive, IF, you are unaware, of the flirting, making business deals, texting, gossip, fashion shows, discussing sports, entertainment, elevating oneself to "feel good about themselves", etc. that goes on IN man-made churches...AND the number of People, WHO HAVE NOT made a heartful COMMITMENT.)
and forsake what God said to do.
Your opinion...but irrelevant. My "attendance" in church, simply does not REQUIRE me to "GO" to a "man-made" building.
You are hung up ON... a man-made "church building". That one "MUST", "GO" there.
I don't believe, I "MUST", "GO" anywhere...
To gather, To Hear my High Priest, To Learn, To Praise, To Worship my Lord.
Yeah, and I can tell you about a lot of other rubbish he doesn't put up with and most of it is what you were complaining about! Bottom lime is you won't be happy with any answer.
I wasn't complaining. Just stating facts.
What appeals to you doesn't affect my joy or my options of any time, any place, 24-7 my High Priest is WITH, and IN me.
Overall, your church is actually biblical. Its described in Judges 17:6.
Judges 17:
[
6] In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Nah...again, you do not LISTEN...that does not describe "the church I attend".
Luke 12:
[
21] Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom
of God is within you.
Matt 28:
[
20] Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo,
I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
2 Cor 13:
[
5] Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves.
Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
Gal 2:
[
20] I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but
Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
LISTEN...It matters NOT...where "anyone else"....IS, or GOES...
my Lord IS the foundation and head of HIS CHURCH...and is WITH me, and IN me, 24-7.
EVERY place...
Where He IS, IS His Church.
Where I am, IS HIS Chruch.
His Church IS NOT, built with mens hands.
Glory to God,
Taken