No paid man-made hierarchy in the gathering of born-again believers.

Recently, I engaged in a conversation with a sister in Christ. She was concerned that my husband and I were not attending a "church".

 
Here is what I told her.
"I am a dedicated Christ-born-again believer, which is why I left the unbiblical organized church system. Christ never commanded us to do church the way that system operates."

 
"He never told us to "go to church." He said Where two or three are gathered in His name, there is He in the midst. According to the Scriptures, we can meet on any day at any time with anyone who is a sibling in Christ."

 
"Those who are born-again are the church; Our body is the temple, and we worship in Spirit and Truth, not with our bodies or particular places."

 
"When we study the Bible with the help of the Holy Spirit, we can see how much is wrong with these apostate gatherings. They say some right things, but many things they believe are wrong. And, the denominations are against God's Word."

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God told us to agree, which means we seek Christ until we agree according to the Bible. God said we serve Him with our bodies, but we do not engage in man-made rituals that deter us from edifying one another in the Spirit.
The purpose of the gathering is to build one another in the faith so that we become strong enough to share the gospel with the lost and live out our Christianity boldly and unashamedly.

 
1 Thessalonians 5:11
"11 Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, just as you also are doing."

This encouragement is not praise for good deeds done, it is encouragement to keep remaining faithful to God's Word in our walk. Thankfulness that one is walking in good deeds is included but it is not praise to build pride.

 
Hebrews 3:13
"But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness."

Ephesians 4:29
"Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen."

Romans 14:19
"So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification."

Definition of Edification: Improvement of the mind and understanding.

 
Romans 14:19
"19 So then we pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another."

Ephesians 4:14-16 "…14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
16 From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part."

Because we love someone, we tell the truth; their response to the truth does not lie with us. When we speak the truth, we do it to help someone continue to obey God or to begin obeying God. It is not done with malice to impress or intimidate anyone; it is done because of our love for them.

 
Those who are prideful and resistant to correction will misinterpret our motives and come against us because of their pride, not because we did something wrong.
The gathering of believers has become a social club with everyone walking on eggshells, promoting good feelings without important life lessons to grow one another in the faith.

 
Some Christians are coming out of the organized 501c3 organizations led by men and not by the Holy Spirit because of all the unbiblical and worldly practices and attitudes that go on in them.

 
Colossians 1:28
"We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ."

All believers proclaim Him, all admonish and teach everyone in all wisdom. The only leader is the Holy Spirit, and those who are designated as shepherds are subject to everyone else in the gathering. No one has authority over anyone else; we are all admonished to speak the truth using the Scriptures.