I am excited that I see so many people on the internet denouncing the formalized church system God never called us to, but has been developing for the past hundreds of years.
The cultures of the world have been so indoctrinated that the church gathering must be in a building, others pray from that pulpit, everyone else sits in pews, while others pray from a position of authority and call for songs. Everything is led by the leaders who are seen as authority over the people.
In God's church gathering as described in the Bible, which can be anywhere at any time with anyone who is born again, everyone participates, no one has authority over another, and all is led by the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 14:26-27 26 What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church. 27 If anyone speaks in a tongue, two, or at most three, should speak in turn, and someone must interpret."
Edifying the body when we meet is the goal so that we all grow in holiness and are able to leave the gathering equipped to speak the gospel to the world and to encourage one another in the Word.
May the Lord speak these things clearly and boldly to all born again believers.
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