2nd Timothy 3:16-17, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.”
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have received letters from numerous people, saying that they cannot find a
decent church in their area, or country. Some have said they don't know
where to follow along in believer's baptism as a new convert. Others have
stated that they cannot find a church with an active soul-winning program to
get involved in. Clearly, many believers in the Lord these days
are frustrated because they are alone in their new faith and cannot find
like-minded believers in a church to fellowship with or a place to serve the
Lord. If you can't find a church, then you can't find a church, so what is a
believer to do?
The first thing you can do is attend a good church online. I realize that it is not the same thing as physically attending a church, obviously, for numerous reasons, but for many people it is all they have. I have received numerous e-mails from Africa and around the world, from frustrated Christian believers who cannot find a solid Bible believing church in their area. There are many excellent churches, who broadcast their weekly church services on YouTube, which is a wonderful blessing.
I remember when I physically attended the First Baptist Church Of Hammond, Indiana (1985-1993) during my Bible colleges days, when Dr. Jack Hyles was still their awesome pastor. I remember that many sick people were unable to attend church services, which we called “shut-ins.” So instead of attending church services they were provided a sermon cassette of Pastor Hyles' preaching each week, so they could listen to the preaching and be edified. My friend, you and I are so very blessed to have the internet today, where we can attend umpteen excellent churches, and listen to hundreds of beautiful life-changing sermons each week. I listen on average to 20 sermons a week on YouTube, which keeps my going spiritually. ...
If You Can't Find A Good Church To Attend, You Have A Place To Go On The Internet For Now!
Second, although I am grateful for the preaching available today, the inspired Words of God are all you need to live for God. I didn't say that, God did...
2nd Timothy 3:16-17, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.”
As I mentioned, there are many people around the world who have no church building to go to, no place to fellowship with other Christian believers, nor a place to hear the preaching of God's Word. In fact, in most places throughout the New Testament they didn't have churches like we do today in America. During times of Roman persecution, and the dreaded Dark Ages (500-1000 AD), Christians hid and survived in the catacombs underground. They didn't have the freedoms that we enjoy in free nations today. Sadly, things are quickly changing in America, and people are being arrested for having Bible studies in their living room. Police are going to the homes of children, telling their parents not to put Bible verses in their child's lunchbox. Both of those incidents happened in the state of California. A popular saying is: As California goes, so goes the country!
Please keep in mind that the early Christians in the New Testament had no church building. They had no plush carpeting, no air-conditioning, no padded pews, nor stained-glass windows, et cetera. Instead, they met in each other's homes to study the Word of God and fellowship one with another. Philemon 1:2, “And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house.” They also met in an upper room the Bible says (Acts 1:13).
I once won a Hispanic man at work to the Lord. His entire family was staunch Roman Catholic and rejected him. He came back one day and said his mother had disowned him because he became a born-again Christian. I helped him by teaching him Scriptures and explained to him that persecution is a part of being a Christian believer (2nd Timothy 3:12; John 15:19). The man's name was Moreno. One day he told me that his mother contrasted the billion-dollar exquisite Roman Catholic churches to the store-front rentals where born-again Christians often meet. That was her criteria for deciding which religious group was genuine and which was not. Isn't that sad?
The only criteria that we should use in the Word of God. Catholics DON'T teach the Bible. You won't even find a Bible in a Catholic church pew. Catholicism is a prisonhouse of religion!
“When preachers begin to doubt this Book, they've lost out with God!” —Brother Lester Roloff, a quote from the sermon titled: “The Sin Of The Unstirred Church”
The Kingdom Of God Is Within Our Body As Christian Believers
My friend, a fancy church building means nothing. Jesus said that the Kingdom of God is not from without, but within. Luke 17:21, “Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.”
Romans 8:9, “But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.”
1st Corinthians 3:16-17, “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.”
God the Father and God the Son live inside my body in the form of God the Holy Spirit. Amen! John 16:13, “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.” God is the divine Author of the Bible and He has promised through His Spirit to guide and teach us as His children. Everything that we need to live for God is in the King James Bible.
I have oftentimes heard preachers (and many of them good men of God) say that your life will be utterly destroyed if you don't attend church faithfully. May I say, I have seen many people's lives ruined in church as well as out of church. Some people look to the church as a magic pill to keep them spiritual. That is a wrong attitude. This is why most Americans are totally apostate today, that is, because they are following an apostate minister. That's why they're voting for Mitt Romney, a wicked Mormon cult leader who has lied throughout his political career to get what he wants. You're not right with God if you voted for Romney or Obama. Voting for evil is supporting evil, which can only lead to more evil.
We as Christian believers are responsible for
studying the Word of God and keeping ourselves spiritual. Jesus commanded
each believer to SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES (John 5:39). I once
knew a professed Christian woman, who after sitting under the teaching of a
Baptist preacher for 20 years, went and joined the Jehovah Witnesses'
demonic cult. It's because she never studied the Bible for herself, as an
individual. She was never saved to begin with. Religion is a path to Hell.
Salvation is not found in ANY religion; but rather, in a Person—the Lord
Jesus Christ! Every Christian should study the Bible, ladies included, so
that Satan cannot so easily deceive us. The Bible is a Lamp in this world of
utter darkness (Psalm 119:105).
Don't Look To Church To Keep You Spiritual
Please understand that I'm not diminishing the importance of the New Testament Church, God forbid. I'm simply saying that we ought to SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES for ourselves as Jesus commanded.
I heard a pastor say in a sermon that the men in his church are hard working at their secular jobs, so they don't have the time to really get into the Bible and study it like a pastor does. That's a dangerous philosophy, that is, trusting another man to discern the Bible for us because we're too busy. Not me buddy, I'm going to search the Scriptures for myself to verify everything before I decide to believe it. I think it's a dangerous attitude to expect any pastor to keep you spiritual. What will happen when your pastor is gone and some bozo heretic takes his place? It happens all the time.
I've known of professed Christian women who start going to church, and then one day place an ultimatum on their husband to either go to church with them or face a divorce. That is wickedness!!! You made a promise to your spouse and God on your wedding day to remain faithful forever.
Furthermore, most lawyers and judges are the scum filth of the planet, who will bilk you financially, manipulate you, intimidate you and do whatever it takes to compel you to sign the divorce papers if your spouse files. They're evil people, truly evil. Judges and lawyers fully know that the average person is absolutely terrified of the legal system, and they use that to their advantage. That's why America has one of the worst court systems in the world. Proof of this fact is that 25% of the world's prison inmates are incarcerated in the good ole United States. Land of the free? What a misnomer! Divorce is an evil racket in America, which has made billions-of-dollars for corrupt lesbian judges and adulterous lawyers. Hell will be hot enough!
All across America churchgoers are behaving like mindless idiots, going to vote for Mitt Romney because they're pastor said he was the lesser of two evils. That's a big lie! Romney is even more evil than Obama, because he pretends not to be. Obama thinks that Jesus is equal with Muhammad (Islam). Romney thinks that Jesus and Lucifer are brothers (Mormonism). Both men are puppets of the Zionist financiers. The fact that President Obama appointed 37 former Goldman Sachs employees evidences that fact. Think about that... 37 former Goldman Sachs employees!!! They came right off Wall Street to work in Washington D.C. How much more evidence do people need to clearly see that monied interests are controlling both the Republican and Democrat political parties?
It doesn't matter which criminal wins the presidential elections, because either way America loses and the New World Order wins. As messed up as John F. Kennedy was, he was truly the last people's president that America had. Kennedy tried to warn us and shut the bankers down, so they murdered him in broad daylight to send a message to all future presidents, that is, we can kill you in broad daylight in front of thousands of people if you go against us. Many of Kennedy's predecessors were corrupt. It was during President Woodrow Wilson's watch in 1913 that he helped the banking cartel railroad the Federal Reserve Act to steal America blind, and they have again and again! They started both world wars to pillage the American public financially, forcing us to pay for their costly wars, plunging our nation into massive debt, killing hundreds-of-millions of innocent people.
America was founded largely by Freemasons, for the purpose of establishing World Government. If you don't believe me, then read 33rd degree Freemason, Manly P. Hall's prolific book, “America's Secret Destiny.” I know this truth is deep, but it's true nonetheless.
In sharp contrast to these false religions, Christianity teaches that Jesus created Lucifer and that Muhammad was only a sinful man; but Jesus Christ is the sinless man, the perfect Son, the Lamb of God, the Messiah, the Holy One, the omnipotent and almighty God of the universe! Muhammad is nothing! Jesus is everything!
Lucifer is NOT Jesus' brother. Lucifer is an archangel, as is Michael and Gabriel. However, Jesus came as God in the flesh, being God Himself! Jesus did not take on the nature of God as the corrupt New International Version (NIV) of the Bible says; but rather, Jesus embodied the fulness of the Godhead (Colossians 2:9 - King James Bible), that is, God in very existence in the flesh. John 1:10, “He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.”
What is the church? It's not a 501c3 state-licensed business, I can tell you that. A church is certainly not a big building. Do you know what a church is? Please read, THE CHURCH by Dr. Jack Hyles.
Again, please understand that I am not saying that the Church is not important. Although all that we need is in the Bible for doctrine, reproof, correction and instruction in righteousness; yet, the Bible admonishes us not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together...
Hebrews 10:25, “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.”
Carefully notice that the emphasis is NOT upon attending a 501c3 state-licensed business, nor attending a church building where organized religion is practiced; but rather, upon assembling with fellow born-again believers. Most people who attend church regularly have never obeyed Hebrews 10:25, because they are not saved themselves, nor are they meeting with fellow born-again believers. The Roman Catholic Church is a prime example of a dead cult, where there are no saved people. It's all religion without the truth of God's Word. They're the blind leading the blind.
Matthew 16:18, “And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
