I understood long ago that it was I who would stand alone before that throne and not in some group that I had signed allegiance to. It’s Chris alone who I look to, no some organization run by fallible man.
....”I understood long ago that it was I who would stand alone before that throne and not in some group that I had signed allegiance to. It’s Chris alone who I look to, no some organization run by fallible man”....
I can relate to that as well...It was because I pulled away from two opposing churches... and got with the Lord and His Word alone that He began to teach me in remarkable ways. I wanted to know not who was being truthful...but what did God himself want me to know.
I remember so well sitting down that first day and saying to God that He said He would teach me and I was there at the moment to be taught by Him. .....it took more than one setting but each time I did so I found myself not wanting to stop as HE opened His Word more and more...and I knew HE was indeed teaching me.....and HE does so still to this very day! Amen!!!
I’ve been to many churches in my life as I’ve moved often....But with that I also knew each church I attended was to worship Him and listen to what He might have to say. Many were worldly....others dead...but those that were ‘centered’ on Jesus Christ and His Word were wonderful to attend, and I would always learn more about Jesus and love Him all the more for having been there among them.
Jesus said we were not to forske the gathering of ourselves together..as some do...and there is something remarkable when we are among the body of believers...His church....no matter what denomination they might be.