Hekuran
Faithful Brother in Christ
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That's an absolute nonsense reading of scripture and I'm sure you know it. It doesn't fit at all with the way congregations behaved or were taught in New Testament times.But i think very highly of the "congregation or assembly, the call out ones" of "the God Almighty". "The Temple of GOD"
Per se "Holy Scripture".
"Do you not know that your body is the temples of the Holy Spirit who is in you? (1Cor. 6:19).
"Know you not that you are the Temple of God , and the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?" (1 Cor.3:16).
"Or what agreement does the Temple of God have with idols [jmages]? For we are the temple of the Living God; just as God said, I Will Dwell Among Them, And Walk Amond Them, And I Willl Be Their God, AndThey shall Be My People. (2 Cor. 6:16).
There is only One True Church and only One TrueGod and only One True Temple for in which God Dwells in. So where ever a " True Child of God" go's. God's Temple is there, where it is in a "SuperMarket" or a "corner institionalize church" or the Supreme Court of the United States of America or The " Halls of Paraliament" in The United Kingdom, of Great Britian. And Northern Ireland. If TheTrueChild of God is There, so is The Temple of God. Declares "GOD Amighty" and not me.
It is absolutely crystal clear that all followers of Christ organised themselves in small communities that met - worshipped, ate together, shared words of prophecy, leaned together, prayed and supported each other's needs.
Each community also had a structure in which elders could teach newer members, and in which members who strayed could be disciplined or corrected.
If a person chooses to stay outside of a local fellowship in which they can serve and be supported by others, he or she is being disobedient to the scriptures.
You cannot claim to have a high view of the congregation and at the same time urge people to leave their congregation.