God does not delight in backsliders. You can't please him without faith.
Hebrews 10:39
39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
I'm just following up on this because I responded to the decline of the people in assembly in person as the person preacher of the podcast in his sermon and teaching spoke about.
Regards to Hebrews 10 KJV
Can we assemble on the internet? There is a interesting advantage there but there's nothing like the real thing. The author of Hebrews 10 was talking about the real thing. Jesus was the real thing and did the real thing. They can assemble in homes as well. And various other places depending on the reasons for assembly.
Hebrews 10:24-25 KJV
"and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: 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 ."
You don't only assemble for worship good and faithful servants.
Christ assembled people for a supper in the upper room of a house or wherever it was. He also talked to people in a field outdoors in assembly. He met with the Pharisees and had company with them including many other people. Christians can assemble for worship in a church building or in a home or in some rented space as many do. Don't forsake the assembling of ourselves . And you're supposed to provoke people on to love. So even if somebody doesn't understand the scriptures and they're a newbie on milk but you become a Pharisee thinking you are more righteous and in the higher position than them go to the last in essence try to understand what I'm saying. You have to have patience with people. Even in Romans 10 all these things are written as God wrote it in our hearts. Romans 10 is fascinating it is a truth that so many do not abide by but they follow a corrupt way that is not the way at all and they refuse correction.
This is not a study of Hebrews 10 by the way this is just referring to the gathering and doing it the right way and as written in Hebrews 10 with the right intention. But here is an interesting summary of Hebrews 10 without getting into the study of it.
"where it is said Jeremiah 31:33-34, that under the gospel the laws of God would be written on the heart, and sin would be remembered no more. There must then be, the apostle inferred, some way by which this was to be secured, and this was by the great sacrifice on the cross, which had the effect of perfecting forever those who were sanctified. "
Why is the church declining?
" Some of the reasons were “logistical”, McConnell said, as people moved away for college or started jobs which made it difficult to attend church. “But some of the other answers are not so much logistics. One of the top answers was church members seem to be judgmental or hypocritical,” McConnell said. 1/23/23
See below icon for initial response.
When the question was first asked I sort of thought of what I understood but I never thought of demographics and people moving because of the price of living and all these things which is true but people also move on in their Christian walk sometimes for example they might open a street ministry or some other type of ministry or join some other ministry. I remind you various people have left us. Meanwhile some minister, example Baptist Minister might stay put.
Now there's been some tribulation recently and if you are talking about America with what has just occurred in the last few years including the enormous amount of border illegal aliens as they say coming in you're probably going to eventually double your population and the population in Canada has been growing as they have a lot of newcomers even I believe they took in some ukrainians because of the war.
I do realize the preacher was referring to England and what's happening over there too. The world is huge and who knows. The gospel has to continue being preached so keep the faith in that regard.
It's not easy and it's easy to misconstrue the situation so keep the faith that's what God does.
Saturday September 30th 2023
This can be a big complicated topic and since lower in the Christian news I mentioned it I thought I should add a little bit to it. So see above that Jesus saves icon.
The Mainstream Church is Declining! Why?
Yes very insightful and just preaching love love and lukewarm. John 2:16 it's been put on my heart countless times unfortunately we have to accept the reality but there is one who's a king. Jesus of Nazareth and no I am not Jewish nor am I a Seventh-Day Adventist. I am just a Christian Bible believer voice in the wilderness.
You ask why well infiltration is a reason and distraction is another. They will make merchandise out of you and people are busy reaping the world and forfeiting their own soul as they are blind and can't hear like a skipping broken record. Let's not diminish the ones that are faithful and good servants. There's a devil in this world and he opposes everything that is of the true GOD. You can't overcome him on human mindsets or philosophy. God gave those who listen to him/darkness to them so they can choose whom they will serve. The Book of Revelation tells us the world is deceived. This is how it is and there was a guy in the telecast by Rebel News the one being with David Menzies and a fellow said when they start allowing sexualization and indoctrination of children in schools democracies/empires as he called it eventually crumble and fall in due time. Yes that's what's going to happen one day as that New World Order comes into being and who knows when that will be but the Bible it's impossible to fail. Let's hope Armageddon doesn't come first. I'm sure people are waiting for the catching up. Keep the faith and occupy until he comes. Remember the gospel has to be preached to the whole world and we need laborers in the field so pray for them and also pray for the newbies.
God soul has no delight in backsliders
39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
I'm just following up on this because I responded to the decline of the people in assembly in person as the person preacher of the podcast in his sermon and teaching spoke about.
Regards to Hebrews 10 KJV
Can we assemble on the internet? There is a interesting advantage there but there's nothing like the real thing. The author of Hebrews 10 was talking about the real thing. Jesus was the real thing and did the real thing. They can assemble in homes as well. And various other places depending on the reasons for assembly.
Hebrews 10:24-25 KJV
"and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: 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 ."
You don't only assemble for worship good and faithful servants.
Christ assembled people for a supper in the upper room of a house or wherever it was. He also talked to people in a field outdoors in assembly. He met with the Pharisees and had company with them including many other people. Christians can assemble for worship in a church building or in a home or in some rented space as many do. Don't forsake the assembling of ourselves . And you're supposed to provoke people on to love. So even if somebody doesn't understand the scriptures and they're a newbie on milk but you become a Pharisee thinking you are more righteous and in the higher position than them go to the last in essence try to understand what I'm saying. You have to have patience with people. Even in Romans 10 all these things are written as God wrote it in our hearts. Romans 10 is fascinating it is a truth that so many do not abide by but they follow a corrupt way that is not the way at all and they refuse correction.
This is not a study of Hebrews 10 by the way this is just referring to the gathering and doing it the right way and as written in Hebrews 10 with the right intention. But here is an interesting summary of Hebrews 10 without getting into the study of it.
"where it is said Jeremiah 31:33-34, that under the gospel the laws of God would be written on the heart, and sin would be remembered no more. There must then be, the apostle inferred, some way by which this was to be secured, and this was by the great sacrifice on the cross, which had the effect of perfecting forever those who were sanctified. "
Why is the church declining?
" Some of the reasons were “logistical”, McConnell said, as people moved away for college or started jobs which made it difficult to attend church. “But some of the other answers are not so much logistics. One of the top answers was church members seem to be judgmental or hypocritical,” McConnell said. 1/23/23
See below icon for initial response.
When the question was first asked I sort of thought of what I understood but I never thought of demographics and people moving because of the price of living and all these things which is true but people also move on in their Christian walk sometimes for example they might open a street ministry or some other type of ministry or join some other ministry. I remind you various people have left us. Meanwhile some minister, example Baptist Minister might stay put.
Now there's been some tribulation recently and if you are talking about America with what has just occurred in the last few years including the enormous amount of border illegal aliens as they say coming in you're probably going to eventually double your population and the population in Canada has been growing as they have a lot of newcomers even I believe they took in some ukrainians because of the war.
I do realize the preacher was referring to England and what's happening over there too. The world is huge and who knows. The gospel has to continue being preached so keep the faith in that regard.
It's not easy and it's easy to misconstrue the situation so keep the faith that's what God does.
Saturday September 30th 2023
This can be a big complicated topic and since lower in the Christian news I mentioned it I thought I should add a little bit to it. So see above that Jesus saves icon.
The Mainstream Church is Declining! Why?
Yes very insightful and just preaching love love and lukewarm. John 2:16 it's been put on my heart countless times unfortunately we have to accept the reality but there is one who's a king. Jesus of Nazareth and no I am not Jewish nor am I a Seventh-Day Adventist. I am just a Christian Bible believer voice in the wilderness.
You ask why well infiltration is a reason and distraction is another. They will make merchandise out of you and people are busy reaping the world and forfeiting their own soul as they are blind and can't hear like a skipping broken record. Let's not diminish the ones that are faithful and good servants. There's a devil in this world and he opposes everything that is of the true GOD. You can't overcome him on human mindsets or philosophy. God gave those who listen to him/darkness to them so they can choose whom they will serve. The Book of Revelation tells us the world is deceived. This is how it is and there was a guy in the telecast by Rebel News the one being with David Menzies and a fellow said when they start allowing sexualization and indoctrination of children in schools democracies/empires as he called it eventually crumble and fall in due time. Yes that's what's going to happen one day as that New World Order comes into being and who knows when that will be but the Bible it's impossible to fail. Let's hope Armageddon doesn't come first. I'm sure people are waiting for the catching up. Keep the faith and occupy until he comes. Remember the gospel has to be preached to the whole world and we need laborers in the field so pray for them and also pray for the newbies.