What is a church? The Bible says: It is a house of prayer, where people meet for corporate worship, to encourage one another in love, humility, with forgiveness & for the glory of God. The Word of God guides its activities & the Holy Spirit is our Helper. The above is the standard of the real church. It's different from the robbers den which Jesus castigated & rebuked. What do you pray? We pray the Word or His will in FAITH. Which report do you believe? I urge you: Believe the report of the Lord. Build in accordance with the Word of God. Grace & peace be with you.
This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds & write them on their hearts. I will be their God, & they will be My people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying: Know the Lord, because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest. (Hebrews 8:10-11). If our hearts are not changed, following God's rules will be unpleasant & difficult. We will rebel against being told how to live the Christian way. The Holy Spirit, however, gives us new desires, helping us wanting to obey God. With new hearts, hearts of flesh & not hearts of stone, we will find that serving God is our greatest joy. Under God's new covenant, God's law is inside us & not outside, ie, on a tablet of stone. No, it's written in our hearts. It is no longer an external set of rules & principles. The Holy Spirit reminds us of Christ's words, activates our ...
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