Posts Tagged ‘ Gathered ’
“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am there among them.”
Matthew 18:20, CSB
We are saved in Christ alone, and we come together to call out sin to lead each other to repentance in the power of the Holy Spirit and with the direction of His Word.
Send thine hand from above; Rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
Psalm 144:7, KJV
We gather as the Church to remind each other of God’s grace and faithfulness in the midst of a society that rages and wars against God.
Bow your heavens, O Lord, and come down! Touch the mountains so that they smoke!
Psalm 144:5, ESV
We come together to remind each other of God’s promises and covenants, especially that God came to us to redeem us from sin.
O Lord, what is man that you regard him, or the son of man that you think of him? Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
Psalm 144:3-4, ESV
Looking at our world, it’s easy to see humans are relatively insignificant and horrible to each other. Therefore, we gather together in Christ to remind each other that the Creator loves us, saves us, and lifts us up by His Spirit.
Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.
Psalm 143:8, ESV
We need reminders of God’s love and faithfulness, and this is why we gather together as the Church, to lift each other up to our Savior.
“For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
Esther 4:14, ESV
We have been tasked with calling out sin by the authority of Christ. We bring each other closer to Christ and remind each other of the hope we have in His coming.
that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together. Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
1 Corinthians 12:25-27, ESV
We join in Christ’s suffering, and we share in His resurrection. May we encourage each other as we await His return, praying for each other and loving each other in Christ’s love.
“For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”
Matthew 18:20, ESV
We hold each other accountable to Christ, rebuking, calling out sin, and, especially, encouraging each other to remain faithful to Christ until He returns, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
“For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”
Matthew 18:20, ESV
We call out sin. We repent. We glorify God.
Together.
In Christ.
“For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”
Matthew 18:20, ESV
We hold each other accountable to God’s Word and all godliness, and Christ empowers us to remain faithful.
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