Christian Without Going To Church
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Christian without going to church. It s possible to be a christian without going to church but you will be missing out on an important part of what god wants to do in your life. 5 1 and he or she is a christian. So in that sense it is true to say that you don t have to be a church goer to be a christian. I have been to several churches and they always ask about income.
To declare that one doesn t need to attend church to be a christian is to expose a betrayal in thought and practice of the effectiveness and power of the gospel. Next stop thinking about practicing christianity as a religion as the world does. Going to church doesn t make you a christian nor does it make you any more christian than the person who doesn t attend on a regular basis. If a person has received christ by faith john 1 12 then he is justified by faith romans 3 28.
This man never got to go to church and yet he is a christian because he trusts in jesus. A christian without a church is still a christian by alex iwashyna on december 4 2012 3 comments when my family stopped going to church a few years ago quite a few christians told me with some bible quotes thrown in for good measure that christians were supposed to spend time together. And the church is what provides that organization that shape and definition. For those who believe in the lord jesus christ fellowshipping with each other and reminding each other of what he has taught as well as his imminent return is very very important.
The christian and the church friends we can all become christians without coming to church but surely we as christians cannot help but go to church. Just as we need a balanced diet to be strong physically so we need a balanced diet to be strong spiritually and part of that diet is the church. Being able to go to church can be affected by your circumstances. Church attendance is not what makes us a christian.
What being a christians is really about is your faith in. Sure the church can be old and stale and downright sinful at times but the main reason people don t like the church and don t want to go to church is because the church has walls. In fact as soon as you say you have to do something to be a christian you are in danger of getting the gospel message wrong. This is why people don t like the church.
True christians and local congregations go together.