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<blockquote data-quote="YahuahSaves" data-source="post: 77038048" data-attributes="member: 446391"><p>OK I had a look at the site... a lot about the "decline of churches" .... the irony is at the bottom of the page there's another article: "are we all priests"? </p><p></p><p>"Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood".</p><p></p><p>Do you understand how the articles on declining church attendance and churches "dying" with the above article is contradictory?</p><p></p><p>I had this discussion with a traditional church member recently (a 75 year old lifetime Christian) who was very adamant that having a relationship with God was dependent on attending church on Sundays, doing community service and fellowship with other believers.</p><p>There is nothing wrong with the ideology as such, but worship, helping others and fellowship can be done anywhere, any time - and the 1st should be done daily (following Jesus - not his example - but the Holy Spirit.)</p><p>There are believers out there waking up to this.</p><p></p><p>We (as believers and followers of Christ) <em>are </em>the Church (the living stones). The traditional church as we know it is man-made, but the real Church is being built by God, it was always <em>HIS plan. <img src="http://www.maritime-sda-online.com/forums/images/graemlins/default/thumbsup.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":oldthumbsup:" title="Old Thumbsup :oldthumbsup:" data-shortname=":oldthumbsup:" /> </em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="YahuahSaves, post: 77038048, member: 446391"] OK I had a look at the site... a lot about the "decline of churches" .... the irony is at the bottom of the page there's another article: "are we all priests"? "Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood". Do you understand how the articles on declining church attendance and churches "dying" with the above article is contradictory? I had this discussion with a traditional church member recently (a 75 year old lifetime Christian) who was very adamant that having a relationship with God was dependent on attending church on Sundays, doing community service and fellowship with other believers. There is nothing wrong with the ideology as such, but worship, helping others and fellowship can be done anywhere, any time - and the 1st should be done daily (following Jesus - not his example - but the Holy Spirit.) There are believers out there waking up to this. We (as believers and followers of Christ) [I]are [/I]the Church (the living stones). The traditional church as we know it is man-made, but the real Church is being built by God, it was always [I]HIS plan. :oldthumbsup: [/I] [/QUOTE]
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