Seven short posts from the Desiring God blog.
No earthy church is perfect, every earthly church has faults.
But the Lord Jesus gave up his life for the church, and those who have been saved should know it is a place where saved sinners mutually care for one another as we grow more like Jesus.
God has designed for Christians to be relationally committed to a local group of other Christians.
While there are some extreme circumstances when it is not possible to be committed to a local group of believers (frontier missions), when it is possible it is not to be seen as optional or dispensable. The people in your local church are indispensable. All of them. They have a grace given to them by God to contribute to your life. Without them, your experience would be less than what God designed for you.
It is inappropriate for anyone to say, “I have no need of you,” concerning any other member of their church.
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