The Church Assembling Together

  The Church Assembling Together

    In the book of Hebrews we read,

“Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” Hebrews 10:25.

Someone has said the Bible is a book for the ages. A wise book that is explicitly detailed when it needs to be. 

Here is one such example of a verse that is explicit. The writer of Hebrews tells us to “not give up meeting together”

So what does that mean amid a world wide pandemic? Some have said, that it means we should still meet in person irrespective of what the government rules are.

I think this is wrong.

When the author of Hebrews was inspired to write these words down the only way they could meet together was in person. 

Think of it the writer of Hebrews was an Iron age man. He did not know what the internet, Facebook, YouTube or Zoom were. But God did. God knew that one day they would come about and be able to be used by the church not only for a local church to assemble together but for the whole world to see.

Think about this. The pandemic has caused the majority of churches especially here in North America to go on line where they can reach people around the world. People they could never reach from the comfort of there own church building. 

While having a church building with all its comforts is nice. Meeting on line or as some churches have done meeting “socially distanced” in parking lots, even parks, and in some cases, I’ve even heard of churches meeting in farmers fields. 

What the pandemic has done, if you think about it. It has forced the church to go beyond the boundaries of the building it meets in, and evangelise those who would not normally have ever set foot inside the building.

Please think about it. 

      “And forsake not the assembling of yourselves together.” be it in person or on line.