A City Of Refuge

Excerpt from NTEB. (Geoffrey Grider)
 

Has the Government Shut Down Your Church Building? Maybe It’s Time To Copy The Apostles And Go Back To House Churches Like They Did.

Think about this, what if your church never reopens? What if the New World Order which is forming right now during the coronavirus outbreak decides there will be no more church buildings? Then what will you do? This is my advice, eat the meat and spit out the bones, but here it is. Instead of worrying about what the government is going to do next, why don't you have a one-person revival and get back on fire for Jesus Christ? Blow that dust off your bible, open it up and start reading it for yourself. Get excited about Jesus again, get excited about showing a lost person how to get saved. Get back to your first love. (The "New World Order" has been at work for a LONG TIME!)

Think about this, what if your church never reopens? What if the New World Order which is forming right now during the coronavirus outbreak decides there will be no more church buildings? Then what will you do?

OK, so the government is shutting down churches now, and everyone is is crying “foul!” but not me. I think it’s a good thing. Why? It’s good because in large crowds of people, airborne viruses can spread quickly and easily. If you truly had love for your neighbor, like the Bible says, you wouldn’t push back on the simple and practical request to refrain from gathering in large groups during the outbreak. But there’s a second reason I think it’s a good idea. You were probably just going through the motions at church anyway.
I think we’ve forgotten that born again Christians are the Church, it was never about the building. There were no church buildings in the First Century AD, where did they meet? They met at people’s homes, in small groups, and they made the word of God of primary importance. Many of them suffered persecution by Rome for doing so, and were put to death. It cost them something to meet to worship the Lord like that, and it caused them to walk very closely with Him.

Colossians 4:15  (KJV)

^{15Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas and the church which is in his house.}