And let us not neglect our meeting
together, as some people do, but encourage one another… Hebrews 10:25
“My wife and I
have a great marriage,” Dave said as he lined up his next golf shot. “She does
her thing and I do mine. We text occasionally and I Facetimed her on her
birthday. I don’t like her ongoing affairs, and she doesn’t know about my
spending habits, but other than that, we’re great.” Jeff whistled and shook his
head. “I don’t know,” he said. “Those sound like red flags to me. Maybe those
affairs are your wife’s way of crying out for attention. And maybe your overspending
is a clue that you need her financial wisdom. In my family, I’ve found that
neglect can do more damage than abuse. Just a suggestion.”
It was a good
suggestion, because when we neglect significant relationships, everyone
suffers. A church is a group of believers who meet together. But when we
abandon the “meeting” part in favor of Youtube sermons in our jammies, we lose
sight of its purpose. Jesus did not create His church for the sermons. He also
never intended “church” to mean the Sunday morning version of “America’s Got
Talent.”
Jesus created His church as a fellowship of people from all
backgrounds joined by a common bond:
His transforming work in our lives. He molds us into a family, and family
members need time, accountability, encouragement, and the opportunity to know
and be known. We can’t get that through a computer screen or a phone app. Real
church cannot be accessed with a click of the mouse. We experience real church when we do it together.
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