I can't believe our
time is just about up.
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I want to open up the
floor for any final thoughts
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that you guys may have.
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Okay, I'll just start
with one about being baptized,
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but not joining a church.
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We are counseled
strongly against that,
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Hebrews 10:25,
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not forsaking the assembling
of ourselves together,
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as is the manner of some
independent Christianity,
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but exhorting one
another, and so much more,
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as you see the day approaching.
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Join a fellowship, then
the blessing will start.
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Amen.
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I just want to add to
that, just to say that,
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you know, if we're
fighting against God's plan
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to be assembled
and be together now,
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but want to isolate
ourselves from the church,
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and we're going to be
miserable when we get to heaven
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because we're going
to always every Sabbath
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in as many opportunities
as we can together,
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worshiping God as a
body, as a group of people.
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And so yeah, it's God,
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it's a part of God's
plan for us to be together,
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assemble together as
much as we possibly can.
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Amen.
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You know, the body
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is an illustration of the church
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in 1 Corinthians 12:14.
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And sometimes we think of it
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as I don't want to
be part of the church
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because of all those other parts
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and how they're
going to affect me.
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But we've got to remember,
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if you're a hand
or you're an eye,
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you're a nose, you're an ear,
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you want to be
part of the church.
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Being part of the
church is not only getting
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but it's also giving.
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That's right.
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God has something
that He's giving to us,
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a gift that He's giving to us,
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an experience He's giving to us.
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And He wants us to be able
to minister to other people
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in the body of Christ.
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And so we don't want bodies
going around without parts.
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That's right.
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We want every single person
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who is accepting
Christ to come into the body
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and contribute
as well as receive.
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Amen.
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Thank you all so much
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for what you've
contributed today
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and answering these
questions from the Word of God,
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and we want to thank you
for sending in your questions
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so that we can study
the Word of God together
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and provide you with
answers from His Word.
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Until next time, may
God richly bless you.
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