Why church? Johns letter to Gaius, in 3rd John, answers the question and illustrates three types of believers that attend church
1. Those who desire to submit to the truth in order to live the truth… (vs 3) ‘For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.’
2. Those who desire not to submit to the truth, but to advance their own interest/authority… (vs 9) ‘I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.’
3. Those who desire to submit to death itself, for the sake of the truth… (vs 12) 'Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record ; and ye know that our record is true.’
"Why and What" you go to church for? God knowing your why, is infinitely more important than others knowing your what… HSAY
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