An important theme in today's sermon

Will do the rest of sermon notes tommorow but I will focus on an important topic focused upon in today's sermon- lone wolf Christians and what the pastor said in the sermon.

. "I don't need church" so when God the Father sent His beloved Son Jesus (God The Son) on the cross, you think he intended for believers to live isolated lives from the church?

. Brilliant analogy from my pastor- Christians that willingly don't go to church are like single burning coals that get seperated from the fire source- they keep hot for awhile but will surely burn out and go cold.

. "Saints delight to be with each other" Matthew Henry- Every true Christian knows this is true as Christians delight to be with each other as we are a family in Christ.

. "A Christian that does not attend a Gospel church has lost his first love" Stuart Olyott

My own thoughts

Bang on true. A prominent Christian poster on here doesn't do service as they never mention the importance of attending a church and having the special love God does for other believers.

I made a mistake admittedly on here but publically on their post the author rebuked me and said "God has called us to love all not some". Interstingly the person (not the poster) I rebuked on the post actually sent me a DM thanking me.

""God has called us to love all not some" on the surface this sounds correct. Paul had a deep love for unbelievers and so should we. But it neglects the special love Christians have for each other. And since their other posts never mention this, this is HIGHLY problematic according to 1John.

I see this as a common circle- people not attending a church on here treat X and Truth Social like spiritual warfare- Gavin Newsom and Trump arguing is not spiritual warfare. Your struggle with sin and the spiritual health of your church community is spiritual warfare.

A note- I am not reffering to believers who literally cannot physically make it to a church or who live in dangerous regions- the Middle East, etc.