Why not the Local church

[Revmitchell]

I have the Bible.

The Bible is all one needs outside of Christ.

I don't need a local church.

I don't need a Pastor, Minister, Preacher or any other name you want to give to a person who stands behind a pulpit.

A local church does not affect my Salvation.

A Pastor does not affect my Salvation.

It's just Me, Jesus, and a Bible.

I am more attuned to the Ancient Church of the book of Acts.

I don't need a Pastor to interpret the Bible, I can do that fine by myself.

I have the ability to give my tithe to those charities and missions that I feel God is speaking to me about. Tithing to support a building is a waste of God's share of my earnings he as so graciously bestowed upon me.

More importantly is Bible statistics. If a church claims to be a "Full Gospel" then the church is bearing false witness to God. Preaching and teaching the Gospel means just that, teaching and preaching the entire New Testament at least. But not one church I know of does this. The NT can be read in 16 hours. Divide that up over 3 services a week(Sunday Morning, Sunday Night, and the Typical Wednesday Night Bible Study) and you have 6 minutes per service in which to read all of the New Testament in the course of one year. But not one pastor has any structured way to read the entire New Testament to his congregation. I have spent years trying to find a Pastor that does this. Not one exists. A Pastor covers his own specific passages year after year after year.

I can be my own Pastor and make sure that not one Iota of the Bible is left unread.

I have listened for years to every single radio brocast feasible and watched every single Christian show feasible. Never have I heard anyone read these two verses:

1Co 1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

Gal 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: neverthless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

There are others too that never get preached.

In interpretation the bible, all plain sense and common sense has taken the last train out of town.

there are other reasons too, that I can't remember yet at this writing.

Pure rebellion.

 

[Eric B]

I kind of wonder if this all might be some sort of spoof. Statements like "It's just Me, Jesus, and a Bible" and "I don't need the Church" I have seen are common Catholic/Orthodox caricatures of "Sola Scriptura" that they have used here, and I could see where someone would attempt to take "our beliefs to their logical conclusion" (i.e. extreme) to "show us" how impractical SS is. So we're here attacking this belief, but the point will be made, that is our own ideology we are refuting.

I'm sorry to be so suspicious, but it does look like it could be this. Then look at some of the other new threads on what the true Church should be. And this after a spate of "catholics" (including EOC) arguing their case.

 

[tragic_pizza]

And six of the nine authors of the NT; Matthew, Luke, Paul, Apollos, James, and John speak of a church. That's 2/3 as well. (And it's my post, so I can claim Matthew, Luke and Apollos as authors, even though none of the three are specifically spoken of as the authors of Matthew, Luke and Acts, and Hebrews.)

I would love to discuss the idea of Apollos writing Hebrews. It makes sense, I think, but I'd enjoy hearing the scholarship behind the position.

 

[JamieinNH]

Pure rebellion.

Jamie