Lesson 3197

 (Lesson 3197)(10-04-20) Matthew 18:19-20

     Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For  Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”

    Today’s quote, again, reaffirms that the power of the Holy Spirit is given to the church as a whole. Those powers were NEVER intended to be placed with any one individual, such as Peter. And most certainly not to someone who identifies as a “pope”.

    Jesus, in essence, said that so long as there are as many as two members of the church in agreement concerning matters of the church, the power is theirs to move on that matter. 

    Jesus went further to say that “where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” That means that “church” can be conducted anywhere and at any time so long as there are two or three members gathered together in His name.

    It seems that in today’s “Christianity”, the most important thing a child of God can do is be there whenever the church house doors swing. I wholeheartedly disagree with that. Although the children of God should ALWAYS assemble, in some form, to worship God and edify one another, to me, as is expressed throughout the New Testament, the most important thing that a child of God can do is to teach the gospel of Jesus Christ to every soul who is willing to hear it, no matter where, or under what circumstances, they are to be found.~