Dear Free Chapel Family. My dad has not missed ONE SUNDAY since JANUARY 12 1963. He is now 79 years old and still, even through the pandemic, never missed a Sunday. There he sits, in his shirt and tie, looking like a million bucks with my mom, a testament of God's grace and an example of what it means to be found faithful. During the Pandemic, he got my sister's church to allow him in during filming of services, and there he'd be with my mom, virtually the only people in the audience. 61 years of marriage, still holding hands. Dave and Mary Vaughn, I love you both so much.
Me and my best friend were there at this service. we arrived in overflow sitting down right when he spoke that The Holy Spirit was here. We felt it all the way from downtown to Gainesville, and we made it to the front 🙌 pastor touched are hands. It is truly a Holy Spirit ran church. He baptized me 8 years ago, on Pentecost.. But what was most important to me was, when I got to my knees crying out for my prayers to be answered a beautiful woman came gave me a key with a mustard seed In it, praying over me. I pray she knows and everyone can hear my text as spoken words. My prayer was answered that day! This isn't the 1st time that this happened at this church, but every time I go to the alter my prayer is answered. Say what you want to, but to see things change, right then thats God, THE HOLY SPIRIT, thats Jesus.. Only 1 time ever at another church in Orlando where I was called out, and anointed. Having my exact prayer, I prayed in silence answered out loud, have i ever went to church that this happened to me. Thank you for your heart being used for God. I want to thank that woman who prayed over me. God puts us in the midst of Ppl who take their heart to pray for the hearts of the broken. You don't have to, but you do because God has called you to be the person to stand in the gap, intercede for others. Thank u pastor for your passion for Christ our Father and His Holy Spirit. God bless
Lord, I come to you right now, on the behalf of this young man that you lay your hand upon him and draw him near to you Jesus precious name, I ask this of thee.. AMEN
Keep praying, and be patience the Lord already heard you, I waited for a long time , but my husband came to the Lord, just keep a good example that he can see Jesus through you, don’t push him , just let God do the job , and your eyes will see what God is going to do! Praise God for his MERCY 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
God bless Pastor Jentezen and his families and ministry,campus. You are a man of God who is preaching to my God. I am tired of the devil running in my life for 30 years. I am kicking him out of my life. I’m coming to your church next Sunday. And I’ll see you in Israel May 2021. God bless you all! Jehovah shalom.
What a great sermon pastor Franklin You are on fire to spread the love of God! Thanks so much for pointing us on the right path to Heaven May God continue to keep his hand on your church
I'm so grateful for God's faithfulness, I don't deserve anything 😭😭 but he showed me grace in a filthy pit picking me up cover my shame showing me his love when I forgot how to love myself, He shined his light on me calling me his and now I testify his salvation, love and his hand in my life Hallelujah🙌 my savior, You are my Lord, Rock and Salvation in you I find my peace, thank you Lord Jesus Christ I will praise your name forever❤🙏
Jesus brings people together in his spirit! Thank you for the encouraging message in difficult times of change. Greetings from Germany to the American Christians! Make way for the Lord's return. He is coming soon.
It is a Holy Spirit filled church, an anointed preacher ... Not to many preachers cry,feeling the Holy Spirit so powerful he can't control his emotions. He is an amazing man of God. I am blessed 2 have such a anointed man of God baptize me. Thank you Father for you leading me to go to your house,.. love u all brothers and sisters ❤
The House of God indeed. It's not been easy since we re-opened our worship houses. It's been 3 Sundays including today. God's grace has enabled me on all the 3 Sundays though today was an full-scale struggle. Greetings from Kampala Uganda
Watching here at Cebu, Philippines. 🧡 I would like to request for a prayer that I will be stronger in preparing for my exam this coming Dec, 2020 and that I will pass🙏 also, Renouncing the spirit of laziness in me, in Jesus' name❣️
@@pastorjentezenfranklin2053 Pastor Jentezen, I am so honored by your response. Thank you for your time and prayer over my life. You popped up out of nowhere one day as I was scrolling through different youtube videos and I decided to watch one of your sermons. I've been watching you ever since. You're such a gift. I will take in every word and I will fulfill it to the best of my ability. God bless you Pastor Jentezen. 🙏 Thank you 🥺
PLS STOP!!! STOP IMPERSONATING JENTEZEN FRANKLIN and STOP LYING!!! YOU HAVE SENT THIS SAME MESSAGE TO EVERYONE THAT COMMENTED ON THIS SERMON. STOP THIS FRADULENT ACTIVITY!!!
Please pray for my health, I just rec'd news that I have a cyst on my left ovary, I'm going to ultrasound to see what kind & size, Elena Rivera in California, Praise God, Blessings to the Pastor, his family & all the church members, I'm grateful for the praising it help day by day, God praise greatly to the praising team. Glory Glory Glory to Jesus, Praise God.
Please everyone keep me and my family in prayer we are struggling financially are rent is past due it's my sons birthday I pray that god could bless us with all our needs this week I've been struggling in my mind so much god I surrender this problem to you and I ask for a miracle you can do it I believe and I receive injna
Hello pastor yes you prophecied me and I understood you on watsup I hope you Can understand me too according on what I explained to you but promise you I will donate when I go back to Uganda
What’s the deal with all of these commercials now? It’s very distracting especially when the spirit is moving and then a 5G commercial comes on for Verizon. At least take that jargon off for the preaching!
Remember only way to repent and be saved by Christ act 11:14-18, Luke 11:9-13 just follow only the original gospel tradition teaching not churches but Jesus will guide you personally to the end John 10:1-6, zeph 3:9!
@@pastorjentezenfranklin2053 thanks for your reply what interesting about your revelation about me from Jesus Christ I keep that in mind brother God bless and your church Amos 3:7
I used to go to Free Chapel in Gainesville and didn't like it at all. It's the most unfriendly church ever. It's nothing like you see on TV, it's not that dynamic in person. I didn't feel the Holy Spirit there and Jenetzen rarely preaches. He flies a private plan to California every week at the church's expense. He's very much into his own family and nobody else matters..
@DJ, after you've tried a bunch more places and finally have a home coming to yourself, you'll realize that the problem was with you all the time. I mean it in all kindness and respect. I've been there before. When you go to a church to worship God, and not seeking validation from another person, you'd not see the need of stalking a servant of God online, to attack his efforts of preaching on Christ's behalf. You'd not get the idea of coming to shame him for traveling with his family where he goes. If he's just into his family, then that's a good leader, a man of one wife and a loving father to his children. Search your soul deeper and see the real reason why you're so bitter that Jentezen is committed to his family. You'll see that it's not a problem, for him to be loyal to his family. The problem is not with him. Again I say, when you've healed your soul wounds, you'll realize all these things you complained about are not the pastor's fault, and not the entire church of multiple thousands is full of snobs. An old adage says if you're wearing blue sunglasses, you'll see everything in blue. Check your own attitude. I pray for your speedy healing, in Jesus' Name.
DJ, I have a suggestion. Try going to Gainesville again, this time don't expect anyone to greet you. If they don't, you won't be disappointed. If they do, you'll be pleasantly surprised. It's a win win if you go there now expecting a red carpet when you step out of your car. Just go there looking for Christ. You'll be sure to find Him all the while inside your heart. If you start scanning others for how much Holy Spirit they have, you won't get an accurate measurement. Mind yours, sister. Mind yours.
A very wise teacher of mine by the name of Dr. just moody West Palm Beach once had me go to the large church but I was not used to. Later he asked me about my experience and I told him I felt a little uneasy in large crowds. He wisely asked me how many friends true friends that I really have. And I had to converse then and I would confess now that there’s only a handful but I can count as true friends. Are you done directing me to go back at this time just look for the Holy Spirit
The sermon-centric church service made sense when few people were literate and could afford to buy books. All would gather on Sundays to hear Bible preaching. With the rise of literacy and the internet, people can choose to learn from online Bible commentaries, podcasts, and each other. If pastors mention the need for community: We can't pretend that we establish community when everyone faces a stage during a Sunday church service. I don't see any need for church "as we have done it" for 500 years. I get my teaching from EW Bullinger, my favorite Bible teacher who I consider superb in biblical knowledge, including knowledge of the ancient Greek and Hebrew and all of their nuances. I don't think this trend of online learning is going to change. And, since we never built community inside the traditional church, we are free to build community as God guides us.
Hebrews 10:25 [NASB] [ 25] not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging [one another]; and all the more as you see the day drawing near. Gathering for worship is a big deal. There is something special about it that cannot be achieved technologically, online! You can't be baptized online! You shouldn't have communion online! When one dies, they can't be buried online! Jesus said he comes to a place where two or three gather in his name. Whereas through technology people can "connect" yet they cannot have "fellowship" as it is envioned in Scriptures. The argument or opinion you give is not biblical! It can pass for merely social argument, sounding like trying to worship God out of the comfort or convience of not having to travel to church. It is a way of forsaking "fellowship."
@@dngichuru12 Hebrews was not written for the Body of Christ. It was written for Jews waiting for Messiah to come. We need exegesis. Please don't take quotes out of context.
Again another error! Hebrews was written for Christian Jews in dispersion. I think you need to appreciate that what you call exegesis is simply a bias of a certain biblical scholar! I respect the preacher/scholar you quote. He does not say that people should not go to church! I wish you told me how you can get baptized online. Or God forbid, if you lose a loved one, would you not be happy for them to be buried by an online? When you are sick, does it give you greater joy to see people physically present or to be visited online? Similarly, why can't we have a husband and a wife married "online" and never meeting physically? In my seminary, I studied the ancient Bible languages. I did exegesis. It is a deception to think that the primary meaning of "fellowship" is watching a preacher online and chatting! Fellowship requires thorough knowledge of each other that can only be achieved in physical meetings and in small groups interactions. Those who think of the church done purely online without any physical meetings have lost the original meaning of the word "Ekklesia." Many lukewarm and compromised believers, have opted to follow the patterns of the world rather than the biblical patterns. The biblical pattern for the church is to be found in the practices and teachings of Christ and the apostles. The apostles met daily and broke bread from house to house. Purely online services go against the basic human nature - we visit, we talk face to face, we have fun together, etc. In my view, most of the people who have rejected physical attendance of church services were irregular attenders who have now found excuses in modern technology. Soon reality will catch up with them when they will have a need that will require the church to be present physically to support or officiate in certain ecclesiastical ceremonies. At that moment, physical meeting/attendance will be desirable and much appreciated. I will be glad to hear of your EXEGESIS of this subject. What is fellowship by your exegesis? How does online service qualify as fellowship?
It sounds like your past experience with "church" wasn't so fulfilling? It feels like something was amiss in "church"? Yes, we can have bad church organization or experiences. Yes, at times the church people mistreat others, lack concern or support when you need them the most. However, that should not warrant a blanket condemnation or rejection of church attendance. Even those that listen online, most of the times they listen to somebody preaching to people in a physical service that is livestreamed! I wish they watched only preachers preaching purely online without a physical congregation! Church creates a structure for accountability. Church provides a family of people who physically interact. Church provides a support group. Church is very important.
@@dngichuru12 Hebrews' audience were Jews waiting for the restoration of the Davidic monarchy. God promised the Jews that he would make a new covenant "with the house of Israel, and with the House of Judah." This is found in Jeremiah and quoted in Hebrews,. Hebrews encourages Jews to endure persecution until Christ comes to save Israel and for God to institute the new covenant. As Paul said, "And so all Israel will be saved." There is very little understanding of the covenants God made with Israel.
Will you go to Heaven? Here’s a quick test: Have you ever lied, stolen, or used God’s name in vain? Jesus said, “Whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” If you have done these things, God sees you as a lying, thieving, blasphemous, adulterer at heart, and the Bible warns that one day God will punish you in a terrible place called Hell. But God is not willing that any should perish. Sinners broke God’s Law and Jesus paid their fine. This means that God can legally dismiss their case: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” Then Jesus rose from the grave, defeating it. Today, repent and trust Jesus, and God will give you eternal life as free gift. Then read the Bible daily and obey it. God will never fail you. (living waters/ray comfort) God bless
@@pastorjentezenfranklin2053 Thanks for "praying" for me. But I have Jesus with me, I don't need to worry about whatever you're saying. If God is for me, who can be against me. So, no thanks but may God bless you
Dear Free Chapel Family. My dad has not missed ONE SUNDAY since JANUARY 12 1963. He is now 79 years old and still, even through the pandemic, never missed a Sunday. There he sits, in his shirt and tie, looking like a million bucks with my mom, a testament of God's grace and an example of what it means to be found faithful. During the Pandemic, he got my sister's church to allow him in during filming of services, and there he'd be with my mom, virtually the only people in the audience. 61 years of marriage, still holding hands. Dave and Mary Vaughn, I love you both so much.
I need Jesus every second every moment of my life. God bless all. Watching from Pakistan.
this lesson is why we love you Pastor Jentezen !!!!!
So blessed to watch in Reykjavík Iceland. I thank God for this Church and pray that God will bless us all so we can go back to Church.
Me and my best friend were there at this service. we arrived in overflow sitting down right when he spoke that The Holy Spirit was here. We felt it all the way from downtown to Gainesville, and we made it to the front 🙌 pastor touched are hands. It is truly a Holy Spirit ran church. He baptized me 8 years ago, on Pentecost.. But what was most important to me was, when I got to my knees crying out for my prayers to be answered a beautiful woman came gave me a key with a mustard seed In it, praying over me. I pray she knows and everyone can hear my text as spoken words. My prayer was answered that day! This isn't the 1st time that this happened at this church, but every time I go to the alter my prayer is answered. Say what you want to, but to see things change, right then thats God, THE HOLY SPIRIT, thats Jesus.. Only 1 time ever at another church in Orlando where I was called out, and anointed. Having my exact prayer, I prayed in silence answered out loud, have i ever went to church that this happened to me. Thank you for your heart being used for God. I want to thank that woman who prayed over me. God puts us in the midst of Ppl who take their heart to pray for the hearts of the broken. You don't have to, but you do because God has called you to be the person to stand in the gap, intercede for others. Thank u pastor for your passion for Christ our Father and His Holy Spirit. God bless
Please. Pray. A. Miracle. For. Me. In. Health. Love. You. Man. Of. God. God. Bless. Wow. Great. Sermon
Please pray that my husband Dominique Henri Carter comes to know God and His unconditional love for him.
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Lord, I come to you right now, on the behalf of this young man that you lay your hand upon him and draw him near to you Jesus precious name, I ask this of thee.. AMEN
@@pambailey8112 thank you Pam! May God bless you, your family, and all the works of your hands, tenfold. In Jesus name. ♥️
Keep praying, and be patience the Lord already heard you, I waited for a long time , but my husband came to the Lord, just keep a good example that he can see Jesus through you, don’t push him , just let God do the job , and your eyes will see what God is going to do! Praise God for his MERCY 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
@@imeldacalderon974 thank you so much
SONS OF CORAH COULD NOT COME BACK TO GOD BUT GOD HOW LOVELY IS YOUR TABERNACLE LONGS FOR YOU
in my top 5 preachers out there respect sir i feel thee anointing when u preach
Greetings to all brothers and sisters in Christ from Brazil
Please pray for all my family and friends thanks 🙏
God bless Pastor Jentezen and his families and ministry,campus. You are a man of God who is preaching to my God. I am tired of the devil running in my life for 30 years. I am kicking him out of my life.
I’m coming to your church next Sunday. And I’ll see you in Israel May 2021. God bless you all! Jehovah shalom.
What a great sermon pastor Franklin
You are on fire to spread the love of God!
Thanks so much for pointing us on the right path to Heaven
May God continue to keep his hand on your church
Amen ...good preaching it's always a pleasure to listen to you preach
God bless you Pastor Franklin! Very powerful preaching!
From the Philippines 💥Praise GOD from whom all blessings flows🤍💥..Glory to God in the highest. 🤍💥Thank you and God bless you Ptr Franklin 💗💗💗
God help us to be all he wants us to be in these perilous times ! Let revival begin with me ! 🙌🏽 Praise his mighty name ! 🙏🏼
Greetings in the name of Jesus hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah we give God the highest praise.watching from Italia
I'm so grateful for God's faithfulness, I don't deserve anything 😭😭 but he showed me grace in a filthy pit picking me up cover my shame showing me his love when I forgot how to love myself, He shined his light on me calling me his and now I testify his salvation, love and his hand in my life Hallelujah🙌 my savior, You are my Lord, Rock and Salvation in you I find my peace, thank you Lord Jesus Christ I will praise your name forever❤🙏
This preaching fills my spirit so much ..😭thank you Jesus for these words preach through your disciple
Jesus brings people together in his spirit! Thank you for the encouraging message in difficult times of change. Greetings from Germany to the American Christians! Make way for the Lord's return. He is coming soon.
May the praise of Jehovah spread all over Nigeria... May HIS peace brood over my nation. Thank you Pastor JF. What a blessed church
Love to your Church, Pastor Jentezen Franklin! From Austin Texas.
It is a Holy Spirit filled church, an anointed preacher ... Not to many preachers cry,feeling the Holy Spirit so powerful he can't control his emotions. He is an amazing man of God. I am blessed 2 have such a anointed man of God baptize me. Thank you Father for you leading me to go to your house,.. love u all brothers and sisters ❤
The House of God indeed. It's not been easy since we re-opened our worship houses. It's been 3 Sundays including today. God's grace has enabled me on all the 3 Sundays though today was an full-scale struggle.
Greetings from Kampala Uganda
Keep pushing! Fight the good fight of faith!
God be with you Pastor bless you, protect you and keep you.
Rhema word for such a time as this . Praise the lord
In Jesus there is peace.
Watching here at Cebu, Philippines. 🧡 I would like to request for a prayer that I will be stronger in preparing for my exam this coming Dec, 2020 and that I will pass🙏 also, Renouncing the spirit of laziness in me, in Jesus' name❣️
Praying for you sister ..
This is an impersonator, don't fall for it
@@chineloohanyere6839 right
Amen
Yes so true our young people need to get back
Please Pray for drug addiction, bound to the darkness, Steve Galindo about 35 Yr. old my nephew, for salvation
OH GIVE THE GOD THE PRAISE!
Thank you Jesus for your love and guidance over my life. Coming from Sacramento California. Amen. Whooo!!
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Pastor Jentezen, I am so honored by your response. Thank you for your time and prayer over my life. You popped up out of nowhere one day as I was scrolling through different youtube videos and I decided to watch one of your sermons. I've been watching you ever since. You're such a gift. I will take in every word and I will fulfill it to the best of my ability. God bless you Pastor Jentezen. 🙏 Thank you 🥺
@@minav5317 Not real. This comment appeared 114 times within the last hour on several of Pastor Franklin's sermons. Don't fall for it. Report it.
@@utube0803Thank you for letting me know. 🙂
@@utube0803 yes saying the same thing on my post as well. Dont believe it.
Watching from Ernakulam, kerala , India... Its a blessing watching and hearing the Word through Pastor Jentzen Frankline
HOW WE NEED YOU OH GOD!
I am more bllessed by word of god
Excellent Sermon. amen amen
Glory be to God
Wow.... what a message.... To GOD be the glory !!!
What a blessing ❣️ Thank you Pastor ❤️ May God Bless you and your Family 💓
God bless you pastor Jentezen your prayers and teaching bring me closer to god
Amen pastor
God bless you. Gods word is amazing, . thanks for preaching
Prayers for my son and his marriage
Thank Gods for his words.
Thank you Pastor Franklin, powerful message
PLS STOP!!! STOP IMPERSONATING JENTEZEN FRANKLIN and STOP LYING!!! YOU HAVE SENT THIS SAME MESSAGE TO EVERYONE THAT COMMENTED ON THIS SERMON. STOP THIS FRADULENT ACTIVITY!!!
House of prayer is so holy God is with in
Bless you pastor
Greetings from Indonesia 🇮🇩
@@pastorjentezenfranklin2053 why are you posting this on everyone's comment ?
God all over this message 🙌🙌🙌
Please pray for my health, I just rec'd news that I have a cyst on my left ovary, I'm going to ultrasound to see what kind & size, Elena Rivera in California, Praise God, Blessings to the Pastor, his family & all the church members, I'm grateful for the praising it help day by day, God praise greatly to the praising team. Glory Glory Glory to Jesus, Praise God.
Please everyone keep me and my family in prayer we are struggling financially are rent is past due it's my sons birthday I pray that god could bless us with all our needs this week I've been struggling in my mind so much god I surrender this problem to you and I ask for a miracle you can do it I believe and I receive injna
hello from Las Vegas Nevada
I remember the Bobby pins I grew up like that too lol
Church is my favorite place to be! I would sleep in the altar if they’d let me!
Please pray that my husband novar brown will stop smoking weed and come to know christ with me ..
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Love it amen. Bobby pins yes i know exactly what you talking about 😂❤❤❤
Amen
Hello free Chaple good morning am racheal nakato from Uganda
Hello pastor yes you prophecied me and I understood you on watsup I hope you Can understand me too according on what I explained to you but promise you I will donate when I go back to Uganda
@@maramcharise6728 it is not Pastor, it is a scan. That comment has appeared over 114 times on Pastor Franklin sermons within the last hour.
Well which one do you wantna go to. I love you, lets go to church together, Jennifer life
Please pray for my husband Joel Ram he has a heart for the lord but get distracted easily
The commercials take way from the worship.
YES OK!
Can u please come to Colorado springs .why u don't have a church
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How can I get them pastor ?I saw yo reapply today just now and I believe
What’s the deal with all of these commercials now? It’s very distracting especially when the spirit is moving and then a 5G commercial comes on for Verizon. At least take that jargon off for the preaching!
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God hates the Shedding of innocent blood, to vote against Gods will is a sin too
Remember only way to repent and be saved by Christ act 11:14-18, Luke 11:9-13 just follow only the original gospel tradition teaching not churches but Jesus will guide you personally to the end John 10:1-6, zeph 3:9!
@@pastorjentezenfranklin2053 thanks for your reply what interesting about your revelation about me from Jesus Christ I keep that in mind brother God bless and your church Amos 3:7
@@pauldonnelly6691 it's a scam hes commented over 114 times impersonating the pastor don't believe him he's a snake
@@mariabear9110 ok thanks for input
I used to go to Free Chapel in Gainesville and didn't like it at all. It's the most unfriendly church ever. It's nothing like you see on TV, it's not that dynamic in person. I didn't feel the Holy Spirit there and Jenetzen rarely preaches. He flies a private plan to California every week at the church's expense. He's very much into his own family and nobody else matters..
@DJ, after you've tried a bunch more places and finally have a home coming to yourself, you'll realize that the problem was with you all the time. I mean it in all kindness and respect. I've been there before. When you go to a church to worship God, and not seeking validation from another person, you'd not see the need of stalking a servant of God online, to attack his efforts of preaching on Christ's behalf. You'd not get the idea of coming to shame him for traveling with his family where he goes. If he's just into his family, then that's a good leader, a man of one wife and a loving father to his children. Search your soul deeper and see the real reason why you're so bitter that Jentezen is committed to his family. You'll see that it's not a problem, for him to be loyal to his family. The problem is not with him. Again I say, when you've healed your soul wounds, you'll realize all these things you complained about are not the pastor's fault, and not the entire church of multiple thousands is full of snobs. An old adage says if you're wearing blue sunglasses, you'll see everything in blue. Check your own attitude. I pray for your speedy healing, in Jesus' Name.
DJ, I have a suggestion. Try going to Gainesville again, this time don't expect anyone to greet you. If they don't, you won't be disappointed. If they do, you'll be pleasantly surprised. It's a win win if you go there now expecting a red carpet when you step out of your car. Just go there looking for Christ. You'll be sure to find Him all the while inside your heart. If you start scanning others for how much Holy Spirit they have, you won't get an accurate measurement. Mind yours, sister. Mind yours.
A very wise teacher of mine by the name of Dr. just moody West Palm Beach once had me go to the large church but I was not used to. Later he asked me about my experience and I told him I felt a little uneasy in large crowds. He wisely asked me how many friends true friends that I really have. And I had to converse then and I would confess now that there’s only a handful but I can count as true friends. Are you done directing me to go back at this time just look for the Holy Spirit
The sermon-centric church service made sense when few people were literate and could afford to buy books. All would gather on Sundays to hear Bible preaching. With the rise of literacy and the internet, people can choose to learn from online Bible commentaries, podcasts, and each other. If pastors mention the need for community: We can't pretend that we establish community when everyone faces a stage during a Sunday church service. I don't see any need for church "as we have done it" for 500 years. I get my teaching from EW Bullinger, my favorite Bible teacher who I consider superb in biblical knowledge, including knowledge of the ancient Greek and Hebrew and all of their nuances. I don't think this trend of online learning is going to change. And, since we never built community inside the traditional church, we are free to build community as God guides us.
Hebrews 10:25 [NASB]
[ 25] not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging [one another]; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.
Gathering for worship is a big deal. There is something special about it that cannot be achieved technologically, online! You can't be baptized online! You shouldn't have communion online! When one dies, they can't be buried online!
Jesus said he comes to a place where two or three gather in his name. Whereas through technology people can "connect" yet they cannot have "fellowship" as it is envioned in Scriptures.
The argument or opinion you give is not biblical! It can pass for merely social argument, sounding like trying to worship God out of the comfort or convience of not having to travel to church. It is a way of forsaking "fellowship."
@@dngichuru12 Hebrews was not written for the Body of Christ. It was written for Jews waiting for Messiah to come. We need exegesis. Please don't take quotes out of context.
Again another error! Hebrews was written for Christian Jews in dispersion. I think you need to appreciate that what you call exegesis is simply a bias of a certain biblical scholar! I respect the preacher/scholar you quote. He does not say that people should not go to church!
I wish you told me how you can get baptized online. Or God forbid, if you lose a loved one, would you not be happy for them to be buried by an online? When you are sick, does it give you greater joy to see people physically present or to be visited online? Similarly, why can't we have a husband and a wife married "online" and never meeting physically?
In my seminary, I studied the ancient Bible languages. I did exegesis. It is a deception to think that the primary meaning of "fellowship" is watching a preacher online and chatting! Fellowship requires thorough knowledge of each other that can only be achieved in physical meetings and in small groups interactions.
Those who think of the church done purely online without any physical meetings have lost the original meaning of the word "Ekklesia." Many lukewarm and compromised believers, have opted to follow the patterns of the world rather than the biblical patterns. The biblical pattern for the church is to be found in the practices and teachings of Christ and the apostles. The apostles met daily and broke bread from house to house. Purely online services go against the basic human nature - we visit, we talk face to face, we have fun together, etc.
In my view, most of the people who have rejected physical attendance of church services were irregular attenders who have now found excuses in modern technology. Soon reality will catch up with them when they will have a need that will require the church to be present physically to support or officiate in certain ecclesiastical ceremonies. At that moment, physical meeting/attendance will be desirable and much appreciated.
I will be glad to hear of your EXEGESIS of this subject. What is fellowship by your exegesis? How does online service qualify as fellowship?
It sounds like your past experience with "church" wasn't so fulfilling? It feels like something was amiss in "church"? Yes, we can have bad church organization or experiences. Yes, at times the church people mistreat others, lack concern or support when you need them the most. However, that should not warrant a blanket condemnation or rejection of church attendance.
Even those that listen online, most of the times they listen to somebody preaching to people in a physical service that is livestreamed! I wish they watched only preachers preaching purely online without a physical congregation!
Church creates a structure for accountability. Church provides a family of people who physically interact. Church provides a support group. Church is very important.
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Hebrews' audience were Jews waiting for the restoration of the Davidic monarchy. God promised the Jews that he would make a new covenant "with the house of Israel, and with the House of Judah." This is found in Jeremiah and quoted in Hebrews,. Hebrews encourages Jews to endure persecution until Christ comes to save Israel and for God to institute the new covenant. As Paul said, "And so all Israel will be saved." There is very little understanding of the covenants God made with Israel.
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Will you go to Heaven?
Here’s a quick test: Have you ever lied, stolen, or used God’s name in vain?
Jesus said, “Whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”
If you have done these things, God sees you as a lying, thieving, blasphemous, adulterer at heart, and the Bible warns that one day God will punish you in a terrible place called Hell. But God is not willing that any should perish.
Sinners broke God’s Law and Jesus paid their fine. This means that God can legally dismiss their case: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”
Then Jesus rose from the grave, defeating it. Today, repent and trust Jesus, and God will give you eternal life as free gift. Then read the Bible daily and obey it. God will never fail you. (living waters/ray comfort)
God bless
@@pastorjentezenfranklin2053 Thanks for "praying" for me. But I have Jesus with me, I don't need to worry about whatever you're saying. If God is for me, who can be against me. So, no thanks but may God bless you
Trump for President!!!!
Amen