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By Charles Holt
All churches of whatever brand are from men; not one is from God. Not even your church! God is no part of any organization or institution called a church. Neither is Jesus Christ or the Holy Spirit.
Stephen said: "However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands..." (Acts 7:48). God does not "go to church" to meet you. He does not go there so you can worship Him.
Jesus taught the Samaritan woman that there is no specific place, or even specific day or time, to worship the Father. We can and should worship Him every day; even all the time in all we do.
For certain God doesn't own a “church,” a building or even a religious organization. But He does own you if you are His child by the new birth.
Sunday is not the required, special day of worship any more than any other day. The Roman Catholic Church set Sunday as THE day of unique "worship" or Mass, as they call it. Other churches have simply borrowed from the RC church.
A man and his wife, along with the children, if any, can worship God in their home any time, and as often as they please. There is absolutely no requirement from the Lord that anyone has to go to a church (building) or engage in a "worship service" at some man-appointed place, at some man-appointed time to do the so-called "Sunday corporate worship services!"
Where did "the law" come from that on Sunday, at the "main service," at the church building, the people are required to “show up and worship God," (nicely dressed, of course). Nowhere in Scripture is such commanded. These ideas are all from men and men have made them into "laws."
Perhaps the greatest evil ever perpetuated upon the people of God is the institutional church, a human organization that makes all the decisions for you and controls your religious activities.
If you belong to a church of any brand, it has absolutely nothing to do with your belonging to the Lord! Being a “church member” and being a Christian, that is, a true believer, are two totally different things.
You can't become a Christian by joining any church.
Oh, for a return to a time when all divisive human organizations called “churches” are all done away with and only Christians remain!
May God hasten the day.
Charles A. Holt
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