Assembling Yourselves Together
Of all the scriptures used to unsettle or even to condemn those who have chosen to worship "outside the camp", this one is supreme:
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. (Heb 10:25)
Does this verse not command regular worship in church? Let's see. We do see here that the first Christians "gathered together". But look at what this verse DOES NOT tell us:
- how often they gathered;
- on which day they did so;
- how many there were,
- what they did,
- where they gathered (though other verses explain this was in their homes as we have already seen).
Why do people read into this verse a command to "go to church"? Perhaps it is that word "assembling"? But the word simply means "gathering" nothing more or less. It is not talking about going to a church on Sunday mornings!
We must certainly gather together with other believers, but I do believe there is no lack of desire and willingness to obey that scripture amongst the Remnant. Why else would they be desperately seeking for fellowship?
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