Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. (Hebrews 10:25 NKJV)
Christ is our only Savior! We were saved through His grace. The Church is Christ’s body. If you accept Christ, you must also accept His Church –the instrument by which man can hear the Gospel of Salvation. By hearing the Gospel, man is able to see his true self, a sinner who needs forgiveness. For him to be forgiven, he has to be baptized, cleansed from sins. Baptism is an outer manifestation of an inner reality. The old self has died; a new man is born. That is why baptism, as modeled by Christ, is by immersion in the water. Baptism is the entry to the Church. You need the Church. If you want to be saved, you have to be a member of Christ’s Church. You need to attend Church. A requirement for every Christian is to attend Church services. We should not forsake this as others do. The Church is where we are developed and transformed to become fruitful Christians. In our assembly, we approach God’s throne of mercy for us to be continually cleansed of our sins. We also praise and acknowledge Him for the blessings we receive, confessing our steadfast hope for the fulfillment of His promises. With regards to each and every one of us, in our fellowship, we are able to minister to one another in the spirit of love for the building up of the whole body of Christ. Brethren, we are seeing the fulfillment of the prophecies. We are also witnesses of how bad these last days are. We need to be strengthened in faith, anchored in hope, and motivated by love for God, the Church, and each other.
