Being Involved With A Church

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Christ's church should be a part of every believer's life for a multitude of reasons. First, we are commanded in Scripture not to forsake the gathering together of believers, so being uninvolved with the church would invoke the displeasure and discipline of God. Second, we should regularly attend church in order to hear the preaching and teaching of the Word and in order to know the Scriptures more fully. Also, church should be a part of our lives because of the fellowship and time with other believers that we can enjoy there. Fourth, as we join together and share our lives with other followers of Christ, we should become more accountable to each other in our personal areas of weakness. Lastly, Christians should subject themselves to the authority of the church for the spiritual security and strength which the leaders provide. Christ had reasons for creating the church and those reasons have not lessened in two thousand years – if anything, they've grown more critical – and so we ought to join ourselves to the local embodiment of Christ.