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The
meeting house, or the church house as it is commonly called, is for
the "church" to assemble in. It is not the church. God does not live
there all the time like He did in the temple at Jerusalem. Today He
lives IN THE HEARTS OF HIS CHILDREN, and when they come to meeting
THEY BRING HIM with them.
"He that
eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in
him." John 6:56.
"Ye know
him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you." John 14:17b.
"Whosoever
shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and
he in God." I John 4:15.
"If we
love one another, God dwelleth in us." I John 4:12b.
"But if
the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you,
he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your
mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you." Rom 8:11.
"...Ye are
the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in
them...." 2 Cor 6:16.
"That good
thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which
dwelleth in us." 2 Tim. 1:14.
"...the
most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands." Acts 7:48.
"Abide in
me, and I in you...He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same
bringeth forth much fruit..." John 15:4,5.
"Know ye
not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God
dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God
destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are." I Cor.
3:16,17.
So, we see
that where two or three of God's called out children come together
we have a local unit of the church of God. A saved man or woman is
in the family and when more than one is present in the name of the
Lord, He is there; and thus, God has a working, active,
visible, local church. Saved man and women do not go to "church,"
but when saved men and women go to meeting, they automatically
constitute a church. The meeting house is a place where the "church"
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