1 Samuel 7:5 (KJV)

And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.

I just heard a man say that he believes he is moving closer to Jesus but farther from Christianity. I think I understand why a person, who is confused about Christianity, would feel this way. Not all that claims to be Christian is of Christ. I would suggest even that most that claims to be Christian is not of Christ. We are urged to “come out from among them and be separate.”[1] I can applaud him for this first step.

However Christ and true Christianity can never be separated. To follow Christ is to gather into His fold, which is a church.[2] God’s people gather together to pray and to be prayed for. God’s people understand that, even as they seek the Lord individually, they must have teachers and preachers to guide them. No one is a follower of Christ who hasn’t heard and obeyed Paul’s words, “Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.”[3]

It’s good to recognize and remove from what is error. It is ungodly to remove from what is, in the Biblical sense, Christian.

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1 Samuel 7:5 (KJV) God's People Gather

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[1] 2 Corinthians 6:17 (KJV)

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

[2] Not “the church” an invisible body of believers that does not exist anywhere in the Bible.

[3] 1 Corinthians 11:1 (KJV)