Where is the Church? - Gathering

Church Matters. A series on why the church matters and different matters of the church. 

Sermon #3 - Where is the Church? - Gathering

Hebrews 10:25 exhorts Christians to "not neglect meeting together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near." 

God intends his people to gather. 

It was that way in the Old Testament, it remains that way in the New Testament, and it will be that way in the new heavens and the new earth. 

God's people in God's presence for His glory and our good. 

And as in heaven so on earth. 

The gathering of the local church is to be a rehearsal, foretaste, and expression of heaven. 

God's people in God's presence for His glory and our good. 

The Church is where the people of God gather in the presence of God for the glory of God and the good of each other. 

Therefore, do not neglect the gathering,

and do not neglect the gathered (ones) who we are to encourage.