Few of what I learnt and short video from the teaching by bro Eli Soriano.
The focus of a gathering is to exhort one another. It helps to check about each other to know what each one is passing through and able to help.
Hebrews 10:24-25
:24. And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
:25. Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
The focal point of gathering/assembling is not because of offering like the manner of some.
We must have concern and care for our brethren.
We need to watch out for each other so that no one get into temptation.
Matthew 26:41
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
We must not be partial in the way we treat people even when we show care and concern.
James 2:2-4
:2. For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
:3. And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
:4. Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
God is not in any way please with those who have more than enough and shame those that doesn't have. If really we want to share what we have, we must not make people we are sharing to sad.
1 Corinthians 11:21-22
:21. For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
:22. What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
Gathering together has a purpose. There are programms to be done. A big part of gathering is to study the word of God.
Acts 20:7
And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
We all have things to do at a gathering. Singing, interpretation speaking in tongues e. t. c. in whatever we do, we should do things unto edifying. We are not allow to act anyhow we want in the gathering. There must be orderliness.
1 Corinthians 14:26
How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
One of the most joyful thing to the heart is singing. That is the reason we sing during gathering.
Job 38:4-7
:4. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
:5. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
:6. Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
:7. When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
There is a command to sing unto God in our gathering. Angels sings always round about the throne.
Revelation 7:11-12
:11. And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
:12. Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
Even angels sing at the birth of Jesus Christ.
Luke 2:13-14
:13. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
:14. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
To whom do we sing ?
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
)Hebrews 13:15
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
When we sing during our gathering, it sends away evil spirits. Example is when an evil spirit was tormenting Saul, David sang and play instruments for him and he was healed.
1 Samuel 16:23
And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
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