I am not a football player, but I can go to a football game. Beingon a farm does not make me a farmer. Going to church is not the same as being the Church. One is physical, the other spiritual. The 5000 people Jesus fed on the hillside went to church, the kid that gave up his lunch, that kid was the church. We are called to be Christ's hands & feet. To go & do, that isBEING the Church. We are not told to be His ears & butt.

Only the church, the body of Christ can have this fellowship. Yes, we can sit home every Sunday and still be saved, but is that all you want? FIRE INSURANCE. Really? This fellowship we have with one another is made stronger by ourtime worshipping together, hearing the Word of God together, and a huge plus, we know we are never alone. But you will never know unless you become a part. Lone Rangers eventually fall away. So what is the church? our SANCUARY andREFUGE our place to be a part and fit together in the name of Jesus Christ. Look again at the definition of fellowship and let that sink in. The question I would ask you is, Don't you want to be a part of that?

Goodness yes.Going to church signifies attendance. Being the church is action. It's involvement. It's participation. Building vs people. We are called to be the church, not to go to church. We meet regularly as the body of Christ (being in the church) to worship and give honor to God.Being in the church signifies membership, community, fellowship. Caring, sharing, and above all loving. Going to churchsignifies people as consumers and not active participants as givers.

*yawns*