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chiommy123:
It's very possible but such persons are not grounded because they don't know the word very well. Cos the bible said we should not forsake the assembling of ourselves together

can't you read and study your bible?

Assembling of the brethren doesn't mean you should go to church with your new clothes and be Dancing and singing and listening to those bananas pastors then after serving you all disappear like nothing!

Assembling of the garden or brethren means fellow Christians coming together and try to fill in each other out by helping in one way or the others!

Do Nigeria churches actually do this? No!

The main issue is! Are they real church in Nigeria?

Yes you can,after all did Jesus go to the Temple every sabbath day?

ErebeOcoco:
The growing trend common in people these days is, I don't go to church but I am a spiritual person. Some would say I do good and I love God but I don't belong to any church.

Is it possible to love God, do good and not be affiliated to any denomination?

Religious experts, can a man claim to be a child of God without devotion?

Of course...church is just a building. But you have to be in fellowship from time to time....the venue is irrelevant

Thankgod89:
No—one cannot truly claim to be a child of God while neglecting devotion, because being God's child redefines our priorities.

Devotion is dedication to Christ, expressed in worship, fellowship, obedience, and ongoing transformation.
Without devotion, Christianity becomes cultural, not covenantal.

Also, the Bible never presents Christianity as a solo walk. Jesus didn’t just save individuals—He created a Body, the Church.

Hebrews 10:25 talks about "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is..."
1 John 1:7 – "If we walk in the light... we have fellowship one with another..."
Acts 2:42 – "And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship..."

So the very moment a man no longer has a church he becomes a sinner?

The level of religious extremism in some of you is alarming.

The Bible should now be rewritten to say " for God so loved world that he gave his only begotten son that WHOEVER HAS A CHURCH HAS ETERNAL LIFE".

Christian should belong to a church, but belonging to a church does not make any man a Christian. You can fans yourself in Afghanistan without a church and remain a fervent Christian. The ultimate is surrender your life to christ whether in a church in Lagos or living alone in Sahara desert.

KaLuCh:
Of course! Jesus didn't even care about people's religious affiliations. He preached kingdom, not church. And that is not to take away from local assembling of believers. The church is very important. But the kingdom of God is much bigger than a religion, or a building, or a sect, or any set of rules. The kingdom permeates all of these mostly human constructs. The church of Christ, the Lord's bride is far larger than the Christian family, or what we know as 'church'.

Jews, Muslims, Hindus, etc, we have millions and millions of individuals in these traditions who have come to accept Jesus as God's son, and every single one of them will be in heaven. Man, I have heard stories of individuals like this who are descipling hundreds of other people in the ways of Christ.

God is not as shortsighted as we are, He is not fighting and leading segregations against religious groups that share different views. His focus is people, not groups, and He is reaching them personally everywhere. I see a lot of myopic Christians who think heaven is only for them but we'll all be shocked when we get there and find that God is not as limited as we think.

I'll close with these words of the Lord in John 10:16; "And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd."

I absolutely agree with these words here. Those who love are of God.

ErebeOcoco:
The growing trend common in people these days is, I don't go to church but I am a spiritual person. Some would say I do good and I love God but I don't belong to any church.

Is it possible to love God, do good and not be affiliated to any denomination?

Religious experts, can a man claim to be a child of God without devotion?

Simply answer no.
To Flourish you need to be rooted somewhere and to do that you need people who share your belief system.
I know of a few couples who go to different churches. Wife is deeper and husband is Pentecostal . They share common tenants the differences - dogma. Kind of like touching various parts of an elephant .
You can’t do it alone.

ErebeOcoco:
The growing trend common in people these days is, I don't go to church but I am a spiritual person. Some would say I do good and I love God but I don't belong to any church.

Is it possible to love God, do good and not be affiliated to any denomination?

Religious experts, can a man claim to be a child of God without devotion?

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Religion is a cult that forces members to know God in a certain way enshrined in their doctrines and members must bring man-made money. By the way, God is in your essence.

If religion is of God, there won't be many divisions and disagreements among sects of the same religion: Catholics vs Anglicans vs Methodists vs Pentecostals vs white garment adherents. Apparently the only unifying factor among these sects is money and not God. For sure, they all worship money using God as just a marketing tool.

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ErebeOcoco:
The growing trend common in people these days is, I don't go to church but I am a spiritual person. Some would say I do good and I love God but I don't belong to any church.

Is it possible to love God, do good and not be affiliated to any denomination?

Religious experts, can a man claim to be a child of God without devotion?

Can you mention God without using the alphabet invented by human beings?




Those who lived before the invention of languages and alphabets how did they tell them about god ?

Thankgod89:
Also, the Bible never presents Christianity as a solo walk..

Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Nathaniael, Mary are examples of people who walked with God a sololy

Kingpanda0147:
Yes you can,after all did Jesus go to the Temple every sabbath day?

But he was in fellowship with his disciples and with larger group of people daily. He also sent aside hours in fellowship with the father. The bible doesn’t record every single detail of Jesus wall but we can infer he was reading / familiar with Torah .

Yes. Church can actually make you worse if care is not taken.

immortalcrown:
But to be a Child of God, you have to know God's principles

Lies!

A moralist will not condemn sex before marriage as long as the sex is consensual and involves only adults, especially if the parties have agreed to marry each other. A child of God will avoid premarital sex even with his fiancée or her fiance, he or she will wait until marriage.

Define the word MARRIAGE from your English dictionary!

You Africans, you want to have your faulty definitions to suit your African traditions?

A moralist will do good to fellow humans while lacking the concept of praying to and praising God. A child of God does good to humans and dedicates time to praises and prayers. And this is where worshiping in a congregation is compulsory.

Is a child of God immoral person?

A moralist will support execution of criminals, a child of God will not.

so that the criminal will continue stealing from him?

You religious people are so ridiculously pretentious

A moralist will support divorce if the marriage is not peaceful. A child of God will not support divorce but will advise for living apart. Living apart is different from divorce.

Living apartment is your formulated term.

There is nothing like living apart

A moralist will revenge if repeatedly offended, a child of God will keep forgiving.

lies!

PeterJamesJohn:
Please don't put Jesus and Mohammed in the same category. Jesus is God

because your book and your pastor said so.

alobright17:
Can you mention God without using the alphabet invented by human beings?




Those who lived before the invention of languages and alphabets how did they tell them about god ?

Alphabets were created by Egyptians long before Greek and Latin.
Languages have no origin but you can’t peg to tower of Babylon .
People found ways to describe God with what was around them.

Who the assembly help

chiommy123:
It's very possible but such persons are not grounded because they don't know the word very well. Cos the bible said we should not forsake the assembling of ourselves together

PeterJamesJohn:
It's not good but sometimes there's no choice. As long as you have a vibrant personal relationship with God, it's better to be church less than go to the wrong church. The wrong church can kill you spiritually.

Now for someone that's not serious with God, any church will be better than no church. Because that will make God be in your consciousness. Even if you're getting the wrong knowledge about God, you'll still be thinking about God. It's better than people who don't acknowledge God in their daily lives.

In a case where all the churches in Nigeria are wrong churches, all of them.

What do we do?

May God bless ur wisdom

Amotolongbo:
The relationship between a man and God is spirituality.
When there is an intercessor between a man and God (like Jesus and Mohammed) it becomes a religion.
When someone now comes in between an intercessor and a man, it becomes indoctrination or denomination.
Tell me what religion Adam practiced in your book, was he not a child of God before he sinned?

So a man can be a child of God without religion or attending congregational houses.

immortalcrown:
Someone cannot be a graduate without education.

Let's break it down. Being a moralist is different from being a child of God. You can be a moralist without being guided by religion. But to be a Child of God, you have to know God's principles through religious activities. Below are some of the clear differences.

A moralist will not condemn sex before marriage as long as the sex is consensual and involves only adults, especially if the parties have agreed to marry each other. A child of God will avoid premarital sex even with his fiancée or her fiance, he or she will wait until marriage.

A moralist will do good to fellow humans while lacking the concept of praying to and praising God. A child of God does good to humans and dedicates time to praises and prayers. And this is where worshiping in a congregation is compulsory.

A moralist will support execution of criminals, a child of God will not.

A moralist will want gay people to be killed or excommunicated. A child of God will condemn the act of gay but will not harm gay people, he or she will keep hoping for gay people to repent.

A moralist will support divorce if the marriage is not peaceful. A child of God will not support divorce but will advise for living apart. Living apart is different from divorce.

A moralist will revenge if repeatedly offended, a child of God will keep forgiving.

You’re wrong. If you read and understand your bible very well, you will understand. Pls read Hohn 4:20-24.

I prefer my Tradition.. 😉.

immortalcrown:
Someone cannot be a graduate without education.

Let's break it down. Being a moralist is different from being a child of God. You can be a moralist without being guided by religion. But to be a Child of God, you have to know God's principles through religious activities. Below are some of the clear differences.

A moralist will not condemn sex before marriage as long as the sex is consensual and involves only adults, especially if the parties have agreed to marry each other. A child of God will avoid premarital sex even with his fiancée or her fiance, he or she will wait until marriage.

A moralist will do good to fellow humans while lacking the concept of praying to and praising God. A child of God does good to humans and dedicates time to praises and prayers. And this is where worshiping in a congregation is compulsory.

A moralist will support execution of criminals, a child of God will not.

A moralist will want gay people to be killed or excommunicated. A child of God will condemn the act of gay but will not harm gay people, he or she will keep hoping for gay people to repent.

A moralist will support divorce if the marriage is not peaceful. A child of God will not support divorce but will advise for living apart. Living apart is different from divorce.

A moralist will revenge if repeatedly offended, a child of God will keep forgiving.

you are economical to the truth hear, base on the question can someone be a child of God without going to church, was it everyone that go to church that is a child of God? Was it every pastor at the altar that are child of God, now a pastor that teaches you the Bible but could not do what he's preaching and the person who did not attend church but pure in his way who is the child of God.

Of course. What if you live in a place where there is no church, or the church available are demonic. Or they don't preach in the language you speak

Dtruthspeaker:
Do they not know how to read?

And if you had indeed read the Bible you would have also seen it said

"Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler.

And we all know that these are the people who are in churches today.

Be careful with self-righteousness which the Bible also condemns. Jesus also Condemned self-righteousness with many examples. Your righteousnese is like a filthy rag before the God and the righteous man sins at least 7 times a day.
So you that is condemning the sinners going to church to be saved by staying away believe that you are better than them abi?
What about Baptism?
What about receiving the body and blood of Christ without which if you Don't receive it, you have no part in Him?

In Hebrews 10:25 we are admonished not to forsake the gathering of one another. Church is compulsory for every Christian. Checkout what Jesus was constantly doing from childhood. He was always at the synagogue. His disciples after the Pentecost, were always at the church praying and ministering to one another.
Don't mind the end time Churches we have these days. Don't go for miracles, go for the word, a Church that lays emphasis on the word of God. God bless you.

ErebeOcoco:
The growing trend common in people these days is, I don't go to church but I am a spiritual person. Some would say I do good and I love God but I don't belong to any church.

Is it possible to love God, do good and not be affiliated to any denomination?

Religious experts, can a man claim to be a child of God without devotion?

Good day Mr OP,

The accurate moderators

My fellow posters on Christianity

and the larger audience following all things religions

I am here to discuss the topic can a man be a child of God without a church based on what the Bible the OP subscribed to with the following verses


Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

The invitation is not to be a member of a religious denomination but to follow Jesus.

Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

I hope with this few points of mine I am able to convince you and not to confuse you that one can be a child of God without being a member of a Christian religious denomination.

Thankgod89:
No—one cannot truly claim to be a child of God while neglecting devotion, because being God's child redefines our priorities.

Devotion is dedication to Christ, expressed in worship, fellowship, obedience, and ongoing transformation.
Without devotion, Christianity becomes cultural, not covenantal.

Also, the Bible never presents Christianity as a solo walk. Jesus didn’t just save individuals—He created a Body, the Church.

Hebrews 10:25 talks about "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is..."
1 John 1:7 – "If we walk in the light... we have fellowship one with another..."
Acts 2:42 – "And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship..."

Do you see people or adherents of particular Christian denomination who go to church everyday and today and you can hardly pick anything child of God about them?

Yes or No?

Yes

Dtruthspeaker:
See Satan's son has come with his lying perversions.

First, this is Place/House of God which means that the Place is already Clean and Pure.

Therefore, God Holds sway, and Satan has to behave himself there.

And Satan was the only evil one there.

But, if a simple ordinary person goes into an Oro place of worship during their rites, we all say that he is fulish.

The words in bold is enough for him

ErebeOcoco:
The growing trend common in people these days is, I don't go to church but I am a spiritual person. Some would say I do good and I love God but I don't belong to any church.

Is it possible to love God, do good and not be affiliated to any denomination?

Religious experts, can a man claim to be a child of God without devotion?

It's possible in theory but not in practice

ErebeOcoco:
The growing trend common in people these days is, I don't go to church but I am a spiritual person. Some would say I do good and I love God but I don't belong to any church.

Is it possible to love God, do good and not be affiliated to any denomination?

Religious experts, can a man claim to be a child of God without devotion?

I think your question should have been whether a person can be a christian without going to church.
Asking whether a person can be a child of god without going to church is merely arrogating godhood to the christian god alone.
Muslims, Hindus and Buddhist also claim to be children of god. So do worshippers of Ifa, sango, amadioha, Ogun, and the rest.