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shinaola21:
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I rather listen to word of God through radio than go to church,the way those people look at you because you can't pay tithes is really humiliating

Looooool

rickleye:
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.

Which came first?

The child of God gathering together to birth a church

or......

The church giving birth to child of God

StillDtruth:
Calling your True name is not an insult..
Secondly, no one quotes what everyone already knows

Just say you know nothing about God's word because quoting God's word a million times doesn't bore Jesus!

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

They are not ready to walk solo on water when the ship of these numerous denominations sink.

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.

So between deeper life and Reedem Church which one is a better 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..."

So I can't have my devotion in my bedroom, which part of my body being the temple of the Holy spirit do you need me to understand, so I need another house to feel the God who his spirit is already inside me?

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

How can you call a fellow man God?

Being a Child of God doesn't necessarily mean you must be a church goer. Just so you know religion,church,mosque etc are just a program to segregate humans from one another.

achorladey:
They are not ready to walk solo on water when the ship of these numerous denominations sink.

That is it!
They are all Lot's son and daughter in laws and his wife.

achorladey:
The words in bold is enough for him

Yes oo.

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

says your christian religion... right?

Newyorkitis:
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?

If it is my righteousness, then it won't be righteousness for all men's righteousness is sin eg like those who say fornication is not sin. To them, fornication it is right

Meanwhile, in Righteousness, there is no wrong thing. And the only Person Who has such a standard is God as seen in the bible.

And years ago when the church still had righteousness in it, we were taught that, as people see that wayoff and drunken wife beating whorrer so also do people see if and when we live like Christ.

And though they said that they would follow, the real eyeity is that people love the beer parlour adulterer and follow him while they cast aside the God lover. So he is alone.

And that is why a serious God lover cannot go to church because the church is like his neighbourhood, filled with the same people who love their sins and now worse the church leaders pastor/priests are also one of them and encourage them in their sinfulness and even glowrify and honour the sinner while mocking and disgracing he who doeth the right.

Newyorkitis:
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?

It is a holy person who can give you a holy baptism and the Holy blood of Christ.

If not then you do not need to go to church. All these things can also be given at the nearest beer parlour or red light district or babalawo house

AntiChristian:
What does being a child of God mean?

Did God give birth to humans like marry did to Jesus?

thats not the only thing that qualifies one to be a child of someone...

Dtruthspeaker:
That is it!
They are all Lots son and daughter in laws and his wife.

Looool

You should put " nowadays churches" in your context. That will make the topic more debatable.

Churches these days are more of business centres. No real value is impacted on the congregation. In one street you can see like 6 different denominations.

If you want to serve God, serve God in truth and in spirit and no church can help with that. All most pastors are after Is personal gains under the pretence of spreading the gospel

So why should I waste my time, my resources and energy just to go to a building and watch one charlatan quoting passages from the holy book. Some don't even have deep knowledge of the bible. They interprete the bible literally.

DLifeless1:
So between deeper life and Reedem Church which one is a better denomination?

Problem question. This is the very thing the apostles warn

DLifeless1:
So I can't have my devotion in my bedroom, which part of my body being the temple of the Holy spirit do you need me to understand, so I need another house to feel the God who his spirit is already inside me?

Point well placed

slimik:
Being a Child of God doesn't necessarily mean you must be a church goer. Just so you know religion,church,mosque etc are just a program to segregate humans from one another.

The bold is gbam.

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.

fixed

shinaola21:
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I rather listen to word of God through radio than go to church,the way those people look at you because you can't pay tithes is really humiliating

Omo you are right, the nonsense is so discouraging

immortalcrown:
Someone cannot be a graduate student 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 said a lot but still didn't answer the question.

Can a man be a child of God without a church?

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

He doesn't know that mr Mohammed is a themon. Ltoo nearly fainted when I saw this

Yes...

The physical building is not "church" and most of the people that go to such buildings are not "sons of God" because they are not led by the Spirit of God.

Most of the replies here are not coming from a personal relationship with God.

It's "them say, them say"

Yes, quoting the bible is "them say", unless you experience it for yourself.

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

Wrong you know....
You have the Bible, you have the Holy Spirit and you are in line.....
The Church is not that gathering under man who is still struggling like everyone else.
When He comes....we will know.
Praise YAH

liveyourlife007:
You should put " nowadays churches" in your context. That will make the topic more debatable.

Churches these days are more of business centres. No real value is impacted on the congregation. In one street you can see like 6 different denominations.

If you want to serve God, serve God in truth and in spirit and no church can help with that. All most pastors are after Is personal gains under the pretence of spreading the gospel

So why should I waste my time, my resources and energy just to go to a building and watch one charlatan quoting passages from the holy book. Some don't even have deep knowledge of the bible. They interprete the bible literally.

A church is a church as long as it is led by YAH ....
It may go through struggles like the modern day, but be of good cheer .....
The book of Revelations talk about the different types of churches.
However, it stressed that those lost should retrace their steps

AntiChristian:
What does being a child of God mean?

Did God give birth to humans like marry did to Jesus?

Not all children are biological children after all, even your prophet adopted a son until his lust took the better of him
Being a child of God means being redeemed by the blood of Jesus which gives you the right and privilege of inheriting the spirit of God and thus taking on the name of God

Agbegbaorogboye:
Not all children are biological children after all, even your prophet adopted a son until his lust took the better of him
Being a child of God means being redeemed by the blood of Jesus which gives you the right and privilege of inheriting the spirit of God and thus taking on the name of God

So you being a child is by adoption so your blood is not a true blood of the real child of God. Adopted sons are never true sons!

Whenever I hear blood like this babalawo stuffs be that! Blood of babalawo! Vicarious atonement.

Curdlebug:
thats not the only thing that qualifies one to be a child of someone...

Adoption with paperwork!