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2006-06-07 08:52:11 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"so many" (hypocrites!)
2006-06-07 08:53:01 · update #1
You are not there to judge the other people at church. You are there to learn more and to sing his praises. Keep looking for the church that fits you. It is out there. I think that Satan uses that to keep us out of church. We need to worry about our relationship with God and not focus so much on others.
Thank the Lord that those"hypocrites" are in church maybe they will learn something!
2006-06-07 08:59:02 · answer #1 · answered by Jen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily. It's true most church and religion are hypocritical. It is wonderful that you love God. To show that love, however, we must worship God.
Even in Jesus' day, there were many hypocrites in religion. For example, look in the Bible, at Matthew 15:7, where Jesus called the religious leaders of his day, the Pharisees, hypocrites. Also, Jesus repeatedly calls the Pharisees hypocrites in Matthew chapter 23. There it shows the Pharisees were not practicing what they preach, like most of religion today,also.
How can we find the true religion? Jehovah's Witnesses would be happy to help. We offer free home Bible studies. Jehovah's Witnesses are known the world over for practicing what they preach.
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2006-06-07 16:05:03 · answer #2 · answered by Jeremy Callahan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's never "wrong" to feel a particular way about anything. But maybe you wouldn't hate going to church so much if you spent your time there worshipping God instead of judging other people. Remember what Jesus called people who do that - hypocrites.
2006-06-07 16:08:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of churches out there that are not boring or full of hypocrites. Wherever you go I am sure that there are a few, but should you let that stop you all together? Go should find a church to get your spiritual battery recharged every once in a while
2006-06-07 15:59:58 · answer #4 · answered by Deborah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! its not wrong for you to "not like church" But if you want to please God, you must go by his rules. That is, you should not forsake the assembling of the believers.
I love God also and I too have a problem with "Church". One reason church is so boring is because it is base on talk.talk,talk. There is not much in church that is different than what we can find outside. .
But not all churches are that way. however you are not called by men or earthly kingdoms.
If you are saved. If you believe in Christ and all of what is written of him, you must know that you are to have a personal relationship with him.
Yes, there is much hypocracy in the church and believe me I cant stand it. But it is God that will judge the leaders that are living in that way.
Hypocracy in the church is what happens when they refused to renew their minds by the word of God. Just the same as murmurers and complainers against the church of God
Remember the word of God: "You are the temple (church) of the holy Spirit". Your not a building made with hands..
It is written: In the last days God will send his angels to pull up the tares (weeds/false christians) and seperate the tares from the righteous.
So be careful not to speak evil of God's people. God will take care of everything. Okay!?
You seek God and get to know him and then you will know Jesus as your Lord and Saviour.
And about your non denomination, that sounds good. But we people have a habit of making somethings out of words like baptise or Non denomination. Jesus is not Non dennominational or denominational. He is Lord of all.
Be a "believer" and dont make that word a religion.
Please remember Satan is in the world and because there are pastors that have not lived holy before the Lord, he is also in the church built with hands ,as tares. but greater is he that is in us than he that is in the world.
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2006-06-07 17:02:40 · answer #5 · answered by cHeAp_ShOt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You catch more hypocrites in church, and that can be a deterrent for going. But when you find a holy-ghost filled church, where you see evidence of God working in that particular church, its ministries, its members, then ask God if that is where you should be.
2006-06-07 17:11:22 · answer #6 · answered by LD 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honey where do you want the hypocrites to be? Better that they are in church hearing The Word than not going at all. Besides, you're not responsible for their actions anyway, only your own.
2006-06-07 20:58:25 · answer #7 · answered by sparkie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know what you mean. But church is where we're supposed to gather with other Christians to worship God and be surrounded by Christian love. Pray for the "hypocrites."
2006-06-07 16:11:47 · answer #8 · answered by trace 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is not in church, God is not in the pews or the bricks. God is not in the bible or in the songs. God is much deeper than that and just because a lot of people go to this place called church to find God does not mean you will find God there.
2006-06-07 15:59:48 · answer #9 · answered by The Teacher 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont like going to church either, but that doesnt mean there isnt a church out there I would like. We arent expected to sit and enjoy wrong actions and behavior. It is only wrong if you hate church because you hate hearing the Word or worshiping.
2006-06-07 15:57:53 · answer #10 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋