Are there any quotes in the bible about how the bible should be taught in churches.?

Question

This question also touches the views of Mega Churches vs. Community churches.

That's very true that there wasn't churches during the time of the bible being written... are there any quotes that would criticize a mega church?

Answer 1

On your question, this is one of the best scriptures about the way the Bible is handled and taught:

2Timothy 2:14 Keep reminding the believers of those things. While God is watching, warn them not to argue about words. That doesn’t have any value. It only destroys those who listen.
15 Do your best to please God. Be a worker who doesn’t need to be ashamed. Teach the message of truth correctly.
16 Stay away from godless chatter. Those who take part in it will become more and more ungodly. 17 Their teaching will spread like a deadly sickness.
Hymenaeus and Philetus are two of those teachers. 18 They have wandered away from the truth. They say that the time when people will rise from the dead has already come. They destroy the faith of some people.
19 But God’s solid foundation stands firm. Here is the message written on it. “The Lord knows who his own people are.” Also, “All who say they believe in the Lord must turn away from evil.”

Mega-churches... in very real terms, the Jerusalem church WAS a "mega church." With 3000 new converts after the FIRST Gospel sermon was preached and 5000 MEN in the church soon after (Acts 4:4).

The early church dealt with this in some of the same ways that large churches are today. We see frequently that the Christians met "from house to house." TRUE spiritual growth is usually maximized in a small group setting. IF the "mega church" manages to have individual members involved in one-another's lives in a meaningful way, there is certainly nothing in scripture which opposes larger groups.

What the early church did by necessity, today's HEALTHY mega-churches have also found to be a powerful tool. They met in homes because there was no AVAILABLE facility where they could ALL meet together. Churches today often meet in homes because it has been found to facilitate spiritual growth in a way which a large assembly never could.

...Sorry I didn't put that in here first.

Tatt: Jesus did NOT oppose EDUCATION and certainly SUPPORTED fellowship.

Jesus' opposition to the teachers of the law was that they twisted, complicated and codified it to death.

Jesus spoke of "building HIS church." That word, ekklesia in the Greek language, is used 114 times in the New Testament, mostly by the apostles after Jesus' death, but Jesus used it as well. Here is the dictionary definition for it:
church, congregation, assembly; a group of people gathered together. It can refer to the OT assembly of believers (Ac 7:38), or a riotous mob (Ac 19:32), but usually to a Christian assembly, a church: as a totality (Eph 3:10), or in a specific locale (Col. 4:15). In the NT a church is never a building or meeting place... Jesus and the apostles BOTH taught us to be together with other believers where we can support one another...
Like Jesus told the APOSTLES:
Matthew 18:19 “Again, here is what I tell you. Suppose two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for. My Father in heaven will do it for you. 20 Where two or three people meet together in my name, I am there with them.”

Answer 2

There was no Bible when Christians began assembling themselves together. All they had were eyewitness accounts and the letters which eventually became "The Bible" Paul tells us that God gave the gifts of preaching, teaching, pastor, evangelist and apostle to lead the Church.

Criticize a mega church? What do you have against mega churches?

Answer 3

Actually, from my reading of the bible, it seems Jesus didn't feel that people needed to be taught. He talked about people having their own personal relationship with him and god. There was really no need to g to church, have "teachers" of the bible, etc. The church itself came up with this concept. If you are the person doing the educating, you are the person in control of how people believe. Then, basically, you can get them to follow/ believe whatever you want.

But, what do I know.

Answer 4

Since there was no bible when the parts eventually assembled into the bible were written, such a verse would be an anachronism and imply rewritting. I am interested to see the responses that you get.