We have a great rest and happiness when as a Church we simply are the body and allow Jesus to be the glorious Head. The Head is able to direct the body as it wishes and so it should be with our home gatherings. The Lord should be able to direct us easily through His Holy Spirit without complaints and contention. Opposition and disobedience grieve the Holy Spirit.
We have the example of the Apostle Paul and others in Antioch who were waiting before God with prayer and fasting, and then the Holy Spirit spoke to give them orders.
This should serve as our example that God wants to continually give orders to the Church by the Spirit of Christ so that we can fulfill His good pleasure and will.
So therefore, to look to Jesus Christ as the active present Head of the Church will bring much fruit to God.
If we accept God’s heart and direction, to look to Christ and not men, then division, competition, debating and strivings would surely cease as Jesus Christ Himself is put in His rightful place.
When we are gathering in a house Church we are gathering together to commune and meet with the Godhead. Meetings of believers are not merely for knowledge and good fellowship. Rather the most important aspect of coming together is to meet with the living God. Do we come to our house Church with this focus and prayer? It is very helpful to prepare one’s heart with the Lord in prayer and confession before coming to a fellowship of believers. So then, there will be a purity of spirit and a hunger in the hearts of the saints to meet with God. Such hungering after God is necessary and important to obtain the full blessings in Christ Jesus. There is such great blessing He wants to pour out on His Church if we would allow Him to.
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“Christianity was birthed in the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and will only continue as we have this empowering from above. God is always looking for the willing vessels that will trust Him afresh for the impossible.” from: Principles for the gathering of Believers under the Headship of Jesus Christ.Since 2012, a growing group of believers in North America started to warn of coming persecution to western countries. This message was shared in a variety of ways. One of the responses to this was to compile a book taking principles from underground Churches around the world of how they thrived under pressure and persecution. The volume, Principles for the Gathering of Believers, had in a short time over 50,000 downloads in ebook format and much interest was shown. Some new house churches started through this and other existing groups were encouraged.