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Have you ever stayed away from church because you were afraid of what God might do? This is the kind of church I want to be a part of!

I think too many people want to attend church to get their happy feeling for the week. Others are simply fulfilling a "duty". I would say the majority are not expecting to encounter God and leave changed. But isn't that what our gathers are to be? When we gather shouldn't we all humbly encounter Jesus and leave changed?

In this chapter people were actually afraid to attend the church's gatherings! They feared they may lose their lives. They knew that God would not tolerate duplicity in their hearts and would be calling them to repentance. Knowing this, they stayed away. At least they were authentic.

Today, too many attend church with tremendous inconsistencies in their life. Oh that God would revisit His church with this kind of power.