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alwayslearning · 07-25-2012, 02:21 PM

I think sometimes we may forget that the words used in the NT were used in common society before the NT was written and before the church was birthed. Assembly means what it means. People getting together.

What the apostles did in the NT (written) is theologically define and expound on what the church/assembly means in the Christian context. So a church literally per the language can be a group of secular philosophers meeting in the Areopagus in Athens, a meeting of civilians to take a vote, etc. But that's not what it is for Christians because Christians have a special connection by a new birth and all that entails.

07-25-2012, 02:21 PM	#68
alwayslearning Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 360	Re: What is the structure of the assembly? I think sometimes we may forget that the words used in the NT were used in common society before the NT was written and before the church was birthed. Assembly means what it means. People getting together. What the apostles did in the NT (written) is theologically define and expound on what the church/assembly means in the Christian context. So a church literally per the language can be a group of secular philosophers meeting in the Areopagus in Athens, a meeting of civilians to take a vote, etc. But that's not what it is for Christians because Christians have a special connection by a new birth and all that entails.