“For where two or three are gathered together in My Name, there am I in the midst of them.” Matthew 18:20 KJV
“For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.” Mathew18:20 NASB
We are all familiar with this as linked with local assembly testimony. But consider it in light of Matthew’s Gospel. One of the names given to Christ in Matthew 1 was, Immanuel, “God with us.” When we arrive at chapter 28, in departing from His disciples, the Lord says, “Lo, I am with you alway.” The present Christ: present in our world, in our gatherings, and in our service. The background of Matthew 18 is failure and discipline; yet, the Lord links Himself with us in all our weakness and shortcomings.
Questions to Consider:
- What does it mean to be “gathered together in My Name?” It can have several possible meanings: We recognize His authority; we reflect His interests; we rely upon His resources; we reveal His Person; we rejoice His heart; we are regulated by His Word.
- What are some of the ways we can rejoice His heart when we gather together?
It always brings joy to my heart when I read about the Almighty and his SON and the love they give always.But it breaks my heart when I read after a disaster causing death damage and distruction for people living at or near the path of whatever it was that caused the problem.The headline read ” WHERE WAS GOD” why don’t people understand that it was us that pushed Him away saying we can look after our selves.I was part of that world which satan has the control ,but the LORD is always talking to us all we have to do is listen and accept him and his love.On or about my 70th birthday May 20 2016 I was awakened abruptly in the middle of the night sitting straight up and fully awake and I heard HIS voice telling me MARC GET A BIBLE and I did and I haven’t found fault for my decision and I know I never will.I would love to be able talk to people about Him and what He does for us and the love is something I have never known or will ever from another source.Thank you for your services you offer to the people and I hope many will call on Jesus before it’s too late.I can’t help but fell sorry for those individuals that go to the “religious” places of this world and the heads of them are just showing them how to go to Hell.Thank you for letting me vent a little bit cause people don’t want to hear they are wrong.