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For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
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I first accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior in 1976 while sitting in my kitchen having a cup of coffee. I had been raised and trained as a Roman Catholic, and had all of my education in Catholic schools, and yet had never read the bible. Now, after a radical encounter with the Lord and hearing the Word, my life was changed instantly, completely, total, forever and quite visibly.

In the next few days following that event everybody I encountered who knew me was asking me what had happened. Had I become one of those charismatic or a pentecostal people, or joined a cult? It was a time of change and all of the people I worked with, clients of the advertising agency I headed and providers I used kept asking me what I was now. I knew that I had an encounter with the living God, but I surely did not know what I had become!

So I picked up a bible that I had just been given by somebody—one that I was starting to devour—and asked the Lord what I was. I randomly opened to these verses: “For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, Abba! Father! The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,” (Romans 8:14-16)

Reading those verses, I instantly knew that rather than being a member of a church or denomination, or part of a movement or a religion, I was quite simply a child of God! And that is quite simply more than sufficient. I am now part of the family of God! And as it is true with any real family, we need each other. We need that good fellowship.

And let’s be clear; that is the core of all the church is or is supposed to be. Jesus was once told by someone as He was speaking to the multitudes that His mother and brothers were standing outside wanting to speak with Him. Jesus answered him by asking, ‘who is My mother and who are My brothers?’ Then, pointing at His disciples He said, ‘Behold, My mother and My brothers! For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother.’ {Mat.12:46-50}

What we have come to call ‘church’ is no more than a simple family gathering—and certainly no less!

“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more, as you see the day drawing near.” (Hebrews 10:23-25)

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