Wednesday February 07th, 2024
« Greet the brethren who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas and the church that is in his house »
3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,
4 who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
5 Likewise greet the church that is in their house.
The Home Church model is the oldest form of worship centers right from the Old Testament days.
It should be recalled that what is now known as Abrahamic faith in at least three notable religions of the world started as a family mode of worship.
The Bible tells of how the Abrahamic faith started within the household of Abraham in Genesis 18:19.
It is equally interesting to note that when the New Testament Church was born, it was within a household at the Upper Room (Acts 1:13).
This was where all the earliest apostles were residing when the New Testament Church was inaugurated by the coming of the Holy Ghost. Romans 16:3,5 NLT
« Give my greetings to Priscilla and Aquila, my co-workers in the ministry of Christ Jesus……….. Also give my greetings to the church that meets in their home »
Therefore, adopting the Home Church model is going back to the basic.
The Home Church model has been proven to be beneficial right from the birth of the Church and all hostility from the world against it.
The blessings accruing from the model is innumerable but we shall mention some of the spiritual ones today.
- To start with, putting a church in your house in the form of a House Fellowship center is like putting the Ark of the Covenant there and it brings abundant blessing like in the case of Obededom.
In 2 Samuel 6:10-11, Obededom became a national celebrity to the extent that even King David envied him and hurriedly took the Ark away from his household.
The good news is that no one can take the Church away from you as long as you allow Jesus to remain in your house.
- Corporately speaking, the home Church mode enhances all-round growth of the church.
- Spiritually, members of the House Fellowship and by extension, of the church are well-groomed since they would be properly taken care of.
This model discourages the loss of souls in the multitude of the bigger mother-Church.
As we can see from the scriptures we reviewed above, the Home Church model is a design from God and we must all return to it.
Beloved, decide to use your home as a sub-unit of the bigger Church today and you would be richly blessed by so doing, in Jesus’s name.
Prayer focus – Father, please qualify my home to be a custodian of Your Church, in the mighty name of Jesus.
Author – Bishop Enoch. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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