Post by LDM on Mar 16, 2010 7:23:33 GMT -5
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We know that these things are written and that it is all inconsequential. However, I post it just to show how ridiculous things can become when satan tries to stand against the things of God.
Now, my first reaction is that I wouldn't have stopped meeting. If they arrest us for having home Bible Studies and put us in jail, then where are they going to put us for having Bible Studies in jail? LOL Foolishness I tell you.
We must be resigned to stand in these times against threats from those who fight against God.
"If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small." Proverbs 24:10
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The city of Gilbert, Ariz., has ordered a group of seven adults to stop gathering for Bible studies in a private home because such meetings are forbidden by the city's zoning codes.
The issue was brought to a head when city officials wrote a letter to a pastor and his wife informing them they had 10 days to quit having the meetings in their private home...
There had been no complaints about the meetings, which had been rotating among members' homes before the officer wrote the letter and ordered the group to "terminate all religious meetings … regardless of their size, nature or frequency," because he noticed signs about the meetings.
A city letter confirmed, "Given that the church is considered to be religious assembly, and given the LDC provisions prohibiting that use on Local streets without Use Permits and prohibiting it in single-family residential structures, it follows that the church meetings cannot be held in the home."
Please click on the link above to read the entire article.
We know that these things are written and that it is all inconsequential. However, I post it just to show how ridiculous things can become when satan tries to stand against the things of God.
Now, my first reaction is that I wouldn't have stopped meeting. If they arrest us for having home Bible Studies and put us in jail, then where are they going to put us for having Bible Studies in jail? LOL Foolishness I tell you.
We must be resigned to stand in these times against threats from those who fight against God.
"If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small." Proverbs 24:10
*****
The city of Gilbert, Ariz., has ordered a group of seven adults to stop gathering for Bible studies in a private home because such meetings are forbidden by the city's zoning codes.
The issue was brought to a head when city officials wrote a letter to a pastor and his wife informing them they had 10 days to quit having the meetings in their private home...
There had been no complaints about the meetings, which had been rotating among members' homes before the officer wrote the letter and ordered the group to "terminate all religious meetings … regardless of their size, nature or frequency," because he noticed signs about the meetings.
A city letter confirmed, "Given that the church is considered to be religious assembly, and given the LDC provisions prohibiting that use on Local streets without Use Permits and prohibiting it in single-family residential structures, it follows that the church meetings cannot be held in the home."
Please click on the link above to read the entire article.