Grace in the Gathering (IN PERSON) - a time for radical obedience...for such a time as this!

It has been time for Christians to be gathering IN PERSON.  And by so doing, believers are accessing God's grace in a unique way.  In short, there is grace in the gathering!  I literally heard the Lord say that back in May or early June. Many Christians at that time were living in their virtual "Zoom Worlds" and yet the Lord was clearly saying, "It is time for those who are online, to get OFFLINE". It was time to be gathering, back in May/June.  It didn't matter where or how. It wasn't about a big meeting vs. a small meeting.  It was simply the fact that Christians needed to be meeting together in person.  Whether to walk together, to sit together...the Lord gave us many creative ways to be meeting in spite of all the legal restrictions that had been put upon us. 

If the Lord was emphasizing gathering in person back in May/June, how much more is it that time in August?!?  The isolation has been devasting for many believers.  In all honesty, we will see that the depression, the addictions, the mental anguish, the anxiety/fear, etc. etc. was having a far greater impact than most have been willing to acknowledge.  And God was shining His light on His strategy to overcome all of these things - GATHER!! 

Many Christians are still not making the effort to meet together in person with other believers.  And I want to be blunt - it is sin for those who can meet to not meet in person.  And tragically, there is grace that God is giving that will ONLY BE GIVEN in the gathering of the saints.  

I understand there are special circumstances where it might not be possible, but whenever it is, then Christians must be meeting together in person.  Those that do, can and will thrive.  Those that don't, will not. That is what I have seen and am seeing. 

GRACE is available IN THE GATHERING.  And that grace is not being made available for those who are not willing to be gathering. It truly is an issue of obedience. Will you choose to obey?

Let us not forget what the Apostle wrote:

Hebrews 10:25 - And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.