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Matt.18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them."

Christ words here in context should be considered, first, Christ had been speaking of the power given in this case his disciple in binding and opening things in heaven when it came to a person sins, now Christ speak about a small group of two or even three gathering together and Christ would be in their mist. However, its best we not take Christ words to the extreme. Christ can be with a person in the darkest prison, or a person in hospital, or lost , he can help a person in a crowd. In fact, we cannot limit present to a group, a person, or even a place.

Acts 17:27 that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

We can as a small group reprove a person, or we can individually, moreover, we can do the same when it comes to forgiveness. Christ Jesus has a body, and in that body are many members, when they come together certainly Christ would be in their mist. Furthermore, after Christ resurrection he is in each individual Christian's indwelt by God's Holy Spirit. Furthermore, we have numerous accounts after Christ resurrection where just one of Christ apostles made powerful decision that effected other without having two or three gather together, like Peter being told about the Gentiles in a vision. The apostles own vision of Revelation, and Paul as he stood against the disciples of Christ over showing favoritism to Jew's over the Gentile's.

Acts 10:28 He said to them, "You yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to join himself or come to one of another nation, but God has shown me that I shouldn't call any man unholy or unclean.

Acts 11:8 But I said, 'Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.'

Acts 11:9 But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, 'What God has cleansed, don't you call unclean.'

We must always remember we walk by faith, ones man faith or many together can move mountains, but when people legalize a verse or two out of the bible they will find yet, another that can be argued exactly the opposite. It is the sinful flesh natural fallen condition to codify things into rules and laws for safety, safety physically and emotionally to protect and have security. Many have concluded that Christ can only be in their group, and that group has to be organized into some religion and the greater the number of follower is proof God is with them. But this faulty reasoning is the same reasoning all the world uses for proof of their own good which justifies other bad actions of the same group. Christ here is not giving a legal definition to his disciples he is however reminding them if they are in a small group and all agree, which is in itself a proof of God's Holy Spirit at work in them than that power of unity is already decided in heaven, and they are witnesses to God decision through Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.

Jude 1:20 But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.

1 John 4:13 By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

We are directed by Holy Spirit its not the other way around we do his will not our own, God is telling a person something by Holy Spirit and perhaps don't act upon it, which often happen, but where there are more than one, two or more persons all being motivated to think alike one can be assured if God is speaking, than its time to act upon Christ direction as our head.

Colossians 2:19 and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God's growth.

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