{"id":271,"date":"2017-08-30T19:50:52","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T23:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchletters.org\/blog\/?p=271"},"modified":"2022-08-31T17:47:23","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T21:47:23","slug":"lone-ranger-christians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/churchletters.org\/blog\/other-articles\/lone-ranger-christians","title":{"rendered":"Lone Ranger Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the greatest deceptions of the enemy in this day is the belief that the local church is not needed for the disciple of Christ to grow, while that same Christian becomes captive to a plethora of voices and opinions via social networking connections, television, radio, the internet, etc.<\/p>\n<p>One can easily see how the enemy enjoys this ploy and how effective it is in this last day, especially in light of a scripture in the Word; Hebrews 10:24-25 (NKJV) 24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Verse 24 clearly lets us know the great value of gathering together in a local body of believers as we \u201cconsider one another\u201d which in turn stirs up love and good works. This implies accountability.<\/p>\n<p>One has to be spiritually blinded to not see \u201cthe Day\u201d approaching. \u00a0Be careful of those who call Christ Savior, yet do not have a local Bible-believing, Bible-preaching, Christ-centered, God-glorifying, and Holy Spirit-powered Church they call their \u201chome church\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLone Ranger Christians\u201d are easy prey for the enemy, perhaps not with outright apostasy, but with deception leading to certain defeat. 1 Peter 5:8 (NKJV) 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Check out this video on YouTube which illustrates the above perfectly.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the greatest deceptions of the enemy in this day is the belief that the local church is not needed for the disciple of Christ to grow, while that same Christian becomes captive to a plethora of voices and opinions via social networking connections, television, radio, the internet, etc. One can easily see how &#8230; <a title=\"Lone Ranger Christians\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/churchletters.org\/blog\/other-articles\/lone-ranger-christians\" aria-label=\"Read more about Lone Ranger Christians\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-articles"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lone Ranger Christians - Church Letters Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/churchletters.org\/blog\/other-articles\/lone-ranger-christians\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lone Ranger Christians - Church Letters Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of the greatest deceptions of the enemy in this day is the belief that the local church is not needed for the disciple of Christ to grow, while that same Christian becomes captive to a plethora of voices and opinions via social networking connections, television, radio, the internet, etc. One can easily see how ... 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