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the writings of those prophets read to them.

And in the days of the early church while the

New Testament was still being written and

before God’s Word was available to the

common people, Christians would assemble

together in a meeting place (usually in a

house) in order to hear God’s Word read to

them. In fact, assembling together to hear

God’s Word was probably the primary

purpose for an assembly during the early

years of the church (not to be entertained or

for a social outlet as is often the purpose for

assembling together in our churches today).

Today there are still some faithful Christians

and faithful assemblies of believers that

teach the King James Bible and preach the

way of salvation in the power of the Holy

Spirit and we also have the very words of

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