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ARE YOU AN S.M.O. CHRISTIAN?

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  What does this mean? Is it a new denomination? No, it’s a description of a certain group of Christians, very widespread today. It means Sunday Morning Only. “Sunday morning only” Christians attend a meeting only on Sunday mornings and are absent from the others: the gospel meeting, prayer meeting and Bible study. Numbers in attendance are high on Sunday morning, but sadly low at all the other meetings.     This is not biblical behavior, for Acts 2:42 describes the conduct of the early Christians: “And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.” Not occasionally, but rather, they “continued steadfastly.” The Common English Bible translates, “The believers devoted themselves.” In the Amplified Bible we read, “They were continually and faithfully devoting themselves.” No one meeting was considered more important than the others.      In our experience we have seen many Roman Catholic...