As Christians, there are no non-church days. We are the church. We do not stop being the church when the assembly ends. We are the church, the body of Christ, 24/7. Paul makes this plain: After describing how God rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of His beloved Son, he writes:
“He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. … And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds, yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach—if indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard… Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I do my share on behalf of His body, which is the church…”
(Colossians 1:18, 21–23, 24 NASB1995)
Christ is the head of the body now. We are members of that body now. The transfer into His kingdom and the reconciliation accomplished through His death are not limited to one day of the week. Our identity as the church is non-stop.
This is why Paul also states, “Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it” (1 Corinthians 12:27 ESV). We do not become the body only when we gather; we gather because we already are the body. The local assembly is essential ( see: Hebrews 10:24–25), but our belonging to Christ and to one another does not turn on and off with the church calendar.
There are no non-church days for those who are in Christ. Every day we live as members of His body, under His headship, continuing in the faith and seeking to present ourselves holy and blameless before Him.
See also: Colossians 1:13–24; 1 Corinthians 12:27; Ephesians 1:22–23; Romans 12:4–5; Ephesians 5:30; 1 Peter 2:9; Hebrews 10:24–25.
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