[b:ad6bf2081b]Adam wrote:[/b:ad6bf2081b]
Can one be as edified in the Spirit through online message boards, e-mails, chat rooms, etc as one can face to face with a personal brother and or sister in Christ?

I don't think so. I've known some (not personally, but online) who think that participation on message boards, etc., can be considered to be the same as, and a replacement for, actually going to church. They think that Hebrews 10:25

Heb 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. .

can be fulfilled in modern times through computer technology the same way it use to be when people went to church. I disagree.

Forums are great, and God can use the interactions to edify his saints, but I think people are in general more edified when they obey God's command and meet with His people.

Corresponding with people can bring joy, but its not God's best for us.

2Jo 1:12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.

Bob

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Bob Howes
Framingham, MA

A reoccurring thought:

Rev 22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.