基督徒都应该加入教会的圣经依据是什么？
基督徒应该加入教会，因为这是圣经的要求。诚然，圣经并没有直接命令“每一个基督徒必须加入地方教会”，但圣经中有两个要点表明，每位基督徒都应该是地方教会的一员。
首先，耶稣设立教会成为一个公开的，在地上的机构，用来显明、证实和督责那些相信他的人（太16:18-19，18:15-20）。耶稣创建教会，公开宣告那些人属乎他，是为了向世界展示关于他自己的好消息（约17:21，23; 另见弗3:10）。耶稣希望世界知道哪些人是属他的，哪些人不是属他的。那么，世人从何而知谁是属耶稣的呢？他们看哪些人在耶稣为此目的设立的可见和公共的团体中，公开宣告自己是耶稣的门徒。换而言之，他们看教会的成员。如果有人不属于任何地方教会，却自称是普世教会的一分子，这人是拒绝了耶稣对教会和他本人的计划。耶稣希望他的门徒共同参与地方教会，成为一个可见的公开的团体。
其次，圣经一再要求基督徒要顺服治理他们的领袖（来13:17，帖前5:12-13）。遵守这条命令的唯一方法，就是公开承诺成为羊群的一员，并实际履行“我承诺听从你的教导，跟从你的带领，顺服你的领导。”如果你从未通过加入地方教会的方式，真正顺从教会领袖，那你就不可能遵守圣经教导、顺服治理你的领袖。
According to Scripture, why should every Christian join a church?
Answer:
Every Christian should join a church because Scripture requires it. Granted, there is no direct command in Scripture that says, “Every Christian must join a local church,” but two factors in Scripture indicate that every Christian should be a member of a local church.
1. Jesus established the church to be a public, earthly institution that would mark out, affirm, and oversee those who profess to believe in him (Matt. 16:18-19, 18:15-20). Jesus established the church to publicly declare those who belong to him in order to give the world a display of the good news about himself (John 17:21, 23; see also Eph. 3:10). Jesus wants the world to know who belongs to him and who doesn’t. And how is the world to know who belongs to him and who doesn’t? They are to see which people publicly identify themselves with his people in the visible, public institution he established for this very purpose. They’re to look at the members of his church. And if some people claim to be part of the universal church even though they belong to no local church, they reject Jesus’ plan for them and his church. Jesus intends for his people to be marked out as a visible, public group, which means joining together in local churches.
2. Scripture repeatedly commands Christians to submit to their leaders (Heb. 13:17; 1 Thess. 5:12-13). The only way to do that is by publicly committing to be members of their flock, and saying in effect, “I commit to listening to your teaching, following your direction, and to submitting to your leadership.” There’s no way to obey the scriptural commands to submit to your leaders if you never actually submit to them by joining a local church.
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