我們必須時常與神的家的其他成員相聚，這也是一個使觀點改變的有效方法。我們去教會或參加基督徒團契等聚會，亦在提醒我們記得教會的存在，正面地證明了神仍然坐在寶座上。法國的思想家伏爾泰（Voltaire）是一名不信神的人，他曾說：「建立教會需要十一個人，但是我只需要一個人便可以把教會摧毀。」

他的話在兩個方面出現了錯誤：第一，教會不是由十一個人建立的，而是由一個人，那就是由耶穌基督建立的；第二，沒有人可以摧毀教會，因為全能的建立者說：「我要把我的教會建造在這磐石上；陰間的權柄不能勝過他」（太十六18）。

讓我告訴你，教會的存在是肯定地證明活著的基督正在其中。伏爾泰已成塵土，但是基督仍然活著。想一想歷代以來教會經歷過的風暴；再想一想它曾經勝過多少迫害？既然如此，難道我們還能否認耶穌基督是教會的建立者和保護者這個事實嗎？

下次再與其他基督徒聚會的時候，請你思考一個事實：雖然每一個年代都有人預言基督教會衰敗，但是到今天它仍然存在。所以，確認這個事實可以糾正我們疑惑的態度。

There can be little doubt that meeting together with other members of God's family is a powerful way of bringing about a changed perspective. Another thing that happens when we go to church or meet together in Christian fellowship is that we are reminded that the very existence of the Church in today's world is proof positive that God is on the throne. Voltaire, the French infidel, said: "It required eleven men to build the Church; I will prove that it needs only one man to knock it down."

He was wrong on two counts: first, it was not eleven men who built the Church, it was one man, the Man, Christ Jesus, and second, no one can ever knock it down, for its omnipotent Founder declared: "I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it" (Matt. 16:18).

The mere existence of the Church is, I submit, decisive proof that the living Christ is in the midst of it. Voltaire is dust, Christ lives on. Think of the tempests the Church has weathered through the centuries. Think also of the persecutions through which it has victoriously come, and try, if you can, to account for this extraordinary phenomenon apart from the fact that its Founder and Protector is Jesus Christ.

The next time you meet together with your fellow Christians, reflect on the fact that, although every generation has produced people who have predicted the downfall of the Christian Church - it is still here. The realisation of this is yet another thing, I suggest, that helps to put our doubts into the right perspective.