Generational Segregation in the Church

"Church" in the Bible come from the Greek word "Ekklesia" it's very definition, "a called out assembly." 

The very idea of being a "Christian" and not being the Ekklesia (not going to a gathering) was not even a concept in the New Testament. To call oneself a "Christ follower" but not be a part of "ekklesia" would be equal to saying you're human but don't need oxygen. It makes no logical sense. Or perhaps, if it does make sense, you won't be in human form for long.

Nothing says more to a culture that has walked away than to take your time, energy, and effort to say, "I'm called out by God to be the ekklesia (the ones called out) and now I will prove it." Being the ekklesia and gathering proves to the world what you say you are, the church. 

So when we read scriptures like this...
..and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church (ekklesia) and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians. - Acts 11:26

Could/should read like this...
..and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with THOSE WHO ARE CALLED OUT AND GATHERED TOGETHER and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians. - Acts 11:26

or

For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. - 1 Corinthians 15:9

Could/should read...
For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted THOSE WHO WHERE CALLED OUT TO PHYSICALLY ASSMBLE AND GATHER TOGETHER of God. - 1 Corinthians 15:9

If, and we are, the salt of the earth (Matthew 5:13) then just as salt is different from the food it seasons, we are called to be different. Not the same, different. 

Additionally, this is the meaning of the word "holy." Holy literally means separate. 1 Peter 1:16 "Be (literally, become) Holy as I Am holy." In other words BE separate and different from those around you. 

And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near. - Hebrews 10:25

I find it interesting that Hebrews 10:25 is placed where it is. In verse 24 the writer says we need to spur one another on. In verse 26, "...if we go on deliberately sinning..." I'm not making a theological stance that not assembling is a sin but simply an observation about where the writer places this statement about gathering together.

But if we continue to acquiesce to the world we live in, we are no different except by that which we imagine ourselves to be. Like the child who is lost in a day dream conquering the bad guy, while the teacher gives clues to the upcoming test. 

The ultimate result, we are but Christians in our wonderful feel good imagination. But in action and "ekklesia" we are the flavor of the world upon which we rest and lack heavenly flavor to season our world.

The question one must now ask themselves, "Am I the one called out to assemble or am I living a fanciful imagination that makes be comfortable?"