Why Should I Go to Church?
TUESDAY’S DAILY BIBLE VERSE: “Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” (Paul, Hebrews 10:25, NIV)
Welcome back to the Daily Bible Coach, where we give you 5 minutes of personal development and inspiration EACH morning… from a biblical perspective. Happy Tuesday to you friend, wherever in the world you are located at!
Today’s daily bible verse comes from the book of Hebrews… and teaches us WHY we should not “give up meeting together”… or as some versions of the Bible say, “not forsaking the assembly of the saints”.
Let’s start out by looking at this age-old question that many people ask: “Do I need to go to church in order to be saved?”, and my answer to this is “No, you don’t.”
The Bible tells us that our salvation is dependant on us (1) Believing that Jesus Christ rose from the dead, and (2) Confessing Him as our Lord and Saviour (Romans 10:9, 10).
So the next question a “wise” person would ask is this: “If my salvation isn’t based on going to church, then WHY should I go?”. I suppose this is an honest question, as many of us work long work weeks, and are tired, and would love to do nothing more than relax and have our weekends all to ourselves.
But the Scripture answers this question on why we should go. We go to church (or other places where Christian brothers & sisters congregate) for ENCOURAGEMENT. It doesn’t really matter if you go on a Sunday, a Saturday, a Friday evening, Monday, etc. (Colossians 2:16)… just go baby, go!
When you get around other like-minded people (in this case, people of the same faith)… your life, walk, and talk will be influenced by them. This is the reality of things.
If you ALWAYS hang around a group of people that gossip, you will become a gossiper by nature. If you hang around millionaires, your wealth and bank account will start to show that over time. If you hang around people that knock off liquor stores and tag buildings with spray-paint at night… you too will become an expert hoodlum.
And if you hang around those who are Kingdom-minded people, walk in love and power and authority of Jesus Christ, and do right by other people… guess what you’ll begin to look like and act like? That’s right — you’ll be walking in that SAME Kingdom-mindest; in love, power and authority.
This is a rough world we live in… and everyday we are influenced by negative people, advertisements, news and Satanic influences. We NEED encouragement, every last one of us… including myself. (And trust me, you don’t want to see what I look like after I’ve been out of church for a month!)
We owe it to ourselves to NEVER stop meeting up with other brothers and sisters of the same faith as we are… because that is what keeps us going.
The other things off the top of my head that we benefit from the assembly of the saints are below:
1. Encouragement (already discussed)
2. Prayer for our health, homes, family, business, etc.
3. Develop Spiritually (from good Bible-based teaching)
4. Develop in Our Own Ministry
Be blessed today friend… and have an AWESOME day in the Lord today!
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