WHY CHRISTIANS DON'T GO TO CHURCH AGAIN

 *27/02/2022*


*ANOINTING HEALING AND COMMUNION SERVICE*


TOPIC:

*WHY CHRISTIANS DON'T GO TO CHURCH AGAIN*


"The world is so unholy, the believer needs encouragement in righteousness and one anothers' fellowship through the gathering of fellow believers in the church"

*Pastor John Ifesanya*


Text:

Acts 2:42

Hebrews 10:25; 12:22-24


Have you been to a church recently?, what were your observations. They may be close to mine - empty seats, scanty people.

The worst attendance is recorded during weekly meetings. Many people give different excuses for not going to church meetings late or regularly.

What is the record of church attendance in your local assembly, especially during mid-week service?

Should this trend continue?

What are the spiritual and eschatological implications of this to our world?


*What is the Church?*

In the text, the author does not use the usual Greek word for church i.e. Ecclesia; perhaps because the term had come to mean the spiritual, invisible, body of believers. Instead he uses a compound form of the word synagogue, which specifically means the local, physical gathering of believers.

The Church could be defined as the official meeting point between God and His people. Or a place consecrated to the praise/worship of God and gathering of believers for atonement of sin. The word "consecrated" means to be separated and dedicated to a purpose.


*Purpose of Christian fellowship*

To worship God.

To learn about the faith.


*Why must we go to Church?*

It is mandatory or a law according to Exodus 20:8-11

Sabbath day is the day set aside by God for rest and worship.

Genesis 2:1-3

Exodus 16:23

Exodus 31:12-18

"My Sabbaths" reminds us that keeping the Sabbath is the Lord's idea, not a human invention. Such days of rest must be kept in righteousness before Him. The Sabbath distinguished Israel from its pagan neighbours. The Sabbath was not for casual recreation but for worshipping God.

Acts 15:21

Those who observed the Sabbath carelessly invited their own destruction.


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