Why We Go To Church

Hebrews 10vv. 24-25 states “ And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. 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.”

The main theme in the verses above is SPURRING ONE ANOTHER TOWARDS LOVE AND GOOD DEEDS, NOT GOING TO CHURCH! LOVE IS SHOWN THROUGH GOOD DEEDS TO OTHERS, NOT BY EMPTY WORDS. The reason for gathering together is more important than the act of meeting together. If you are not being encouraged in the things of God in a certain Church, keep off that Church until you get a Church where you are being spurred on towards good deeds. Some Churches are composed of people who only want others because of what they have, but when they are in hardships, they ignore and refuse to support them.

Satan knows how to kill Churches if the leaders are ticks who only want to get but cannot give. If leaders lack love and good deeds, they inspire those who are spiritually asleep with their evil spirit and all become the same. Whoever is different is hated though he or she is the one doing the will of God. There are very many people who think that going to Church is the main sign that one is born again. However, sometimes refusing to go to some Churches is actually the sign that a person is born again. 2 Tim. 2v. 22 says we should only pursue the things of God with those who have pure hearts. These are those who do good deeds and encourage others to do so. I am not saying that you hate others who do not seem to measure up to your standards. I am simply saying that God expects you to keep company with the pure in heart when it comes to spiritual matters. You cannot organize a prayer meeting with sinners, or false Christians.

Another thing you should learn from the above account is that totally deciding you will never go to Church or gather with other people of God is a sin, but skipping gathering with them no matter how long is NOT a sin. Many keep making others feel guilty by condemning them simply because they did not go to Church for some time yet those they condemn are pure in heart and their failure to go to Church was due to a good reason. Elijah did not go to Church for three and half years when he was hiding in Syria from Jezebel, but he is in heaven. Moses did not meet with the people of God for over forty years when he had fled to Midian from Pharaoh, but he is in heaven. Paul did not meet with God's people for three years when he was in Arabia after salvation, but he is in heaven. Jesus did not go to Church for forty days when he was in the wilderness praying and fasting, and he is our savior! As long as there is a good reason, you should not feel guilty if for whatever reason you miss going to Church. In conclusion, let us emphasize more on the reason why we go to Church than the act of doing so. We go to Church for encouragement, not because going to Church is the ticket to heaven. And this encouragement is by helping one another materially as well as spiritually. Keep off Churches which cannot support you financially when you are in hardships. Also, avoid Christians who cannot encourage you materially by helping you in your hardships, as well as those who cannot spur you on spiritually because they live in willful sin.

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