Why Do We Attend Church?

Multitudes attend church services all over the world, many go because it is a habit, others go believing it will save them.

Many go because it makes them feel better about themselves, like the Pharisee who “thanked God he wasn’t as other men”.

But why do we, you and I, attend? What are our reasons for being here today?

1- We are here to hear the Gospel of the free grace of God in Christ, not just to hear preaching that has no substance to it.

2-We come to worship God, to worship our Lord Jesus Christ. Unbelievers cannot worship, they don’t know Christ nor God. They can come and listen, but cannot worship.

3- We attend because we have a need, we need Christ, to hear of Him. We have a hunger and a thirst and only the gospel of Christ can satisfy us.

4-We also attend to support and be an encouragement to other believers, and we need the support and encouragement of our brethren.

May God makes us one who would not discourage or hinder anyone who comes to hear the gospel.

I quoted this verse backwards to what it actually says, “We walk by faith, not by sight”.

Why I put this verse this way is because we sometimes walk by sight and not faith. We are often overwhelmed by life, things pile one upon another, and we LOOK at these troubles instead of the God who sent them.

When we walk by sight all we see is vanity, and vexation. We get depressed, discouraged, despondent, anxious and often angry.

What do we do when we are in this state? I’ll tell you what we do; we begin to call on our Lord Jesus, and God our Father for forgiveness for being this way. We call on him for strength, grace, and mercy. We plead for guidance and wisdom to live to his glory, and to quit looking at our circumstances and instead LOOK to the God of our circumstances. May our Lord enable us to “walk by faith, not sight”.

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We look not for a perfect church this side of Heaven. It is better to sit beside the hypocrite in church than to suffer with him eternally