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Why bother with church!
'Let us go into the house of the Lord.' PSALM 122:1
What's your reason for not going to church? Before you answer, read Ten Reasons Why I Never Wash!
1) I was forced to wash as a child
2) people who wash are all hypocrites; they think they are cleaner than everyone else
3) there are so many different kinds of soap; I just can't decide which one is best for me
4) I used to wash, but I got bored and stopped doing it
5) I only wash on special occasions like Christmas and Easter
6) none of my friends wash
7) I'll start washing when I get older and dirtier
8) I don't have time to wash
9) the bathroom is never warm enough in winter or cool enough in summer
10) the people who make soap are only after your money! Sound familiar? Watchman Nee, who went to prison for going to church in China says, 'Alone I cannot serve the Lord effectively, and he will spare no pains to teach me this. He will bring things to an end, allowing doors to close and leaving me effectively knocking my head against a wall until I realise that I need the help of the body, as well as of the Lord.' We need church; you'll find a spiritual family to belong to, a faith to live by, and a focus that gets your eyes where they should be; on Jesus!
written by Bob Gass
http://www.ourlordsfriends.com/forums/editpost.php?do=editpost&p=2661
'Let us go into the house of the Lord.' PSALM 122:1
What's your reason for not going to church? Before you answer, read Ten Reasons Why I Never Wash!
1) I was forced to wash as a child
2) people who wash are all hypocrites; they think they are cleaner than everyone else
3) there are so many different kinds of soap; I just can't decide which one is best for me
4) I used to wash, but I got bored and stopped doing it
5) I only wash on special occasions like Christmas and Easter
6) none of my friends wash
7) I'll start washing when I get older and dirtier
8) I don't have time to wash
9) the bathroom is never warm enough in winter or cool enough in summer
10) the people who make soap are only after your money! Sound familiar? Watchman Nee, who went to prison for going to church in China says, 'Alone I cannot serve the Lord effectively, and he will spare no pains to teach me this. He will bring things to an end, allowing doors to close and leaving me effectively knocking my head against a wall until I realise that I need the help of the body, as well as of the Lord.' We need church; you'll find a spiritual family to belong to, a faith to live by, and a focus that gets your eyes where they should be; on Jesus!
written by Bob Gass
