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Why Do You Go to Church?
Why Do You Go to Church?
Why won’t members return Sunday night? This is the wrong question… the real question is why did they come Sunday morning? Those who come for the right reasons Sunday morning will return Sunday night! So, we keep treating symptoms and not the heart.
Do you come out of duty (fear)? Do you come to get “credit”? How many thousand times must one come? Do “Brownie Points” accrue in heaven? Silly--isn’t it?
Do you come for self, personal encouragement? Many are disappointed, “I didn’t get anything out of worship,” “I didn’t receive any encouragement.” Silly--isn’t it!
WHY? Because these reasons are wrong reasons. We have promoted wrong things. We attend to encourage, uplift, strengthen and edify others! Until we know this we will have attendance problems. What is the church? It is MUTUAL edification not SELF edification! We go to serve, to help, to bolster and to praise. If you go to worship like going to a store you will never have great interest or loyalty. This is the glory of Barnabas. Barnabas was not even his real name. His real name was Joseph. He was nicknamed Barnabas, the son of encouragement. What a nickname! He is our model for encouragement. I need you...you need me. We assemble to share, aid and help one another. I am my brother’s keeper.
