Attending the worship and assembly times are important.
Hebrews 10:23-27 says, “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging (one another;) and all the more as you see the day drawing near. For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a terrifying expectation of judgment and THE FURY OF A FIRE WHICH WILL CONSUME THE ADVERSARIES.”
Years ago, I had a friend who said he could be a good Christian and not “go to church.” Granted, there is more to being a Christian than just “going to church.” However, if you had a child that refused to come to dinner, how would you react?
Many years ago, my good friend and brother in Christ, Larry McKenzie, asked a man why his children didn’t attend Sunday evening services. The response was, “We don’t want to make them go.” Larry asked something like, “Do you make them take a bath and brush their teeth?” And the father said, “Yes.” Then Larry said, “They’ll continue doing it when they are grown.” It’s a matter of priorities, isn’t it?
Would your employer keep tolerating habitual absences from the job? The answer is obvious. I know someone will say, “But we live under grace now.” True!
But does grace give us the license to do whatever we want to do?
Think about it, please!
