Lately, I have noticed that many Christian college students don’t attend church regularly while in school. So,today, I was wondering, how important is church in the life of a Christian? I know that there are some weeks that I don’t go to Bible Study and my mentality is “I can encounter God anywhere, not just in Bible study.” But that isn’t my mentality about church. I feel that church is that push you need at the beginning of the week to motivate and refresh you in your walk with Christ. AmI just being super religious? So, being the wonderful student that I am, I googled what the Bible says about church (link included, check it out!)
We all know or have heard the saying,“iron sharpens iron” (Proverbs 27:17). Well, that’s kinda what church does. It provides encouraging and convicting messages that help grow us. How many times have you gone to church and it seemed like the message was preached for you? For me, way too many times. We receive insight on some verses that we’ve read that didn’t have any significance in our lives before. Hebrews 10:25 tells us, “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. (NIV)” Church also provides us fellowship with other believers who can eventually become mentors, prayer partners and accountability partners, which is definitely a HUGE bonus. Yeah, so, sometimes as students of higher education, we stay up late studying in addition to posting on Facebook and tweeting and waking up the next day is a struggle. But church is a vital, but not the only, part of Christian living. Let’s not forsake the gathering together. And if you absolutely CANNOT make it on Sundays, find a Bible study you are comfortable in.Get to know other believers. GROW.
Selah [pause and think]
I agree but even with church you got to be more than a Church going christian. You've got to get plugged in at your church and/or the christian community around you hence things like bible study. The word says in Heb 10:25 "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."
ReplyDeleteYou're totally right. There is way more to going to church, because just going to church and not living as a Christian with the supplements, such as Bible study, is simply being religious.
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