Why It Is Important to Go to Church
We go to church to worship God with other believers and be taught God’s Word for our spiritual growth. It's true that God is omnipresent, which means He is everywhere. We can worship Him and pray to Him no matter where we are! But going to church is God’s will for those who believe.
The church is God’s idea and the church is His plan for this age. The most important reason for God’s people to attend church is that the church is God’s idea, “I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18). Plus, the church is how God is accomplishing His work on earth today.
God’s Word instructs us to be involved in the church. It’s clear from passages like Hebrews 10:25, “…not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some…”, that God wants His people to be actively involved in the church. From the account in Acts of the first church in Jerusalem to the seven churches listed in Revelation, it’s obvious that the Bible teaches the importance of local church involvement.
The church is where God’s people are taught God’s Word so they can grow spiritually. The focal point of local church ministry is to clearly teach, and preach the Word of God.
But why do we pray? Because Jesus Taught us to pray. Matthew 7:7 ‘Ask, and it will be given to you, search, and you will find, knock, and the door will be opened for you.
and Mark 11:25 25 ‘Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.”
GO, BE INVOLVED and PRAY
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