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Are We Here?
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Do you know? Something or
someone has caused you to get of bed, when most of the world
is sleeping in, to put on your nice clothes, while the
business world is taking a break from suits and ties, and to
assemble with the people of God, when most others are
recovering from hangovers and memory lapses due to the company
they kept on Saturday night. If you are reading this, you have
already made quite a few sacrifices by setting aside time to
come and worship, but do you know why you are here?
We are not here to keep some tradition. While many of
us are second, third, and forth generation Christians, we are
not here because our parents and grandparents did it this way
or because this is the way it has always been done. We are
here because of a pattern that was established by the apostles
and 1st Century Christians who were acting on the authority of
Jesus Christ. “On the first day of every week let each one
of you put aside and save, as he may prosper” indicates that
the disciples came together on every Sunday not because it was
their tradition, but because it was a divine commandment.
We are not here to impress one another. Just about
everything else in our culture centers around self advancement
and the prestige that comes with enjoying personal
success—climbing the corporate ladder, hanging another
degree on the wall, parking a newer car in the driveway. The
Lord is not impressed or swayed by any such accomplishments.
He wants you to be the best that you can be, but your
credentials will get you no better seat in His house. So we
are not here to impress one another but to be impressed
by all that the Lord has done for us.
We are not here to be entertained. The line between
religion and entertainment has almost become extinct. Some
have gone the way of contemporary services and play
productions to put more people in the pews, thus putting more
money in the collection plate. But we are here to celebrate in
all sobriety and seriousness the sacrifice and death of Jesus
Christ at Calvary, for “whoever eats the bread or drinks the
cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the
body and the blood of the Lord”.
That’s why we’re here. To worship the Father by praising
Him and following His will, to worship the Son by remembering
Him and renewing our commitment to Him, to build up and
encourage one another, by teaching and admonishing and just
being together.
Author Unknown
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2008
Southside Church of Christ
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