Do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
(2 Thessalonians 3:15 – ESV)
(2 Thessalonians 3:15 – ESV)
I have heard it said many times that this or that person isn’t able to go to church because the service is too long, they cannot sit that long, or stand that long, or something like that. Well, that might seem at first to be a valid excuse, but I want you to think about it a little more carefully now. Wherever you are, at church or not, in your home, in town somewhere, wherever it may be, unless you are lying down, you are standing or sitting also, and so the excuse of “I can’t sit that long” is no excuse at all. The truth is you just don’t want to be there at church that long, but you sit for 2 hours or more for a ballgame, movie, concert, etc., so stop trying to excuse it. I won’t take that lie lying down.
4 comments:
Sure you may have some valid reason, but people need to stop looking for one "excuse" not to go to church...
In our society where we want everything now, and temporal pleasure is paramount, and conviction infringes on my human rights, of course everyone is going to have their excuse why they can't make it to church. The same reason why they can't stop smoking, lying, and stealing. The same reason they can't stop their pornography addiction.
They aren't watching the clouds eager for Christ's return. They don't have their eye on heaven with Jesus.
They have their eye on immedieate pleasure with themselves.
Indeed...
Excellent point!
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