A Sermon on Attendance
A Sermon on Attendance
- #’s for comparison b/t Bible School, Worship, P.M., & Wed.
- Reasons why people don’t come:
o Out of Town
o Work
o Sickness
o Emergency
o Overslept
o Choice
- Note: Attendance is not the litmus test for faithfulness.
o Heaven isn’t earned by punching the clock.
o Many people attend worship services, but they are merely warming the pews.
§ Hypocrites
§ Going through the motions
o However, the lack of attendance is inconsistent with faithfulness.
- Sunday morning is the only service that matters, right?
o Well, the only things that are directly commanded is the contribution (1 Cor. 16:1-2) and the Lord’s Supper (Acts 20:7) upon each first day of the week.
o However, the early church didn’t take this to mean that they should assemble together only once a week. Instead, they meet daily (cf. Acts 2:46).
o Also, every service of the church matters!
- Let us now consider some benefits of attending:
o An opportunity to worship God
§ God desires worship.
§ God deserves worship.
o An opportunity to study the Word of God
§ Hos. 4:6
§ 1 Pet. 2:2 – As babes, desire the sincere milk of the word
§ 2 Tim. 3:15-17
o An opportunity to give and receive encouragement
§ Heb. 10:25 – Meeting together = Encouragement
§ We need revival.
§ Psa. 122:1 – I was glad when they said to me, Let us go to the house of the Lord