Church Attendance

The Church Is...

The Lord’s House (1 Tim. 3:15).

Christ is the Head of the Church (Col. 1:18; Eph. 1:22).

God Adds the Saved to the Church (Acts 2:47; Col. 1:13).

Names are written in Heaven (Hebrews 12:23).

Christians are God’s Children and His Servants (Gal. 3:26-27; 2 Tim. 2:24).

Examples and Commands

Jerusalem Church (Acts 2:42-46).

Church at Troas (Acts 20:7).

Corinthian Church (1 Cor. 16:2).

Hebrew Christians (Heb. 10:25-26).

The Porpose of Coming Together

To be taught (Matt. 28:20; 1 Pet. 2:2; Acts 20:28).

Observe the Lord’s Supper (1 Cor. 11:23-26; Acts 20:7).

Sing (Col. 3:16; Eph. 5:19).

Give (1 Cor. 16:2; 2 Cor. 9:6-7).

Pray (Acts 2:42; 1 Thess. 5:17-18).

Have Fellowship (Acts 2:42).

It Is Essential

It will build you up (Acts 20:32).

Acts 20:32 NKJV

32 “So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

It will keep you from being led astray by false doctrines (Eph. 4:14).

Ephesians 4:14 NKJV

14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,

It will help you grow to teach others (2 Tim. 2:2; Heb. 5:12).

2 Timothy 2:2 NKJV

2 And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.

Hebrews 5:12 NKJV

12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food.

It will make you feel a part of the family of God (Rom. 12:5; 10:2-13; John 15:17).

Romans 12:5 NKJV

5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.

John 15:17 NKJV

17 These things I command you, that you love one another.

It will provide you with opportunities to work and serve (Matt. 25:14-30; John 15:1-8).