Some people say going to church does not guarantee salvation and some also may say it is not even necessary but are any of these opinions really true?
If you ask me, I would say that going to church does qualify as a good work as long as you do it with the right intention. You are on the right track of getting saved.
What does going to church involve or why do people go to church?
We need to first of all take a look at the passover feast which Jesus first had with his apostles and which the apostles had kept on repeating till our modern day - the breaking of bread. He instituted a new passover feast for his Christians and commanded them to always do it in memory of him.
Let's also go back to the acts of the apostles after the resurrection of Jesus Christ and his commissioning to the disciples to love one another and to go into the world, preach the gospel and baptize them in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
After Christ has resurrected and ascended into heaven, the disciples kept the tradition of constantly meeting together to share things in common and to the breaking of bread.
So Jesus has always wanted his church to meet constantly in order to eat together, pray and share things in common.
In the gospel he also gave a tip to his disciples on the importance of community prayer and how to make prayer really effective. He says, "Where 2 or 3 of you ask the father anything in my name, he will grant it". So God never refuses prayers of people who pray to him as a community although he may refuse the prayers of a single person. That is why in church, prayers reach their most powerful peak since they easily pierce into heaven and God hears it.
Sundays are the only day of the week which many societies in our modern world have chosen to dedicate as a work free day so that we who are human and being also a spiritual being would have time to worship God. Religion is a vital aspect of humanity and that's what makes us different from the animals.
Most animals tend to walk on their 4 feet and tend to look down because they are dust alone. Man is however different, we walk upright and tend to look upwards because we are not just dust alone - we are also spirit and believe in a spirit power. So man needs to worship God to feel complete.
So going to church does qualify as a good work and can merit us heaven if we do it right by worshipping God and enjoying his presence. In our busy world of today, there seems to be not much time for God despite the fact that we have built a lot of castles for him. We also need to visit him at Church heaven though he everywhere because church is the place that we have solely dedicated to the worship of God.
People don't ask you what you are doing at church because logically, anyone who goes to church is probably going to worship God and pay some form of respect. So going to church is a good thing and we need to do it with love for God and his people who we meet there.
Some benefits of going to Church on Sundays
- It draws down God's weekly blessing upon us
- We get spiritually re-invigorated
- Our faith is renewed
- Our sins are forgiven
- Our prayers become more effective as God answers
- We share out faith with fellow Christians
- We get more power to survive the week's battle
- Opportunity to worship God in spirit and truth
- We eat at the Lord's table
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