Bible Questions Answered:
“ I don't see any new testament
command to attend church....”
Rodney/ San Diego, California U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
The question is
not, “Why do I have to go to church?” But, “Why wouldn't any
Christian, not want to go to church?”
John 13:15 KJV
For I have
given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
Alright, what was our Lord's example?
Matthew 12:9 KJV
And when He was
departed thence, He went into their synagogue:
Mark 1:21 KJV
And they went
into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day He entered into
the synagogue..."
Luke 4:16 KJV
And He came to
Nazareth, where He had been brought up: and, as His custom was,
He went into the synagogue on the sabbath day..."
Matthew 18:20
KJV
For where two
or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of
them.
The Apostle
Paul:
I Thessalonians
5:11 NLT
So encourage
each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.
Hebrews 10:25
NLT
And let us
not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but
encourage one another, especially now that the day of His return is
drawing near.
Other
Scriptures:
Psalm 5:7 KJV
(King David)
But as for me,
I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy
fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
Psalm 73:17 KJV
(Asaph)
Until I went
into the sanctuary of God; then understood I..."
Acts 2:47 KJV
Praising God,
and having favor with all the people. And The Lord added to the
church daily such as should be saved.
Psalm 11:4 KJV
(Habakkuk 2:20)
The Lord is in
His holy temple..."
Revelation 1:20
KJV
The mystery of
the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven
golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels (messengers)
of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou
sawest are the seven churches.
Revelation 2:1
KJV
Unto the angel
of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith He that holdeth
the seven stars (Messengers)
in His right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden
candlesticks (Churches);