We need church, and we should go to church for many reasons. Chief among them
is the fact that the Bible tells us to do so. In Hebrews chapter 10 in verse 25
it says, "...not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together as the manner of
some is, but exhorting one another and so much the more as you see the day
approaching." You know, the Lord Jesus Christ purchased the church with his
blood. We should go because God told us to, and there are many reasons why we
should go. There are many benefits associated with going to church. One of
them is the preaching of God's Word that motivates us to serve Jesus Christ
better and to get the sin out of our lives, and we learn more about the things
of God courtesy of the preaching of God's Word from our pastor. But in
addition to that, the benefit I wanted to highlight in this video is the
fellowship that comes with church. And the Bible says in Psalm 133, "...behold how
good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity." And I think
that unity cannot be found anywhere else. Now, church is irreplaceable. You can't
replace it with the internet. You can't replace it with YouTube, and you
definitely can't replace it with this house church movement where a bunch of
people gather around and there's no one really in charge, and they're talking
about the Bible often completely off on doctrine. It's not even what the Bible
commands. It's totally off. You know, that's not church. That's fake, right? The New
Testament Church cannot be replaced, and the camaraderie, the unity that comes
with a good New Testament Church that's actually unified on doctrine and the
King James Bible cannot be replaced anywhere else. Unsaved people are
searching for that unity, and they're searching for that family atmosphere. A
lot of jobs, in my experience, will promise that, oh, we're a family. Family
this, family that. And look, I'm not trying to be down on them or anything like that.
I'm trying to attack them or attack anyone who uses that word to describe an
environment where people are unified around something carnal. But here's the
thing. In my experience, it seems like empty rhetoric most of the time. It
doesn't actually feel like a family, and it feels like people just use that word
as a platitude to make themselves seem like they're nice. But when it comes to
church, it actually does feel like a family because it is one where brothers
and sisters in Christ fighting alongside each other on the same team against the
devil and his minions, waging spiritual warfare together as a family. It feels
like a family because it is. And the brothers and sisters in Christ, I go to
church with no matter how close I am with them, and there are going to be
people I'm closer with than others. That's just human nature. But even those
who I'm not that quote unquote close with, I still feel they're my family and
I love them and I enjoy talking to them. And you know what? At the end of the
day, do not take for granted the unity, the camaraderie and the fellowship that
comes with church. We need that because we encourage one another. We motivate
each other. We exhort each other just by seeing each other every week. And also we
keep each other sane because think about it. This world is getting so wicked. It's
so ungodly. And this country, the United States, is just departing further and
further away from the things of God. And to have a group of just normal people
who are like-minded with you, you believe the same, you have the same worldview,
that is invaluable. And you know as Christians we have an opportunity to
shine in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, but to be able to do
that alongside with like-minded believers, it just makes it easier to do
it. It makes it easier to shine when you have others who are shining alongside
with you. And when you have the ability to talk to close friends about things
like you know child-rearing, about you know being the best spouse that you
could be, or about even just Bible doctrine. You talk about Bible, you could
talk about all kinds of things. You talk about life in general with people who
you can actually relate to because you're like-minded, because there is
unity there. And the fellowship as a result is better than anything you can
experience out in the secular world in my opinion. And the unsaved are looking
for this and they can't find it. And you know what, normal unsaved people, they're
recognizing right now how wicked this world has gotten. They're recognizing the
abominable filth that is pushed by the left on a daily basis and just how bad
they are. But they also recognize there doesn't seem to be much of a political
solution because both the establishment left and right play ball for the same
team, the ruling class. You know some people call them Jews, but I just thought
I'd mention that. But you know the unsaved world can see this and so
they're perpetually upset, they're angry, they're black-pilled, for lack of a
better term. They feel like there is no hope and there isn't outside of the Lord
Jesus Christ any hope. So how could you blame them? And they're looking for a
community of like-minded people and for a lot of them they're just unable to
find it. So don't take for granted what you have as a Christian and realize we
need church and we need the camaraderie and the fellowship that comes along with
that because it's encouraging because it keeps the same because at least we have
people who think the same way that we can hang out with and you don't feel
alone. The devil wants us to feel alone and Elijah did at one point until God
reminded him that there are 7,000 men who haven't bowed the knee to Baal and
when you go to church and you fellowship with the people of God you're reminded
of the fact that there is a remnant out there. There is a remnant who have not
bowed the knee to Baal and that's encouraging and you feel like there
actually is hope for America but only when you serve the Lord and you go to
church. So I just want to provide motivation for you guys which is this if
you go to church don't take it for granted and if you don't find one
identify a man of God that you can follow identify a pastor you can follow
and follow him as he follows Christ and get plugged in because then you too can
experience what it's like to be part of a family a spiritual family and what it's
like to have some great fellowship around the things of God. We need church
don't ever forget that and don't take it for granted.