Why do you come to
church?
What do you get from
coming to church?
What do you bring to
our church?
What is your favorite
part of church?
When the Jewish people were taken into captivity in Babylon, most of their knowledge of the Law and customs vanished. Years later, King Cyrus allowed Nehemiah to take the Jews back to Jerusalem to rebuild the city. 42,360 people went with him.
They gathered together, and Ezra, the chief priest, read from the Torah (the first five books of the Old Testament) from daybreak to noon. Six hours the people stood to hear what God gave them through Moses.
This account came from Nehemiah 8. Unfortunately, with so many hard-to-pronounce Old Testament names, I didn't want to embarrass anyone who read. So instead we watched a dramatic interpretation of our scripture.
How many people would show up if we scheduled a 6-hour "Listen to the Bible Being Read" event?
Fast forward 618 years and you'd see a different crowd in Jerusalem. Now we visit Acts 2. This is the first recorded sermon after Jesus' ascension into heaven. Peter preaches a wonderful sermon to the Jewish crowd. These Jews were from all over the known world and had gathered in Jerusalem. This is right after Pentecost when the Holy Spirit had filled the believers. Those believers received the gift of tongues allowing them to speak in other languages.
We didn't read the sermon. We did something different. We watched a video of Jim Rohn, a business philosopher, who described the reactions to that sermon. Remember that what you'll see is part of a business seminar, not a church service. It's a reminder that it's always possible to incorporate the Gospel into anything you do.
(Go to the 16:14 mark and watch until 19:55)
I hope you see being at church as a blessing instead of a burden. It's important for you to be here learning about Jesus. But it's even more important that your kids see that going to church is important to you and your family.
Fellowship time with other believers recharges your spiritual batteries. It helps you keep going and going and going!
Make it a great week!
Loyally yours,
Darren Bayne
“Never assume you understand. Ask the questions.” Brian Tracy
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