Hello and welcome. This week is supposed to be warmer with some sunshine. I hope so. We need it. January is now fading into the distance. Time keeps moving on. Every time we meet, we study the Bible together. Through the study of God’s word our faith grows stronger, our mind becomes sharper, and our confidence in Christ is reaffirmed after a week of life and living. This past Sunday we looked at our commitment to Christ Jesus and asked ourselves what exactly, are we committed to: the Fad, the Food, the Fun, the Fellowship, or the Father. Now don’t get me wrong. We all should keep our wardrobes updated and we should try to keep up with the latest trends to communicate with others. We have food every day and we all enjoy a good meal. We certainly enjoy having fun. No one has more fun than a Christian. And what would we do without good Christian fellowship. Yet, our commitment must run deeper than these worldly things. We must be committed to Christ Jesus, to His ways, His word, and His purpose. These other things come and go. Jesus is the same, yesterday, today, and forever. On the evening our topic was “Who is Jesus that anyone would follow Him?” Jesus is a Winner.
Every time we meet, we pray together. A family that prays together stays together. We want to stay together and “be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment” (1 Corinthians 1:10).
Every time we meet, we sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs together. We sing because Jesus sung (Matthew 26:30). Just think about the voice of the Son of God! One day we’ll hear it. We sing like Paul sang, with the spirit and with the understanding (1 Corinthians 14:15). God tells His church to “speak to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in our hearts” to Him (Ephesians 5:19). We are to “let the word of Christ dwell in us richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in our hearts to the Lord” (Colossians 3:16). “Worship” can become more about what pleases people rather than what pleases God. We can’t let that happen.
Every Sunday we share in the Lord’s Supper. We only do this on Sunday, the Lord’s Day, because that is the way the church in the Bible did it. The bread represents Jesus’ body. The fruit of the vine represents Jesus’ blood. We do this every Sunday. The church in the Bible met to “break bread” on the first day of the week (Acts 20:7). We are continuing steadfastly in the Apostles’ teaching (Acts 2:42).
We give every day, but on Sunday we give as we have purposed in our hearts, not grudgingly or of necessity, but cheerfully and bountifully for the work of the church (1 Corinthians 16:1, 2 Corinthians 9:6-8). Let us always worship God in spirit and in truth. MB
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