Why We Need The Church

The church, over the many centuries of it’s existence, as an institution has done nearly as many bad things as it has good. So I know that some of you won’t want to hear what I have to say, because I am now one of them. However, for many of my Christian years I was an expert church hopper. I never committed my name to their books for fear that I would get trapped in the evil institution of organized religion. I fell into the enemies trap. As Christians we need other Christians. (Hebrews 10:24-26) Of course Satan wants you to believe you don’t need church! If you go to church you may get the advantage of learning something from a more experienced Christian. It’s called being discipled, and it is the training model given by Jesus and (Matthew 28:19) you can’t get it without gathering with other Christians. Jesus commanded us to partake in communion when we gather. (1Corinthians 11:23-25) God commanded his people to raise up their children in the way. (Deuteronomy 6:5-7) We were also instructed to gather in fellowship so that we might encourage each other.     (1John 1:6-8) The world is very obviously not a Christian place and if you are in the world you are not in Christ. I was a hard person to convince myself. Common sense should tell anyone that your not going to grow spiritually if you don’t participate in church. To put it simply; you are not obeying God.