God's Advice When We Are Tempted to Neglect Public Worship

 Thought For Today - August 7, 2022

God's Advice When We Are Tempted to Neglect Public Worship

By: Robert A. Searles

"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.  Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do  any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant,nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within  thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven  and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the  sabbath day and hallowed it." Exodus  20: 8-11

"O come,  ler us sing  unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation,  Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.  For the Lord is a great God, and a great king above all gods. In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of  the hills is his also. The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker,For he is our God, and we are the people of  his pasture, and the sheep  of his hand. Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your  heart as in the provocation, and as in the day oif temptation in the  wilderness. " Psalm 95: 1-8  

"And they  continued  stedfastly in the apostles doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and  signs were done by the apostles. And all that believed were together, and had all things common; and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart.  Praising God, and having favor with all the people.  And the Lord added to the church daily such s should be saved." Acts 2: 42-47

"And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works. Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves togeher, as the mnner of some is: but exhorting one another: and so much more, as  ye see the  day approaching." Acts 10: 24-25

The sabbath day was a special day decreed by God, to be observed or set aside as  a day of rest,  after having labored for the past six days, as a reminder that God had labored for six days to create the heaven and earth and all things, and rested from his labor, And said "it is good".  It was a day to be set aside  for all unnecessary work to cease, in order that all men and women, boys and girls,  and yes, even the work animals, and even he land would have an opportunity to regain strength and energy for the next week of labor.

It was also a day when people could  count  iheir blessings, and give thanks and remember the goodness  of God and praise him.

Today, we  Christians observe Sunday, ( the first day of the week) to reflect and mediate on the goodness and blessings of God. It was on the first day of the week that Jesus Christ appeared to the apostles and disciples  where they were gathered together  that first Sunday night, after God had raised him from the dead.

From that time forward Christians meet together on Sunday to worship , to greet one another, and find eternal rest for our  souls through the death and resurrection of Christ.

The assembling of ourselves together as Christians at least once a week should not be neglected if at all possible.

Telehelp Publications Christian Literature Ministry

                          Psalm 26:7