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With the disruption that COVID-19 caused in 2020, the governors of some U.S. states deemed local churches to be, 'non-essential.' Many rightly proclaimed over social media that the government doesn't have the right to determine church to be non-essential.
Through this whole COVID-19 ordeal, I noticed that some who were rightly against this government overreach that deamed churches, "non-essential," did not attned church before. The old saying came to mind, "If every church member were just like me, what kind of church would my church be." By not going to church, we say, "I agree that church is non-essential."
I do not make this point to attack anyone, but to hopefully make people think and to examine themselves, as Paul told us to in 2 Corinthians 14:5, "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?"
If every professed Christian in America were like this, there would be no churches left! So let's ask ourselves, "if every Christian were just like me, what kind of Christianity would our country have?" Would churches shut down? If not, would they have funds to operate? Would anyone get the gospel? Would there be joy in the church?
But why go to church? Church certainly is not a place to show off our excellencies.
Romans 3:10-11, "There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one."
But it is a place to fellowship one with another, to love one another, to support one another, to learn, to grow in Christ, and to worship the Lord Jesus Christ who "gave Himself a ransom for us all."
Josh Spaulding is pastor of Bible Baptist Mission, an Independant Baptist Church in Washington, Indiana.
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