On Sunday, the theme of everything we discussed/learned about had something to do with being thankful. During the church service, the pastor preached out of I John 1. To me the theme of I John always seemed to be a measuring stick to see how well I am doing spiritually, but Pastor Dan showed that perhaps more important is the theme of Christian fellowship. The message he preached was about Christian Fellowship and the fact that we should be thankful to God that we are a body of believers who can support each other. Very fittingly, we also had a man come back into fellowship with the church after being gone for four years.
In Sunday school, we had a lesson out of I Chronicles 16. In this chapter, we see David and all of Israel singing praises to God not just for bringing them back the ark, but just for being God. The point of this message was that we have no reason to be bored in church, because we have the opportunity to praise our Creator and fellowship with others who share the same desire to serve God.
I think I needed to hear every bit of both of those messages, and summarizing them has further driven the point into my head. As Christians, we have every reason to be thankful.
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i've noticed that usually really boring pastors preach about "the sin of being bored in church".
it's like they are boring you to tears because they don't have any creativity or passion left in their life because it's be sapped by following religion and not jesus, and so they want to heap their guilt on you in the form of religious manipulation, so that you can be equally guilty as them and not feel qualified to speak for change and/or a rekindling of REAL and TRUE freedom found in christ. it's like galatians all over again!
one of my favorite quotes form pastor gary schwarz is this:
"Jesus is never boring, but we often are!"
it's so true!
PASTORS ARE/CAN BE BORING!!!
but jesus never is!
jesus does not equal sunday morning church!
The point of the message wasn't to make people feel guilty. The point that was being made is that even if we don't learn anything or if the service is boring, just being there on Sunday morning is a form of worship because we are commiting the time to go there and honor God.
Oh, and you're right. Jesus is never boring.
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