“You must not worship the LORD your God in their way. But you are to seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to put his Name there for his dwelling. To that place you must go” (Deuteronomy 12:4).
“I don’t have to go to church to worship. I can worship God in the mountains, on the golf course, on the beach…”
Ever hear that?
It is true you don’t have to go to church to worship…but if you don’t go to church, it is NOT God of the scriptures you are worshiping.
Please read that again.
You don’t get to choose how, when, and where you worship God. God does. Only God gets to tell us how, when, and where we are to worship.
“You must not worship the LORD your God in their way.” This culture worships their children’s soccer games, their leisure times, their outings, their golf trips, their hobbies, their fishing, etc. If you worship God, you get to God’s house.
That’s how it works. That’s what God declares.
This is what it means to keep the Sabbath Day, and to keep the Sabbath Day holy. You do Sabbath the way God calls us to keep the Sabbath.
Our act of worship in God’s house sets us apart from all who do not know God. You are not like those who do not know God. Get in God’s house and worship God.
See you in church or online on Sunday!
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