Pastor’s Pulpit
By Pastor Tom Davidson
Today I want to ask this question: Does church really matter? It’s not about attending church. It’s about church. The question isn’t whether church attendance matters, but whether church matters. The question has nothing to do with the Sunday morning event, but with the living, breathing body we are. Haven’t you ever asked whether church matters sometime in the past? Some of you may have even asked it this morning as you were crawling out of bed. What difference does church really make? More often than we care to admit, even at some subconscious level, we treat church as though it’s optional. “I can do better on my own.” “I don’t need to be part of a church to live for God.” Does church really matter to us? Could you get along without church? Hundreds of thousands of believers today are living outside church. Does it work? Should it work? Do we need to keep doing this every week? Does church really matter?
Thankfully the Bible answers those questions for us. We’re not left to wonder or wander around in darkness. God does have a message for us today, and it simply is that church matters. We’re here today because the church has meant something to each of us, or maybe because we’re trying to learn more about why the church is important. And many of us can tell stories about why the church matters to us. But as much as the church is about impacting and transforming the lives of individuals, it’s also about impacting and transforming the world. And here’s why: Christ isn’t here anymore. That is, Christ isn’t physically present on this earth today as he was 2,000 years ago. This means that if people today are going to experience Christ, it’s going to have to happen in a different way. And Christ knew that.
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