Because JESUS DID IT!!!!!
"And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read." (KJV)
"He came to Nazareth where he had been reared. As he always did on the Sabbath, he went to the meeting place. When he stood up to read, he was handed the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written...." (The Message)
When I read this scripture, I started laughing! I could no longer justify my inconsistent church attendance in recent weeks.
This scripture isn't talking about the baby Jesus, but the full-grown, fully LORD and fully MAN Jesus Christ. This chapter begins with Jesus and His 40-day fast.
This scripture also notes that going to the sabbath was Jesus' CUSTOM, something He ALWAYS did. Here's the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, again, fully God and fully man, who still went to the synogogue to read scriptures and pray and fellowship. The same things (essentially) that we are to be doing in our churches. And Jesus also had His ministry to the masses, to whom He was assigned, just as we do.
And for those who have talked about being reluctant to attend church due to past hurts and wounds (or other reasons), those feelings are authentic to you and should be revealed so the Lord can bring forth healing and restoration so you can be a full and healthy participant in the body of Christ. Using my spiritual imagination, I wonder if there were SEVERAL synogogues that Jesus could have visited/attended but He chose a particular one because they were more receptive to Him. Again, something that we today have deal with...
My humble thoughts....
"And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read." (KJV)
"He came to Nazareth where he had been reared. As he always did on the Sabbath, he went to the meeting place. When he stood up to read, he was handed the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written...." (The Message)
When I read this scripture, I started laughing! I could no longer justify my inconsistent church attendance in recent weeks.
This scripture isn't talking about the baby Jesus, but the full-grown, fully LORD and fully MAN Jesus Christ. This chapter begins with Jesus and His 40-day fast.
This scripture also notes that going to the sabbath was Jesus' CUSTOM, something He ALWAYS did. Here's the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, again, fully God and fully man, who still went to the synogogue to read scriptures and pray and fellowship. The same things (essentially) that we are to be doing in our churches. And Jesus also had His ministry to the masses, to whom He was assigned, just as we do.
And for those who have talked about being reluctant to attend church due to past hurts and wounds (or other reasons), those feelings are authentic to you and should be revealed so the Lord can bring forth healing and restoration so you can be a full and healthy participant in the body of Christ. Using my spiritual imagination, I wonder if there were SEVERAL synogogues that Jesus could have visited/attended but He chose a particular one because they were more receptive to Him. Again, something that we today have deal with...
My humble thoughts....
