Hi, I'm Miles McPherson and welcome to the First Mile. One day, someone asked me if I
thought you had to go to church in order to be a Christian? I asked them, can
someone be a good parent, son, or daughter and not spend time with their family?
How can you get to know and love your family and be a role model for your
family, without spending time with your family?
How are you going to teach your kids right from wrong without being there to
talk to them about their mistakes?
How will you teach them to love each other, if you don't spend time coaching them
through their conflicts? How will you train your kids to deal with their hard times
if you, at some point,
are not there for them when they are struggling through their hard times, or
they aren't there to see you, their role model, deal with your ups and downs. Being
part of a family means being in a relationship where you have some level
of responsibility and accountability to love one another so that everybody
becomes the person God designed them to be. If time with your natural family is
important, time with your spiritual family is even more important. When you
asked Christ to be your savior, you joined His spiritual family and church is
family time.
The only way to learn to be part of a spiritual family is to spend time
together doing spiritual things.
The Bible tells us in Hebrews chapter 10 verse 24 and 25,
"Let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking
assembling ourselves together as is the manner of some but exhorting one
another, encouraging one another, so much more as we see the day approaching." It
says to not stop meeting together, having family or Church time because it's in
togetherness that we encourage each other on a spiritual level to love and
obedience. Church is not Sunday meetings only. It's church life.
It's mentoring relationships, caring for one another through hard times,
celebrating the good times together.
Church is talking with your spiritual family, praying with your spiritual
family, serving with your spiritual family, and helping your spiritual family
through the unknowns of life. It's learning about and praising your
heavenly Father, together.
That's what church is all about. So today's challenge is to identify and
attend a Bible teaching church within the next two weeks. If don't you have a
church or friend who can refer you to one,
I've included a list to help you search one in your area.
If you decide to take this challenge to identify and attend a Bible teaching
church within the next two weeks,
let us know by following the instructions at the end of this video. Now
if you need help finding a church near you,
or you want to hear more messages about getting involved in a church
I want to attend the Rock Church online where I'm the pastor,
check out the resource section. God bless you and I'll be praying for you.