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WHY I ATTEND ALL SERVICES OF THE CHURCH
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WHY I ATTEND ALL SERVICES OF THE CHURCH

• I. TO WORSHIP GOD, Jno. 424
• How God is worshipped in assemblies
• Lords supper, 1 Cor. 1123-25
• Prayer, 1 Cor. 1415 Rev. 58
• Giving, 2 Cor. 97, 11 Acts 153, 30-31
• Singing, Eph. 519 Heb. 212
• Teaching/preaching, 1 Pet. 411

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WHY I ATTEND ALL SERVICES OF THE CHURCH
I. TO WORSHIP GOD, Jno. 424
II. BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT ONLY TAKE PLACE IN
ASSEMBLIES OF THE LOCAL CHURCH, Acts 207 1 Cor.
161-2
III. BECAUSE IT HELPS ME DRAW NEAR AND HOLD
FAST THE CONFESSION OF OUR HOPE, Heb. 1023-25
416 725 Matt. 158 Heb. 21 1038-39
IV. BECAUSE ASSEMBLIES OF THE LOCAL CHURCH ARE
MEANT TO PROVOKE AND EDIFY, Heb. 1024-25 1
Cor. 1426 Phil. 313-14
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• Services in a local church are intended to
  provoke and edify
• Hearing sermons and attending Bible classes,
  Heb. 512-14
• Admonition in song, Col. 316
• Comfort, Rom. 112
• Remembering Jesus death, 1 Cor. 1123-25

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WHY I ATTEND ALL SERVICES OF THE CHURCH
I. TO WORSHIP GOD
II. BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT ONLY TAKE PLACE IN
ASSEMBLIES OF THE LOCAL CHURCH
III. BECAUSE IT HELPS ME DRAW NEAR AND HOLD
FAST THE CONFESSION OF OUR HOPE
IV. BECAUSE ASSEMBLIES OF THE LOCAL CHURCH ARE
MEANT TO PROVOKE AND EDIFY
V. SO THE CHURCH CAN FUNCTION PROPERLY
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• Collective Actions of the Local Church
• Chooses officers and servants, Acts 63 1 Tim.
  31
• Sees to spiritual needs of members visitors, 1
  Cor. 1423-26
• Facilitates worship, 1 Cor. 1120, 34
• Can have messengers, 2 Cor. 823
• Sends out preachers, Acts 1122
• Receives reports, Acts 1427
• Pays wages, 2 Cor. 118
• Enrolls relieves needy widows, 1 Tim. 59-10,
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• Hears and speaks, Matt. 1817
• Receives and sends letters, 3 Jno. 9 1 Cor. 71
• Disciplines, 1 Cor. 5 2 Thes. 36-15
• Has and oversees its own treasury, 1 Cor. 161-3

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WHY I ATTEND ALL SERVICES OF THE CHURCH
I. TO WORSHIP GOD
II. BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT ONLY TAKE PLACE IN
ASSEMBLIES OF THE LOCAL CHURCH
III. BECAUSE IT HELPS ME DRAW NEAR AND HOLD
FAST THE CONFESSION OF OUR HOPE
IV. BECAUSE ASSEMBLIES OF THE LOCAL CHURCH ARE
MEANT TO PROVOKE AND EDIFY
V. SO THE CHURCH CAN FUNCTION PROPERLY
VI. SO I CAN BE A GOOD EXAMPLE AND INFLUENCE, 1
Tim. 412 Ti. 27-8 Phil 215 1 Thes. 514 1
Pet. 212
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"Since I became judge of the Juvenile Court of
Davidson County on June 1, 1939, I have tried
approximately 14,500 youngsters under the age of
17 for violating the law in that jurisdiction. Of
that great host of children, in only two
instances, did the father and mother go to Sunday
School and church regularly with their children"
(Judge Sam Davis Tatum, Abilene Christian College
Bible Lectures, 1956, page 43).
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WHY I ATTEND ALL SERVICES OF THE CHURCH
I. TO WORSHIP GOD
II. BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT ONLY TAKE PLACE IN
ASSEMBLIES OF THE LOCAL CHURCH
III. BECAUSE IT HELPS ME DRAW NEAR AND HOLD
FAST THE CONFESSION OF OUR HOPE
IV. BECAUSE ASSEMBLIES OF THE LOCAL CHURCH ARE
MEANT TO PROVOKE AND EDIFY
V. SO THE CHURCH CAN FUNCTION PROPERLY
VI. SO I CAN BE A GOOD EXAMPLE AND INFLUENCE, 1
Tim. 412 Ti. 27-8 Phil 215 1 Thes. 514 1
Pet. 212