Why Should I Go to Worship Assembly?

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Why Should I Go to Worship Assembly?

• Praise the LORD! I will
  praise the LORD with my
  whole heart, In the assembly
  of the upright and in
  the congregation. 2 The
  works of the LORD
  are great, Studied
  by all who have pleasure in
  them. 3 His work is honorable
  and glorious, And His
  righteousness endures forever. (Psalm 1111-3)

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Why Should I Go to Worship?

• Even in the O.T. God wanted Israel to go
  to the assigned place (Lev. 171-9
  Deut. 125-14)

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Why Should I Go to Worship?

• Even in the O.T. God wanted Israel to go
  to the assigned place (Lev. 171-9
  Deut. 125-14)
• N.T. examples of assembled Worship (Acts 242,44
  512 207 1 Cor. 161-2)

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Acts 242,44

• (42), And they continued steadfastly in
  the apostles' doctrine and
  fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in
  prayers.
• (44), Now all who believed were together, and had
  all things in common.

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Acts 512

• And through the hands of the apostles many
  signs and wonders were done among
  the people. And they were all with one accord in
  Solomon's Porch.

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Acts 207

• Now on the first day of the week,
  when the disciples came together to break
  bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke
  to them and continued his message until midnight.

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1 Corinthians 161-2

• Now concerning the collection for the
  saints, as I have given orders to the
  churches of Galatia, so you must do also 2 On
  the first day of the week let each one of you lay
  something aside, storing up as he may prosper,
  that there be no collections when I come.

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Why Should I Go to Worship?

• Even in the O.T. God wanted Israel to go
  to the assigned place (Lev. 171-9
  Deut. 125-14)
• N.T. examples of assembled Worship (Acts 242,44
  512 207 1 Cor. 161-2)
• N.T. Christians came together (Heb. 1025 Acts
  207-8 1 Cor. 1120, 33-34)

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Hebrews 1025

• Not forsaking the assembling of
  ourselves together, as is the manner of
  some, but exhorting one another, and so much the
  more as you see the Day approaching.

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Acts 207-8

• Now on the first day of the week,
  when the disciples came together to break
  bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke
  to them and continued his message until midnight.
  8 There were many lamps in the upper room where
  they were gathered together.

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1 Corinthians 1120, 33-34

• (20), Therefore when you come together in one
  place, it is not to eat the
  Lord's Supper.
• (33-34), Therefore, my brethren, when you come
  together to eat, wait for one another. 34 But if
  anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you
  come together for judgment. And the rest I will
  set in order when I come.

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Why Should I Go to Worship?

• Even in the O.T. God wanted Israel to go
  to the assigned place (Lev. 171-9
  Deut. 125-14)
• N.T. examples of assembled Worship (Acts 242,44
  512 207 1 Cor. 161-2)
• N.T. Christians came together (Heb. 1025 Acts
  207-8 1 Cor. 1120, 33-34)
• Christ expects us to come together (Ephesians
  411-16 1 Cor. 1225-27)

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Ephesians 411-16

• And He Himself gave some to be apostles,
  some prophets, some evangelists, and
  some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping
  of the saints for the work of ministry, for the
  edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all
  come to the unity of the faith and of the
  knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to
  the measure of the stature of the fullness of
  Christ 14 that we should no longer be children,
  tossed to and fro and carried about with every
  wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the
  cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting...

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Ephesians 411-16, cont.

• 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may
  grow up in all things into Him who is
  the head--Christ-- 16 from whom the whole body,
  joined and knit together by what every joint
  supplies, according to the effective working by
  which every part does its share, causes growth of
  the body for the edifying of itself in love.

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1 Corinthians 1225-27

• That there should be no schism in
  the body, but that the members should have
  the same care for one another. 26 And if one
  member suffers, all the members suffer with it
  or if one member is honored, all the members
  rejoice with it. 27 Now you are the body of
  Christ, and members individually.

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We are Commanded to Assemble!

• And let us consider one another in order to stir
  up love and good works, 25 not forsaking the
  assembling of ourselves together, as is the
  manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so
  much the more as you see the Day approaching.

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Psalm 1221

• I was glad when they said to me,
  "Let us go into the house of the LORD.
• Question to Consider
• If everyone attended and participated as I do,
  would this church have regular worship services?