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19th Apr 2020ColoMtnMan commented on:
ReligionNanjo, I suppose it depends on what you go to church for. For me I want to hear God's Word properly taught and to receive the Sacraments Christ appointed for His Church and in order to do that it necessarily means that I need to be where the Word is proclaimed and where the Sacraments are administered in accord with our Lord's institution. There are lots of folks who claim the label of "Christian" and I am not here to judge any of them. That's way above my pay grade and I'll leave it up to Christ who will judge rightly upon His return. But to only go to Church and be nourished in the faith through God's appointed means of grace (Word & Sacrament), only twice each year at Christmas and Easter is about like a fellow who only wants to eat food twice each year. I am reasonably certain that such a person would certainly die. Likewise, if a person only received spiritual nourishment twice each year I am reasonably certain that person's faith will also eventually die. I might also point out that at our Lord's direction the Apostles were sent out to form congregations and appoint pastors throughout the Mediterrenan world so it's not really man's invention, but the Lord's direction. If that is the case, then perhaps we should take a hint and do what He directs.