“SINS COMMITTED BY NOT ATTENDING THE WORSHIP ASSEMBLIES OF THE CHURCH”

By Dr. Hoyt W. Allen, Jr.

WHEN WE HABITUALLY MISS THE ASSEMBLY WE . . . !
1. Fail to obey the command to assemble with Christians. Hebrews 10:25ff
2. Fail to sing praises to God. Ephesians 5:19
3. Fail to pray for all the saints at all times.   I Thessalonians 5:17; Ephesians 6:18
4. Fail to give thanks for everything. I Thessalonians 5:18
5. Fail to partake of the Lord’s Supper on the first day of the week. I
Corinthians 11:20ff; Acts 20:7
6. Fail to preach the Gospel. Mark 16:15,16; Acts 8:4
7. Fail to teach others the Word of God. Matthew 28:18
8. Fail to Read and Study the Bible. II Timothy 2:15;Ephesians 6:14 -- “...the
belt of truth buckled around your waist...”
9. Fail to set the right example for others to follow. I Corinthians 11:1
10. Fail to train our children in the way of the Lord without
exasperating them. Ephesians 6:4
11. Fail to give as you have been prospered. I Corinthian 16:1,2
12. Fail to offer our body as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God - which
Is our spiritual worship. Romans 12:1
13. Fail to keep our spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Romans 12:11
14. Fail to clothe ourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 13:14
15. Fail to be taught by and be subject to the elders in the church. Acts 20:28;
Hebrews 13:17
16. Fail to have fellowship with the saints. Acts 2:42; I John 1:7
17. Fail to support those who preach the good things of God. I Corinthians 4:1;
Acts 13:3; I Timothy 5:17
18. Fail to function and love and work in harmony with other members of the
body. I Corinthians 12:14-20
19. Fail to fight the good fight of the faith. I Timothy 6:12
20. Fail to restore wayward and spiritually weak brothers and sisters. Galatians
6:1
21. Fail to crave pure spiritual milk so that by it you may grow up in your
salvation. I Peter 2:2
22. Fail to bear much fruit in Christ, the Vine...teaching, helping, glorifying God.
John 15:8
23. Fail to give God glory in the church. Ephesians 3:21
24. Fail to walk in the light as He is in the light, in Christ, in His Body, the
Church. I John 1:7; Ephesians 1:4
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25. Fail to always be prepared to give an answer for our faith. I Peter 3:15

May each of us who have the health to attend the scheduled services of the church rejoice to do so. Living in a free land, such as the USA should not be taken lightly. Would we have time for Services...?

1) If we knew that this would be our last opportunity to attend one?

2) If we knew that during the Service, a loved one would be in the critical care unit of the hospital and not expected to live another day?

3) If we knew that we would be diagnosed as having a terminal illness within a month of the next service?

4) If we knew that our marriage was going to be ending within the year or if our child was going to be going "astray" very soon?

5) If we knew that our "secure" job would be soon terminated or that the
congregation would "split" at the end of this year?

6) If we knew that an acquaintance would become a Christian?

7) If we knew our discouraged Minister was going to resign and seek another ministry and it would take us a year to secure a new one?

8) If we knew a lost neighbor was watching to see if we attended or not?

9) If we knew our nation would be at war within a month of the Revival?

10) If we knew that Jesus would return before the Service ended?

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