They say misery loves company. I can't disagree. Though I'd feel compelled to add that misery is not unique, nearly everybody, in every state, loves company. The joyful love to be with the joyful, the cynic with the cynical, the optimist with the optimistic. Similar people feel an attraction to one another, a gravity which makes it easy for them to share an orbit. Why? In a word, encouragement.
The most powerful school in the entire world is the home and the influence of godly parents. The most permanent impressions are learned from mothers and fathers. Parents, it is very difficult to convince your child:
“I’m spiritual, I’m just not into organized religion.” That is the approach of many religious people. Since their relationship with God is personal, they don’t think they need the church or anyone else in order to please the Lord. We have people at Southside who may not believe that, but certainly practice it. When you assemble occasionally, whenever it’s convenient or doesn’t interfere with your other plans, you are saying to the world and to your brethren, “I don’t need the church.”
Do you realize that there are some passages you cannot fulfill without the local church? We…
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Service: Sun PM Worship
Type: Sermon
Speaker: Jonathan Banning
MATTHEW 23:29-39
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Originally aired on "Let The Bible Speak" TV program with Ronny Wade. Song: "Is It For Me?" (Frances R. Havergal, T.C. O'Kane) from "Blessed Refuge" hymn book by M. Lynwood Smith Publications.
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