From Russ’s Heart—Why Should I go to Church?                                                                                                                                                       A question was brought to me recently by a veteran Christian. Why should I go to church? My response was this along with much more—To Follow the Lords                    example Luke 4:16  So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. Share a few thoughts with you. He did it consistently ..as it was His custom...He met in God’s house ( the synagogue ) not under the palm trees. He honored a day unto God His Father. Another reason you should go to church is To Be a blessing to others for Christ sake not your own. Too may times we feel the need for the church and how it can fill that missing part in your life and that is understandable. However, our lives should not be one devoted to blessing our selves but a life committed to be a blessing to others. We need to be a part of a local church in your community, To help other believers fight for Spiritual truth. It’s Spiritual Warfare! Jude 1:3 states Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to          contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. Many churches today are caving in to  messages that are not really Christ centered or built upon the apostles doctrine of old. We have somehow given into a gospel that appeases the crowd. We must be diligent as believers to fight for Spiritual truth. It is not faithful believers who build Christ’s church, but Christ who builds His church through faithful believers. Wherever His people are committed to His kingdom and His righteousness the Lord builds His church. If believers in one place become cold or disobedient, Christ does not stop building but simply starts work somewhere else. It was the Lord’s passion, it should be yours  John 2:13-18 He found in the temple those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the moneychangers seated. And He made a scourge of cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the moneychangers, and overturned their tables; and to those who were selling the doves He said, "Take these things away; stop making My Father's house a house of merchandise." His disciples remembered that it was written, " Zeal for Thy house will consume me." If Jesus loved God’s house enough to show this public display of passion so should we. Beloved love His house and let him do the cleansing.  In selecting a church two things I want to leave with you. Number one: choose a church by God’s divine truth preached in that church. Second;  Make sure you know who that church identifies with, a Jesus of the Bible or another just a religious Jesus. It is my prayer that you not just go to church but be the church. As hard as it may be in these times we need to follow the Lord’s pattern and be a blessing to others. Come together to Fight for Spiritual truth with a passion to see the Lord build His church.