Why Attend Church Services? - Herman L Hoeh - July 1961

Herman L Hoeh

Some are failing to assemble regularly each sabbath with the brethren. Read here the stern warning from Jesus Christ - the Head of this Church! A FEW brethren have fallen into dire spiritual negligence. It appears that when local congregations are established, some brethren think they do not need to attend regularly. Could this include you? The Sabbath a Commanded Assembly! The Sabbath was ordained to be a day of rest from secular work. But it is more than a day of rest. It is also a HOLY CONVOCATION The weekly sabbath is so designated in Leviticus 23:3, "Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an HOLY CONVOCATION." Those are the words of the LORD to Moses. The LORD who spoke to Moses is Jesus Christ! So those are the very words of Christ - the Head of the Church of God today. Are you living by His words? But what is a "holy convocation"? It means a divinely commanded assembly, a summoned assembly where your presence is ordered! - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library