Sure Hope Gazette

Attending Church Makes Us A Christian? How many associate Christianity with church attendance? Probably most of us would concur, that attending church has nothing to do with qualifying to be a Christian. In fact, when I first became a Christian about twenty five years ago, for a short time, with great cockiness, I vowed that I didn't need to attend church to prove I had become a Christian. However, conviction came upon my heart and before I knew it, I had to find a Bible believing Christian church. Had I learned that attending church proved my faith? No, not at all, it is only by believing in Jesus Christ and what He did for us all, that qualifies us a Christian. There are absolutely, no works we can perform, attending church included, that can give us new life and save our eternal souls. Then why did the Holy Spirit convict my heart and cause me to find a church? What is church all about? I Don't Need Church...Or Do I? At the time I didn't know any of this, I jus...

Act 20:30 KJV  - Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. 1Timothy 4:1 KJV - Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;  Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; A Watchman, is one who literally watched for danger and then warned the people. Read Ezekiel 33:1-20, to learn more.  Ezekiel 33:3-4 KJV  -  If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. We live in a time when many of us are tempted to follow the latest in "Christian" trends, be it the latest author, leader, or ideologies. It isn't a wise thing to do. We have been given God's Word for a reas...