The greatest day in all the week to a child of God should be the Lord's day. This is the day “the Lord hath made.” It is the day the Lord planned for his followers to worship Him. We do not read anything in the Bible that would indicate that wants only a part of this day.  We do have every reason to believe that He expects us to use all of it in service to Him.  Where anyone got the idea that he could use only an hour or two of this day and please the Lord I do not know.  I do know that some other-wise good people have this idea and the Lord gets very little of this day He said was His.

Why, for instance, would people refuse to worship Sunday night?   Is this not part of the Lord’s day?  Do we not love the Lord as much on Sunday night as we do Sunday morning?  Is this service not as important as the morning service?  As good as our attendance is, compared to others, there are still many people who never come to worship God except during the morning hour.  Yet the Bible says for us not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together. This would include any assembly.

Can a teacher of God's word be a proper example and refuse to attend Sunday night? Teaching is done by the way we live as much as by what we say.  Surely no one could get the idea that the day is very important to one who used only a minor portion of it in serving the Lord.  If every pupil followed the example of his teachers would we have services at all on Sunday night?   Can one who is supposed to be a leader, an elder or deacon, set a proper example and refuse to be present Sunday night?  What kind of leadership would we call that?

Inasmuch as those who are selected to direct the affairs of the church are supposed to be examples, if one followed the example of those selected would he be present for all services?  Can a parent afford to be absent Sunday night?  It is no wonder that children sometimes grow up to have little respect for the church when they have seen so little of it in the lives of those charged with the responsibility of bringing them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Fathers do not always feel their responsibility in the matter of training their children, but if you have noticed the Bible always addresses the fathers when instruction is given in this matter.  How can a father expect his child to be loyal when he is only partially loyal himself?

Can we afford to say to the world that this service is not important?  Surely that is what we say when we prefer association with those who are not members of the church to attending services and inviting them to go with us.   What other example are we setting when our neighbors know we prefer staying home Sunday night to worshiping God?   When people are not converted to Christ we are prone to blame those who are leading the church, perhaps the preacher, when in reality there is not enough teaching anyone can do to overcome the bad example we set before those we would convert to Christ.   When enough of the Lord's people realize that serving the Lord is really important, the world will take notice and follow.

Do you suppose an article like this ever helps anyone?   We always hope it will but we write realizing those who need to consider these things most are not people who read these articles.  But, we keep trying.

“No one can understand the Bible; it is just too hard for me to know what God is saying.” These words express the hearts of many, but are they true? Peter said that in parts of the Bible there are “…some things hard to be understood” (2 Pet. 3:16), but he does not say that even the hard things are impossible to understand.

An amazing truth about the Bible is that the most important truths are stated in a way that everyone can comprehend them. Let’s take time to look at the following vital truths of the Bible which are so simply stated.

Jesus Is The Only Way Any Person Can Be Saved.  Is this true? Read the words of Jesus. “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh unto the Father, but through Me” (John 14:6).   Is that hard to understand? A vital truth simply stated.

Those Who Do Not Believe In Jesus Cannot Go To Heaven, Even If They Do Good Things.   Read these words of Jesus. “If ye believe not that I am He, ye shall die in your sins” (John 8:24). Read them again and imagine the spiritual destiny of those who are still in their sins.  A vital truth simply stated.

Not All Religious People Will Be Saved. Jesus said, “Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity” (Matt. 7:22-23). If you wonder how this could happen, look at verse 21, “Not everyone saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom of heaven but he that doth the will of my Father which is in heaven.”  A vital truth simply stated.

No Person, Without God’s Help, Can Find The Way To Heaven. “It is not in man that walketh to direct his steps,” and ‘’There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death’’ (Jer. 10:23; Prov. 16:25).  A vital truth simply stated.

The Bible Is The Final Source For All Religious Doctrine And Instruction. “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works” (2 Tim. 3:16-17). A vital truth simply stated.

Look at how simply God has stated the most important truths.  Think about this. It is not the “hard” things in the Bible that should concern us, nearly as much as the “easy” things in it.  God has stated eternal truths.  God has stated the most vital, eternal truths in the simplest language.  Wise men will never overlook the simple truths of the Bible.  Be wise!