The Search For Truth

A question: WHY do people go to the church that they go to?

Some go "because it's close."
Some because "I like the preacher."
Some because "I like the special activities."
Some because "they have a beautiful building."
or.. probably the most common answer:

"I go to my church because my Parents did. I was brought up in that church."

...are these good reasons? The Bible says in I Peter 3:15 that WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE A SANCTIFIED REASON FOR THE HOPE THAT IS WITHIN US, because of WHAT WE BELIEVE IN... and JESUS said in John 17:17 to "Sanctify them throughly thy truth, thy Word is truth!"

Truth, sanctifying truth, is revealed through the Word of God, the Bible. So therefore we can conclude that out beliefs, the reason for the hope within us, should be based upon God's Word. And finally, when we "belong" to a church, ( and we end up "endorsing" the teachings of that church ), We Should Endeavor To Seek And Find That Church Which Is Uncompromisingly Teaching and Practicing Bible Truth." -------- ----------

Remember that text in Proverbs 4:18? "But the path of the just is as a shining light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day."

Remember, the reformers came out of the dark ages! Would you expect that ALL truth would be immediately rediscovered? Should people say, "If Luther didn't believe it, I won't either"?

Many people stand guard over what our forefathers taught -- "If my parents believed it, it's good enough for me." Without ever realizing that in those days some truths were still undiscovered... still burried under centuries of tradition.