I love it... "...all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law." (vs 3 NIV) and "Then they bowed down and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground." (vs 6)
So often, I hear others say that you don't have to attend worship to believe. Well, here we have the children of God and until they gathered together to hear the word found in the book; until they heard it proclaimed; they did not, seriously, take it to heart. But, when they hear it, they wept. But, this news that they hear is for their edification. They are to rejoice that the LORD cares for them so much.
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Rom 10:17 NKJV)
Please, wherever you are, find a place to worship the LORD, in the community of God's people. Hear His Word. Hear the Good News of the kingdom, so that you too may rejoice in what the LORD has done for you.
These people gathered together to hear the word. They took it seriously. They bowed before the LORD and they wept. But, Nehemiah, Ezra, and the Levites told them, “This day is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep." (vs 9)
So often, I hear others say that you don't have to attend worship to believe. Well, here we have the children of God and until they gathered together to hear the word found in the book; until they heard it proclaimed; they did not, seriously, take it to heart. But, when they hear it, they wept. But, this news that they hear is for their edification. They are to rejoice that the LORD cares for them so much.
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Rom 10:17 NKJV)
Please, wherever you are, find a place to worship the LORD, in the community of God's people. Hear His Word. Hear the Good News of the kingdom, so that you too may rejoice in what the LORD has done for you.
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