{"id":33644,"date":"2014-01-19T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-19T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=33644"},"modified":"2014-01-17T19:17:40","modified_gmt":"2014-01-18T03:17:40","slug":"jesus-died-for-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/jesus-died-for-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Died for This?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Would you believe me if I said I have never seen an episode of “The Simpsons”? It’s true. Not one. Nor Beavis and Butthead. Nor The Family Guy. Nor whatever “adult” cartoon is currently popular.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I did find this funny though:<\/p>\n

\"Jesus<\/p>\n

Obviously, Jesus did not <\/em>die so that people could show up and sit in a pew on Sunday morning and snore during the sermon.<\/p>\n

But here’s the real question: Did Jesus die so that people could show up and sit in a pew on Sunday morning and listen attentively to a sermon?<\/p>\n

Of course not!<\/p>\n

This doesn’t mean we shouldn’t<\/em> sit in a pew on Sunday morning… I’m not saying that. All I am saying is that “attending church” on Sunday morning is not the final goal of Jesus’ life, ministry, death, and resurrection.<\/p>\n

Yet if that’s true, why is Sunday church service attendance the one event that gets the most attention, the most glory, and the most energy poured into every week around the world?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m just askin’…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Did Jesus die so that people could show up and sit in a pew on Sunday morning and listen attentively to a sermon? 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