>>attending church just for the sake of attending is legalism and ritualistic. <<
Three things:
1) We are commanded to meet corporately and worship God as a church body. Individual/family devotions are for the other 6 days
2) A true believer longs to worship God and be in the fellowship of other believers. Anyone who rolls out of bed and feels "obligated" to worship has an issue with himself, not the church.
3) The heart of this issue is not legalism, it's the "Conditional Worship" laziness of contemporary pop-bubblegum christianity. The idea of "Unless I can ____ then I won't go to church.", or "Unless the church offers ____ then I won't go."
These churches are closing their doors on Christmas Sunday as a convenience to the congregation. Our convenience or comfort should never be a consideration when it comes to worshipping the LORD on the day He has set aside for corporate worship.
Chapter and verse, please. From the bible. You sound just like the Pharisees.
2) A true believer longs to worship God and be in the fellowship of other believers. Anyone who rolls out of bed and feels "obligated" to worship has an issue with himself, not the church.
3) The heart of this issue is not legalism, it's the "Conditional Worship" laziness of contemporary pop-bubblegum christianity. The idea of "Unless I can ____ then I won't go to church.", or "Unless the church offers ____ then I won't go."
These churches are closing their doors on Christmas Sunday as a convenience to the congregation. Our convenience or comfort should never be a consideration when it comes to worshipping the LORD on the day He has set aside for corporate worship.
News flash: Christians worship every day because worship is not something you do but something that you live...just like eating or drinking which is not bound by certain days or times.
Unfortunately, most believe worship is a set time where we sing and hear a sermon. Biblical worship is fulfilling our calling and expressing our gifts in service to others, such as being the best husband/father, employer/employee, wife/mother, etc., as unto the Lord.
Biblical/historical worship has little to nothing to do with song or being with others but how we live our lives as to whether we please Him or not.