Tuesday, I'm celebrating Passover.
I'm not Jewish - why would I do something like this?
First, because I've been invited by a friend who is Jewish.
One of the things I find disturbing in the church is the tendency to only hang around folks who are Christians.
Let me be blunt - if you are following Jesus and you are only hanging around church people - you are not following Jesus!
You may believe in Jesus. You may be saved from your sins. You may be a good person. You may go to church faithfully. You may go to heaven. But you are NOT doing the things that Jesus did. You ARE doing what the Pharisees did.
Second, because it is a wonderful testimony to God's saving work.
Too often we end up only thinking of God's salvation as getting past the door and into heaven. But it's so much more than that. God is in the business of redeeming people - taking them out of the slavery of Egypt and taking them to the promise land.
In practical terms - it means God is taking us where we are and changing us to be fit for the kingdom of heaven.
Third, because it promises to be fun.
Growing up, I listened to the music of Larry Norman. One line in his songs asks this question: "Why should the devil have all the good music?"
Our faith should be fun, it should be enjoyable.
The first answer of the Westminster Catechism says that the chief end of man is to enjoy God and glorify him forever.
That means if you are not enjoying God - there is something wrong with your faith.
"I was glad when they said unto me - let us go unto the house of the LORD!"
Pastor John
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