一。因為基督徒愛神、要感恩
“飲水思源”這句話幫助我們明白感恩的重要。基督徒不但向父母親感恩，懷念國家英雄感恩，我們也時常向天上的神感恩。基督徒用具體的行動感謝神，表示我們對神的愛。基督徒以善行歸榮耀給神。但另外一種具體行動是每當星期天與別的基督徒聚集在一塊敬拜神。敬拜就是基督徒表示感恩的方法之一。
在家裡，好丈夫以具體的表現讓妻子知道他愛她。也許他掃地、煮飯、照顧孩子。也許他買禮物，與妻子談心，帶她去旅遊。孩子憑着行為讓父母親知道他尊敬他們。孩子寫好功課、洗碗筷、倒垃圾。同樣，基督徒表示他對天上真神的愛和尊榮，他也用具體的方式。他不但以善行表達，而且每當星期天他也安排時間參加基督徒的敬拜聚會。
藉着主日敬拜聚會，基督徒告訴周圍的人，我們深信天上的神是宇宙唯一真神。我們生命存留都在乎他，我們吃穿住都依賴他。我們所擁有的都從他而來，都是他所賜的。因此，我們要稱讚、榮耀、感謝他。因此，敬拜聚會包括我們唱詩歌讚美神。基督徒依靠神過快樂的人生，所以在星期天的敬拜聚會當中基督徒向神唱歌表示快樂。您喜歡聽到快樂的歌聲嗎？請參加主日敬拜。
基督徒已看透了自己，知道自己時常犯罪，但也深信天上的真神已經藉著耶穌而赦免了我們的罪孽，所以聚會敬拜神時，我們為此而向神表示感謝和尊敬。
基督徒敬拜神不是為了要得救，乃是讓我們感恩。我們已經透過耶穌的十字架而得救了，所以我們要感恩。基督徒敬拜神又不是因為我們認為花兩個小時就可以討神的喜悅或買來他的恩典似的。神的恩典是不能用金錢、用時間買來的。基督徒做禮拜是因為要向宇宙的大主宰表示尊榮和感謝。
跟着“飲水思源”這個原則，我歡迎您每當周日與基督徒一塊聚會敬拜神，向您生命的泉源感恩。
Why Christians Attend Worship Every Sunday
01: Because He Loves God and He Is Thankful
By Edward Short
An old Chinese proverb says that when one drinks water he should think about where it came from. This expression helps us understand the importance of being thankful for what we have. While Christians express gratitude to their parents, and thoughtfully remember their national heroes, we also express thanksgiving to God. Christians thank God, and express our love for him, in concrete ways. We honor him through our actions, but we also meet together with other Christians every Sunday and worship God as a concrete expression of our gratitude to him.
A husband expresses his love for his wife in concrete ways. Perhaps he sweeps the floor, cooks a meal, or cares for their child. Perhaps he buys his wife gifts, takes her out, or takes her on a vacation. Children use actions to let their parents know that they respect them. They study hard at school, wash the dishes at home, and take out the garbage. Similarly, Christians tell God they love and respect him through concrete expressions as well. Not only with a good lifestyle do they express this, but also through arranging their time so that each Sunday they can attend Christian worship.
Attendance at the Sunday worship service shows everyone we know that we fervently believe that the God we worship is the only true God in the universe. Our very lives depend on this God—all that we eat and wear, and the roof over our heads. Everything we have comes from him and are his gifts to us, and so we want to praise, honor and thank him. Worship services therefore include hymns of praise. Christians live lives of joy, and so we express that joy when we sing praises to God in worship on Sundays. Do you like to hear joyful singing? Take part in Lord’s Day worship.
Christians see ourselves as we actually are, that is, we know that we’re sinners, but we also know that God has forgiven our sins through Jesus. When we worship God, therefore, we express thanksgiving for what he’s done, and deep respect for who he is.
Christians don’t worship God in order to be saved from their sins, but as a way of thanking God. We’ve already been saved by what Jesus did on the cross, so we want to express gratitude for it. Neither do Christians worship God because we believe that by spending a couple of hours at church we can gain God’s favor or purchase our salvation. Neither money nor time can buy God’s grace. No. Christians worship God because they want to express respect and thanksgiving to the creator and ruler of the universe.