Is God angry if you don't go to church because of a work schedule?

[mesue]

What about Church. Which is more Important. Church or work?

The job God gave me to do is more important. My job is my ministry. Where else would I get the money to give tithes and offer gifts?

Ephesians 6:5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

 

[SwampFox86]

I just read the Original post, she never mentions herself as the person in the situation, its a hypothetical situation.

 

[mlqurgw]

I am jsut not going to sugarcoat anything.

Young man, I commend you for being willing and zealous to speak the truth but you will learn that speaking the truth in love isn't necessarily sugarcoating. There is a time for blunt forcefulness and a time for compassionate understanding. As you grow you will learn to recognize when each is needed. I just hope it doesn't take you as long to learn as it did me.

 

[mesue]

Jesus told the Apostles that God took care of the Birds, and surely he would take care of us.

Again, I'm not advocating people not working, I work 35 hours a week plus 15 hours of school, Im not advocating anyone being a Bum.

I was simply stating that we dont have to work on Sundays.

Tell your pastor that. What do you think he's doing on Sunday morning? His job. He's at work, he's getting paid to stand in front of you on Sunday morning.

 

[mesue]

 

[SwampFox86]

Young man, I commend you for being willing and zealous to speak the truth but you will learn that speaking the truth in love isn't necessarily sugarcoating. There is a time for blunt forcefulness and a time for compassionate understanding. As you grow you will learn to recognize when each is needed. I just hope it doesn't take you as long to learn as it did me.

I appreciate your concern, and Kind words as well, and if I was face to face with a person in this situation and not adressing a hypothetical question I would use more tact and compassion. But a hypothetical situation on a message board doesnt require mercy.

 

[SwampFox86]

Tell your pastor that. What do you think he's doing on Sunday morning? His job. He's at work, he's getting paid to stand in front of you on Sunday morning.

He is leading the Congregation. Totally seperate issue. Besides, my pastor gets paid for the 60 hours he spends a week preparing and ministering, Preaching on Sundays is just a continuation. And its not his Job, its his calling.

 

[SwampFox86]

By the way, the passage you quoted from Ephesians is out of context, its in reference to slaves and masters and how to ober involuntary service. Not a job you choose to work at.

 

[mlqurgw]

I appreciate your concern, and Kind words as well, and if I was face to face with a person in this situation and not adressing a hypothetical question I would use more tact and compassion. But a hypothetical situation on a message board doesnt require mercy.

I only ask that you remember that there are actual people on the other end of the discussion. They can either be helped by your words or hurt by them. We never really know who we are influencing by what we say.

 

[mesue]

Proverbs 17:28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

Therfore I leave.
SwampFox86 I wish you well. May God bless you richly.

 

[Andyman_1970]

Corporate Worship should be at a specific time,................

Chapter and verse please where God or Jesus commands corporate worship to be at a specific time.......otherwise you're just sharing your preference, which is great, but it's just that your preference.

 

[pdudgeon]

there are two points relating to the OP that need to be made...
the reason for the Sabbath was so that man could have time to both rest and remember his creator.
Our pastor has shared that since he is working on Sunday as a preacher, something that can onlybe done that day, he takes a day in the week off as his sabbath.

On that day he does no church work, merely doing daily devotions. He answers no phones, and cannot be reached by the office unless it is an absolute emergency,because being available 24/6 is enough.
He devotes the time to relaxation, recreation, and his family.

separate from that is the advice given not to forsake the assembling of yourselves together. We need each other to be accountable to and for, and also to support and help each other. We are in the world 6 days a week and by the 7th we need to come apart from that alien place and be God's people assembled together.

 

[mesue]

I'm glad you feel that

Christians do NOT have to work on Sundays to keep their jobs.

I'm here to say, yes they do.
And I'm glad that you have seen

every job application

To know for certain that they all have that little box to check.
I can tell you, as a nurse, I have never seen such an application. I have seen it on cashier's and clerk applications, but not in the medical field.

 

[RajunCajun86]

amen pdudgeon

i for one worked very hard to find a job and occupation that will not conflict with the gathering of saints in organized worship which my church schedules every week on sunday...the bigger point than working on sundays is are you taking a DAY to rest, fellowship with the saints, fellowship with your family, and spend time with our Creator, for me this is the issue at hand and it is a heart issue not an issue of legalism

 

[catch21wide]

Let me just say that as a man God as anointed to be a pastor, the church will not get you to heaven. The only thing that will get you to heaven is your faith in Jesus Christ as your Saviour and Lord. As long as you worship him, wherever you are, you will still be in heaven with him when you die. I can't believe that I am seeing christians argue about whether a person should give up her job to go to church or how she should handle going to church. It is their decision not ours. We as fellow believers should be giving them support in this matter rather than aruing amongst ourselves.

 

[pdudgeon]

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[mesue]

and as someone who used to work in the medical field i can assure you that there are nurses who don't have to work on Sundays.

What part of the medical field?

 

[arunma]

Let me just say that as a man God as anointed to be a pastor, the church will not get you to heaven. The only thing that will get you to heaven is your faith in Jesus Christ as your Saviour and Lord. As long as you worship him, wherever you are, you will still be in heaven with him when you die. I can't believe that I am seeing christians argue about whether a person should give up her job to go to church or how she should handle going to church. It is their decision not ours. We as fellow believers should be giving them support in this matter rather than aruing amongst ourselves.

You know, this reminds me of a brother in my small group (there are five of us) who works night shifts. We meet on Thursday nights, and in the middle of the semester, he got a job which required him to work on some Thursday nights. The thought of saying "you're choosing your job over God" did not occur to any of us. And if we did say something of this nature, I doubt it would have been very helpful to his faith, since he is a rather new believer.

It turned out that he only had to miss our group once the whole semester. God is faithful, so long as we get man-made legalisms out of the way.

 

[pdudgeon]

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[arunma]

support in their decision not to go to church, or support in saying that it is possible to find a job that doesn't require you to work on Sunday?

What about finding an alternative to Sunday church services? One could be an active member of a particular church, but attend services at another church which has services on other days of the week. This isn't an either/or issue. And I don't think anyone is suggesting not attending church services at all. We all agree that these services are very helpful to the Christian's faith.