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| REST STOP #3: What Did Jesus Do? The Gospels don’t record every move Jesus made during his years of ministry. We do read that it was his custom to attend the synagogue every Sabbath, as recorded in Luke 4:16. In today’s terms, Jesus made a practice of going to church. Why? Why would Jesus—the man who knew all the answers, the Son who could talk to his Father anytime—choose to attend services in small town Nazareth with ordinary people? What could he get out of those worship experiences? Jesus, of all people, would know that God is everywhere. And Jesus did find God among the Galilean lilies, under the silent stars, in a boat on the Sea of Galilee. But the human side of Jesus knew God in those places because he knew him also in the place where he had gone to think of him, in the house of worship consecrated to God’s presence. Another reason for Jesus to attend synagogue was its link of the past and present. The hopes and desires of past generations were recalled, as was God’s faithfulness through those generations. Hope for the present and the future was based on God’s involvement in the lives of the Jewish people in the past. Thirdly, the synagogue was a place of fellowship. The body of believers is where our spiritual souls receive nourishment and encouragement. We learn from each other, from the reading of the Word and from the interpretation of the Word as given by the rabbi or minister. Jesus knew that corporate worship is vital to keeping the vitality in our spiritual lives. Continued... |
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