一。因为基督徒爱神、要感恩
“饮水思源”这句话帮助我们明白感恩的重要。基督徒不但向父母亲感恩，怀念国家英雄感恩，我们也时常向天上的神感恩。基督徒用具体的行动感谢神，表示我们对神的爱。基督徒以善行归荣耀给神。但另外一种具体行动是每当星期天与别的基督徒聚集在一块敬拜神。敬拜就是基督徒表示感恩的方法之一。
在家里，好丈夫以具体的表现让妻子知道他爱她。也许他扫地、煮饭、照顾孩子。也许他买礼物，与妻子谈心，带她去旅游。孩子凭着行为让父母亲知道他尊敬他们。孩子写好功课、洗碗筷、倒垃圾。同样，基督徒表示他对天上真神的爱和尊荣，他也用具体的方式。他不但以善行表达，而且每当星期天他也安排时间参加基督徒的敬拜聚会。
藉着主日敬拜聚会，基督徒告诉周围的人，我们深信天上的神是宇宙唯一真神。我们生命存留都在乎他，我们吃穿住都依赖他。我们所拥有的都从他而来，都是他所赐的。因此，我们要称赞、荣耀、感谢他。因此，敬拜聚会包括我们唱诗歌赞美神。基督徒依靠神过快乐的人生，所以在星期天的敬拜聚会当中基督徒向神唱歌表示快乐。您喜欢听到快乐的歌声吗？请参加主日敬拜。
基督徒已看透了自己，知道自己时常犯罪，但也深信天上的真神已经借着耶稣而赦免了我们的罪孽，所以聚会敬拜神时，我们为此而向神表示感谢和尊敬。
基督徒敬拜神不是为了要得救，乃是让我们感恩。我们已经透过耶稣的十字架而得救了，所以我们要感恩。基督徒敬拜神又不是因为我们认为花两个小时就可以讨神的喜悦或买来他的恩典似的。神的恩典是不能用金钱、用时间买来的。基督徒做礼拜是因为要向宇宙的大主宰表示尊荣和感谢。
跟着“饮水思源”这个原则，我欢迎您每当周日与基督徒一块聚会敬拜神，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.