With the technology that is available to you at your fingertips, why go to church? I mean, just turn on your computer, download an app on your smartphone or tune in to your digital T.V. and you can listen to any sermon, anytime, anywhere. So why go to church when you can sit in the comfort of your own home on one of your devices?
1) First of all, because God commands it.
“And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.”
Hebrews 10:24-25
Or as the NASB puts it, “not forsaking our own assembling together.” These were some of the first verses I memorized as a young Christian. How precious and dear to the true child of God.
Why? Simply because someone who is a child of God loves to be around other children of God(1 John 5:1b). It is actually proof of genuine salvation and what assures someone that they have passed out of death into life(1 John 3:14).
Are you, in disobedience, neglecting to meet together with other Christians?
2) A second reason is for accountability.
No less that two times the phrase “one another” is repeated. The Christian life was not meant for lone rangers. Even “The Lone Ranger” was not alone. He had Tonto. Have you ever noticed how the embers of a fire diminish more and more when left alone? But when fresh wood is added, even the small fire from the burning embers is enough to get the fire going again with new wood. 
And there are three purposes of the “one another’s” in this passage. To stir up one another to love. Certainly love for the Lord and for one another in the Body. To stir up one another to good deeds, which we are not saved by, but saved unto(Ephesians 2:8-10). And to encourage one another.
Are you a lone ranger?
3) A third reason is because of what Christ has done, namely providing forgiveness of sins.
The immediate context makes this clear.
“But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,
then he adds, “I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”
Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.”Hebrews 10:3-4, 11-12, 17-18
Do you understand the depth of what Christ has done in granting you forgiveness of sins and does that motivate you to gather with other believers on Sunday to worship this gracious King and to hear about Him from His Word?
“If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?
But with you there is forgiveness,
that you may be feared.”Psalm 130:3-4
4) A final reason is for who Christ is.
Hebrews is in 2 sections which hinge on the term “therefore” of 10:19. The first section is about theology(1:1-10:18). The second section is about practice(10:19-13:25). Our practice is to be based upon and in light of theology.
The first section highlights the superiority of the person of Jesus Christ. He is superior to prophets. He is superior to angels. He is superior to Moses. He is superior to Aaron. His ministry is superior to that of the old covenant.
Are you in the habit, as some are, of neglecting to meet with the church because you have a low view of Jesus Christ?
