Question: What should I do if someone invite for a program on Sunday at the time of my church service? Should I attend the church or go to the program? Is it a sin if I skip the church?
Answer:
The best solution is to attend both programs, if you can manage the time. If the church and program is at different location, try to attend a church which is near to the venue of program. If both are at the same time, try to find a church anywhere with a service at different timing than of the program or even in a different day.
According to my point of view, even thought Bible speaks about keeping Sabbath as a commandment, no where it really says to go to church on every Sunday. But Jesus Christ said on Matthew 5:40 And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. 41 If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. 42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
On behalf of these verses, I believe if someone invited for any program or event even on a Sunday or any other day in which we are engaged, we are responsible to accept the invitation and attend it with joy. If the invitation is for something that is against the bible or any commandment of Jesus Christ, we have to right to inform our unwillingness to come. Honestly if we do not accept the invitation without a valid reason, it is disobeying the commandment of Jesus Christ.
On the same time, to not attend the church is not a sin directly for it was not commaded to attend church as a commandment. But if we skip church often, it will affect our spiritual life and the relationship we have with God, that can lead us to sin and to fall shortly.
So when concluding, to attend church is also important and to attend a program someone invited us is also important.
Answer:
The best solution is to attend both programs, if you can manage the time. If the church and program is at different location, try to attend a church which is near to the venue of program. If both are at the same time, try to find a church anywhere with a service at different timing than of the program or even in a different day.
According to my point of view, even thought Bible speaks about keeping Sabbath as a commandment, no where it really says to go to church on every Sunday. But Jesus Christ said on Matthew 5:40 And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. 41 If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. 42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
On behalf of these verses, I believe if someone invited for any program or event even on a Sunday or any other day in which we are engaged, we are responsible to accept the invitation and attend it with joy. If the invitation is for something that is against the bible or any commandment of Jesus Christ, we have to right to inform our unwillingness to come. Honestly if we do not accept the invitation without a valid reason, it is disobeying the commandment of Jesus Christ.
On the same time, to not attend the church is not a sin directly for it was not commaded to attend church as a commandment. But if we skip church often, it will affect our spiritual life and the relationship we have with God, that can lead us to sin and to fall shortly.
So when concluding, to attend church is also important and to attend a program someone invited us is also important.
