DAILY AND IN EVERY HOUSE

DAILY AND IN EVERY HOUSE!

Reading: Acts Chapter 5

Acts 5:42

42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.

           In a time of great persecution, the church still managed to worship God every day! Now, doubtless, these folks had families, jobs, and other events that demanded their attention but the word “daily” leaps from the page! In our calm Christian culture we can barely manage weekly worship – or is it weakly?

           Were there days with perfect weather for fishing or golf? Did the Greeks not obsess over sporting events? Were there no political rallies over which to fret? No, I suspect the Greco-Roman world had enough opportunities to avoid Christian worship.

           Adam Clarke sums it up for us in his commentary on this verse. “[Daily in the temple] That is at the hours of morning and evening prayer; for they felt it their duty to worship God in public, and to help others to make a profitable use of the practice. Every man that professes Christianity should, in this respect also, copy their conduct: nor can any man be considered to have any religion, let his sentiments be what they may, who does not attend on the public worship of his Maker.”

Eph 5:15-16

15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.