Why Go To Church?

A church goer wrote to the editor of a newspaper and stated that it did not make sense to go to church every Sunday. He said, 

“I have gone to church for 30 years and during this time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for my life, except for one or the other, I can not remember the most of them … So, I think I’m wasting my time and the pastors are also wasting their time.” 

To the delight of the editor in chief of the newspaper, this started a real controversy in the “Letters to the Editor” -  during which time he received several letters, the following being one which he decided to publish in response:

“I have been married for over 30 years. During this time my wife has cooked some 3,000 meals. But for my life, except for one or the other, I can not remember most of them, but one thing I know, they all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my job. If my wife had not given me these meals, I and our children would be malnourished or dead. Likewise, if I had not gone to church for the feeding of my soul and my family, we would be in terrible spiritual condition.“

In Matthew 4:4 Jesus said, "It is written, 'MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.'"