An invitation to worship...
United in Our Worship of the Lord
November 14, 2025
Good Day College Church,
So we will participate in a political act on Sunday. And truth be told, it will be slightly subversive.
Now, it won't look like the usual American political rally. We won't be holding up signs with a picture of our preferred candidate and we won't be wearing partisan buttons. We won't hear anyone speaking of why their particular party is good and the other is bad. While it won't look like a usual American political rally, what we do on Sundays is most definitely political, and as a matter of fact, slightly subversive.
Because what we do on Sundays is declare the Lordship of Jesus Christ. What we do on Sundays is declare that our first allegiance is to that Lord, and not firstly to any other earthly leader who is contending for our allegiance. The reason this is slightly subversive is because by our worship of the Lord, we are indicating that if an earthly leader ever calls for us to do what our Lord prohibits, we will respectfully refuse. When Peter and John were told by the religious authorities to quit preaching and teaching in Jesus' name, they replied "We must obey God rather than man." (Acts 5:29) And their loyalty to the Lord meant that they were willing to suffer the consequences for being faithful to Him.
Now we are blessed in this country to have a Bill of Rights that protects religious freedom, which means that the pledging of our first allegiance to the Lord is usually honored by our political leaders. We aren't usually asked to do what our Lord would prohibit. Because of that, we don't see the worship of our Lord as necessarily political, and we certainly don't see it as subversive. But it most certainly is, and the evidence is our worship with others who are not politically aligned with us. Every Sunday we declare, by the worship of the Lord Jesus Christ, that the fellowship of the church is not a fellowship of people who are united politically; the fellowship of the church is a fellowship of people who are united in their loyalty to Jesus Christ first of all.
It is a most important witness in an increasingly politically partisan world. Thank you for being a church that recognizes the Lordship of Jesus Christ!!
See you Sunday, when we gather to declare our united allegiance to the Lord!
Pastor Mark
Good Day College Church,
So we will participate in a political act on Sunday. And truth be told, it will be slightly subversive.
Now, it won't look like the usual American political rally. We won't be holding up signs with a picture of our preferred candidate and we won't be wearing partisan buttons. We won't hear anyone speaking of why their particular party is good and the other is bad. While it won't look like a usual American political rally, what we do on Sundays is most definitely political, and as a matter of fact, slightly subversive.
Because what we do on Sundays is declare the Lordship of Jesus Christ. What we do on Sundays is declare that our first allegiance is to that Lord, and not firstly to any other earthly leader who is contending for our allegiance. The reason this is slightly subversive is because by our worship of the Lord, we are indicating that if an earthly leader ever calls for us to do what our Lord prohibits, we will respectfully refuse. When Peter and John were told by the religious authorities to quit preaching and teaching in Jesus' name, they replied "We must obey God rather than man." (Acts 5:29) And their loyalty to the Lord meant that they were willing to suffer the consequences for being faithful to Him.
Now we are blessed in this country to have a Bill of Rights that protects religious freedom, which means that the pledging of our first allegiance to the Lord is usually honored by our political leaders. We aren't usually asked to do what our Lord would prohibit. Because of that, we don't see the worship of our Lord as necessarily political, and we certainly don't see it as subversive. But it most certainly is, and the evidence is our worship with others who are not politically aligned with us. Every Sunday we declare, by the worship of the Lord Jesus Christ, that the fellowship of the church is not a fellowship of people who are united politically; the fellowship of the church is a fellowship of people who are united in their loyalty to Jesus Christ first of all.
It is a most important witness in an increasingly politically partisan world. Thank you for being a church that recognizes the Lordship of Jesus Christ!!
See you Sunday, when we gather to declare our united allegiance to the Lord!
Pastor Mark