I like the account in Genesis 2:18-22.
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
One has to wonder, did God not know that Adam was alone? Did God think just making one human was enough, only to realize that He needed to create two? Well, of course God doesn’t make mistakes. Adam needed to understand the value of another creation like him. After naming the animals, Adam noticed that he was alone; this made the creation of Eve all the more special to him.
God has never expected His people to be alone. Naturally, this is the case with marriage, but the same is true in the spiritual realm. Have you ever wondered why Jesus established His church (Matthew 16:18; Acts 2:47)? The word “church” means “a calling out, especially a religious meeting.” The church constitutes the people, not the physical building. I’ve encountered people that said they could stay home and worship God alone on Sunday. You can’t do this and be called a church. God knew that we needed each other and ordained that His people meet on the first day of every week (Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 16:1-2) in order to be built up spiritually as we offer our worship to God.
When people forsake or ignore the worship of the church, they are neglecting the blessings that God designed for us. Take note of Hebrews 10:24-25. “And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.”
Well, one might argue they meet with the saints on Sunday morning, and that’s good enough. Sunday nights, Wednesday nights and other times outside of Sunday morning aren’t all that important, some claim. Really? The first-century church took advantage of every time they could get together. “So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart” (Acts 2:46). As the church, we need to be together! This is God’s design!
