Does not going to church make you evil?

Answer 1

Not going to church makes you no more evil than going to church makes you "good."

There is no scripture in God's Word that says: "go to church." Some may go to church every Sunday; but don't know what the Word of God is or has never picked up their Bible outside of church.

"Go to church" is both a misleading term... and a "custom" derived, probably, from certain passages in The Bible, however.

In His establishment of the observance of His Holy Day Feasts, God commands the "assembly" of His people for the purpose of informing them about Himself and the reason for the assembly - to let them know His plan for the human race.

"...Concerning the Feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations (assemblies), even these are My Feasts..." (Lev.23:2).

And the "Lord" Jesus Christ... whose feasts they are... "...came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up: and AS HIS CUSTOM WAS, He went into the synagogue (went to church) on the Sabbath day..." (Mark 4:16).

Those who "went to church" with Him, however, tried to kill Him before the "church service" was over:

"...they...were filled with wrath, and rose up, and thrust Him out of the city, and led Him unto the brow of the hill whereon the city was built, that they might cast Him down headlong. But He passing through the midst of them went His way." (Luke 4:28-30)

"Going to church" hardly made those people "good." In fact, they displayed a definite affinity for "evil."

But the term "go to church" is misleading, in that the word "church" is from the Greek "ekklesia," which means "called-out-ones." So that, when we say "go to church" today... we are actually saying, "Go to called-out-ones."

The word "church" has come to mean nothing more than a "building" or "structure" to our modern society.

Going into a building doesn't make one good or evil. And assembling together doesn't either. A lot depends on what you are doing, hearing and learning in the building while you are together.