Joel Radford – How important are church meetings? – Ezra 10:7-9

7 A proclamation was then issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem for all the exiles to assemble in Jerusalem.
8 Anyone who failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, in accordance with the decision of the officials and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.
9 Within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin had gathered in Jerusalem. And on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people were sitting in the square before the house of God, greatly distressed by the occasion and because of the rain.
(Ezra 10:7-9)

Sermon Main Points
1) The Israelite meeting was advertised
2) The Israelite meeting was attended under threat of discipline
3) The Israelite meeting was attended under difficult conditions
4) The Israelite meeting was attended because of sin
5) Our meetings should be advertised
6) Our meetings should be attended under threat of discipline
7) Our meetings should be attended even in difficult conditions
8) Our meetings should be attended because of sin