The modern world is focused on entertainment -- it's where we as a culture spend our money the effortlessly. Think of all the streaming services people subscribe to -- people want to be entertained. Studios can't spend enough money making content, because there's a large and growing audience to consume it all. Advertisers pour money into sporting events, knowing that live entertainment will capture millions of viewers, as lives often revolve around sporting events.
The church is at its best when it is not focused on entertainment, but service. A consistent theme we find throughout the early church is focusing on finding ways to serve. Sometimes it's setting aside certain groups to serve, as we see here, while in other times the church is risking the lives of members to serve those who are sick. The church looks to Christ who served at the cost of his own life, and knowing that we are served like that, we then are compelled to go out and serve others.
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