Worship God

Our Father has always wanted to be worshipped. Throughout the Old Testament, God gave specific instructions to His people as to how He wanted to be worshipped. This started in the time of Adam and Eve and continues to this day. The ways have changed through the ages, but this was always at the direction of Him, not us; i.e., we are to do it His way.

In the New Testament, the pattern of worship changed. In Acts 20:7, we read, "Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight." Here we see the example of worship on Sunday by the church. We also learn that they were taking the Lord's Supper, communion, on Sunday.

When we realize that Jesus loved the church, died for the church, we must realize that we must be a part of the church. The book of Acts and the letters to follow are full of instruction regarding the church. Many of the New Testament books are written to the churches, not to specific individuals.

Another instruction in the NT regarding worship is that we come to worship Him. We often think about our worship as being good for us. We are edified, encouraged, built up, get to be with other Christians. But really, it is about worshipping Him; not about us. Jesus, giving us the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6 said, "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come, Your will be done...." This is about Him. Yes, the prayer addresses us as well, but it begins and ends with Him. We must focus our prayers, our worship on Him. If we give Him our worship, our devotion, it will be as James 4:8 says, "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you."

In conclusion, we must worship our Lord as a part of His church. We must follow the pattern given to us in the NT by worshipping on Sunday with other Christians, and we must (and surely we want to) partake of the Lord's Supper to commemorate His death.

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