"You shall worship the Lord your God. "
Matthew 4:10
ARE WE WORSHIPING YET?
Read It: John 4:21-24 Worship is one of those activities we as Christians know we ought to be doing. But we're not always sure how to go about it. Like the puzzled zled party-goer who asks, `Are we having fun yet?" Christians sometimes try hard to worship but feel like asking, `Are we worshiping yet?" One reason we get confused is because we tend to limit worship to one hour on Sunday. But what Jesus was teaching in John 4 is that God's presence ence is no longer confined to any temple or any mountain. He now lives inside His people. This means that worship is not so much where you are-it's who you are. If you are a Christian, you are a temple of the living God. He lives within you. Does this mean we don't have to go to church anymore to worship God? Not at all. What I am saying is that if you go to church thinking you are now going to the place of worship for the hour of worship, you've missed the message. sage. If you limit worship to where you are, the minute you leave that place, you will leave your attitude of worship behind like a crumpled-up church bulletin. That's why we have people who can worship on Sunday and do their thing on Monday.
They do not understand that they carry worship around inside of them. Is the church a place of worship? Of course. But worshiping in church is not the sole extent of our worship. The Bible does not leave this topic on the individual level only. We are not only temples of God individually, but the corporate fellowship is also His temple. This is the answer to the question, "Do I have to go to church to worship God?" People who ask that aren't really interested in worship. See, people who balk at worshiping collectively are not worshiping privately. vately. Private temple worship, me, always leads to corporate temple worship, ship, the body. If you are worshiping privately, you can't wait to worship publicly. If you don't care about private worship, you'll debate whether you need public worship. What's your attitude toward worship? Think About It Show me a person who debates going to church for corporate worship, and I will show you a person who is debating whether to have devotions for private worship.
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