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The Vitality of
Worship
There isn't anything that will substitute for true,
spiritual worship in the life of the church. What is does for the
church collectively and for each Christian individually is
life-changing. A church not growing in quality, God-ordained
worship is a church not growing, period.
We are not talking about ritual, formality, routine
and tradition that become mindless and meaningless. Nor are we
talking about emotional, fanatical, ecstatic, feeling-oriented activity
that saps you. We are talking about worship that is faithfully
committed to the Word of God with a true and sincere heart.
True worship glorifies God, Worship
"sanctifies God" in those who draw near to Him (Leviticus 10:3).
God is set apart and glorified in true worship.
Right worship purifies the worshipper.
Those who stand before Him need clean hands and pure hearts (Psalms
24:3,4). Drawing nigh to God motivates a willingness to confess
our sins and come with a penitent heart. The result will be
forgiveness and transformation. The church is not made up of
perfect, elite saints who come to parade their piety, but weak and
humble hearts who seek God's power in healing their souls and lives.
Acceptable worship builds the church.
The first church was first a worshipping church (Acts 2:42), then a
growing church (Acts 2:47; Acts 5:28). Worship made Jerusalem a
winsome, attractive church. True edification is not some momentary
emotional high, but commitment and transformation. If you are not
being changed by your worship, then there is something amiss in the
worshipper or the worship itself.
Quality worship impacts the lost. Every
god-ordained act of worship, when entered into sincerely by Christians,
will have a powerful effect upon unbelievers who may be in the assembly
(I Corinthians 14:23-25). Many an alien sinner has walked down the
aisle to obey God because of the hearty singing, fervent praying and
powerful preaching in the service. What an impact there is in one
hour of loving, sincere, heart-felt, God-honoring, truth seeking
worship! And what a contrast such worship is to the tendency today
to entertain attendees, rather than to draw them into an attitude of
humble prostration before God.
Don't just attend the worship service. God will
be glorified, Christians will be cleansed, The church will be
built up and the lost will be won.
What can be of greater benefit that that?
Clarence DeLoach, Jr.
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