The 1-2-3 of worship

Friday, 16 December 2011 08:53

Worship has ONE object—the triune God, revealed in the scripture as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Worship has TWO contexts—the broad context of all of life (unceasing, living-sacrifice worship) and the narrow context of the gathered church, who gathers to encourage and build one another up, offering a foretaste of what is to come when Christ returns an heaven and earth are joined together.

Worship has THREE audiences—Our Triune God is both the object of worship and one of its audiences, but the scriptures also tell us to pay attention to two other audiences—the Gathered Church (Colossians 3:16, Hebrews 10:23-24) and the watching world (1 Corinthians 14:22-40).

Jo Thorn.