We must worship God in spirit and in Truth - John 4:24
Who we must worship? - It is God who made the heavens and the earth. The unknown God in Acts 17:22-24
Wrong way of worshipping God:
1) Having idols or statues inside a place of worship and worship it - Isaiah 44:13, 15-17
Idols - Psalms 115:4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
115:5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
115:6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
115:7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. 115:8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
Effects of idol worship:
Click and Read the link Romans 1:25-32
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker. - Psalms 95:6
Is this a commandment? "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching." (Hebrews 10:25)
Jesus is there when there is a gathering in his name by the Christians - Matthew 18:20
What should be there in a Christian worship gathering?
1) How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying. (1 Corinthians 14:26)
2) Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. (Colossians 3:16)
3) <or Song for the sabbath day.>> It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: (Psalms 92:1)
When to do the Christian worship gathering?
On the first day of the week - Acts 20:7
There should be some teaching/s - "Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith." (Galatians 3:24)
Before the war happened in the year 70, Everyday there was worship gatherings - Acts 2:46
There should be giving of contributions - 1 Corinthians 16:1-2
The importance of worship gathering is to strengthen your soul :
THE PROOF IS:
"Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe." (1 Corinthians 14:22)
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING WORSHIP GATHERINGS:
1) Forgiveness of your sins - 2 Chronicles 7:14
2) Blessings - Exodus 15:26
3) God will put away all plagues from you - Exodus 15:26
Those who endure until the end shall be save - Matthew 10:22
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