True Worshipers

True worshipers desire to exalt God’s name together (Ps. 34:3).

They do it not because they’re all the same but because the gospel has brought them together

Why can’t we worship just as well in front of the TV set, where the music and the preaching may well be more inspiring? The reason is that as the covenant community together we are the new temple. . . . There is something about corporate worship which is not present in individual worship, and that “something” is a fuller expression of the reality of God’s presence.

Every Christian has been gifted in some way to serve his or her local church

The writer of Hebrews tells us we gather “to stir up one another to love and good works”

The gospel is an endless source of encouragement, strength, comfort, and motivation for weary souls. That’s why we gather to remember it.

Gathering to rehearse and remember the gospel addresses our common temptations

God gathers his people so that we won’t forget our relationship with him or what he did to establish it

We meet together as redeemed saints to remind each other whose we are, how we got here, and why it matters.

Corporate worship is nothing more, and nothing less, than a representation of the gospel in the presence of God and his people for his glory and their good.”