Worship
WORSHIP - giving together to God
Worship is more about who God is than about what we do .
It is affirming the worth of God who is “here and there”!
Theologians' describe this as God being
IMMANENT (here) AND TRANSCENDENT (there)
God's immanence means that all human experience is shot through with divine presence.
Our God is personal and active, whose Spirit breathes on us.
God's transcendence means God is beyond the limits of human knowledge and experience.
God is eternal and holy. The hosts of heaven bow in worship.
Worship which does not acknowledge both God's immanence and transcendence is not true worship.
Intimacy and Awe are appropriate responses to the God who is “here and there”.
HOW ?
Jesus said “ God is Spirit and those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth (John 4;24)
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This means we need to:
- give praise – in heart and voice;
- pray – both personally and together;
- receive – forgiveness and healing
- learn – instruction from scripture and hearing it as God's Word, it can touch us directly;
- respond - by the dedicating our abilities, wealth and love to God
- celebrate Holy Communion. It is the primary place of intimacy and awe where he has promised to meet us
