LESSON 2: THE OBJECT OF WORSHIP	SCRIPTURE PROOFS
The Westminster Confession (21.2) Religious worship is to be given to God, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; and to Him alone;	Matthew 4:10 John 5: 23 2 Corinthians 13: 14

 

not to angels, saints, or any other creature:

Colossians 2: 18 Revelation 19: 10 Romans 1: 25

and, since the fall, not without a Mediator; nor in the mediation of any other but of Christ alone.

John 14: 6 1 Timothy 2: 5 Ephesians 2: 18 Colossians 3: 17

The Directory for the Worship of God (47.3) The end of public worship is the glory of God. His people should engage in all its several parts with an eye single to His glory. Public worship has as its aim the building of Christ's Church by the perfecting of the saints and the addition to its membership of such as are being saved -- all to the glory of God. Through public worship on the Lord's day Christians should learn to serve God all the days of the week in their every activity, remembering, whether they eat or drink, or whatever they do, to do all to the glory of God.

"Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God."
1 Corinthians 10: 31

 

The Directory for the Worship of God (47.4) Public worship is Christian when the worshippers recognize that Christ is the Mediator by whom alone they can come unto God, when they honor Christ as the head of the church, who rules over public worship, and when their worship is an expression of their faith in Christ and of their love for Him.

SEE: Williamson, G.I. The Scriptural Regulative Principle of Worship: Part II
1. Jewish Tradition set aside by Christ. 2. Christ & the Samaritan Woman. 3. Consider the Great Commission.	Mark 7: 6-7 Jeremiah 29: 13 Colossians 2: 23 John 4: 22-26 Matthew 28: 18-20

SEE: Sherman, Isbell Regulated Worship
1. Definition of vain worship   2. Seeing the reality of who God is.   3. Doing the Great Commission.   4. The Work of the Spirit.	Mark 7: 3-13 John 4: 20-24 Matthew 5: 23-24, 6: 16-18 Acts 17: 16, 24-25 & 29 Acts 7: 44, Hebrews 8: 5 Colossians 2: 18-23 Romans 1: 21-25 Matthew 28: 18-20 Acts 1: 8, 5: 31-32 2 Corinthians 3: 2-12 1 Corinthians 5: 1-5, 3: 9-17 John 16: 7-15

QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION.

1. To whom is worship to be given?

2. To whom is worship not to be given?

3. What is the purpose of worship?

4. How can we tell if worship is truly Christian?

5. What should Christians learn in worship?

6. How is the increase of the Kingdom attained in worship?