more gamblings and questions

notes alone the way

Are we missing the love of God as we focus on holiness, glory and incomparability?

Essence of worship
Fear and adoration
Confession and commitment
Ritual acts and religious observance
Sacrifice
Proclamation
Praise
Prayer
Covenant renewal


See conclusion p 60
I would add “loving” or perhaps “gracious” “lovingkindness”

Definition
Focus is corporate

True worship is the celebration of being in covenant fellowship with the sovereign and holy triune God,
By means of
The reverent adoration and spontaneous praise
Of God’s nature and works,
The expressed commitment of trust and
Obedience to the covenant responsibilities, and
The memorial reenactment of entering into
Covenant through ritual acts
All with the confident anticipation of the fulfillment
of the covenant promises in glory.

Why “true”?
“celebration” -- too specific?
“sovereign, holy, triune” why not also loving, gracious?
Where is confession?
Where is the corporate sense? Gathered with God’s people, in assembly, together
Where is proclamation?

Our worship must be eschatological!
And I say our worship must also be evangelistic? Proclamational? Kerygmatic.


Is communion with God the goal? Service to God? His glory?
Communion with God is the heart of worship?

Sabbath, rest, garden, paradise, temple, tabernacle, special sense of God’s presence when His people gather for worship, time and space become sacred in the gathering.