Why Do We Gather For Corporate Worship?
This morning, a fellow Pastor and friend from seminary reached out to me and asked:
“From a Reformed Presbyterian perspective, what is the primary reason we gather for corporate worship?”
Here was my answer:
Because the sovereign God calls us to worship Him.
Because the holy, triune God is worthy of all worship.
Because human beings were created for this chief end.
Because knowing and enjoying God in obedience is the highest good of man.
While stated very simply, this seemed to be worth sharing. May this God-centered perspective of the true focus and nature of Christian worship take deeper root in the corporate gatherings of His churches as His People draw near to Him in “reverence and awe” each and every Lord’s Day.
28 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, 29 for our God is a consuming fire, (Hebrews 12:28-29).