Monday, February 16, 2009

CHRISTIANS MUST GATHER TO WORSHIP GOD

Posted by George Soepboer Sr

The people of God must gather to worship God.

Without gathering to worship God we do not bring honor to God. If we do not bring honor to God then we do not please God. If we do not please God then we are not acceptable to God.
It is not an option for the people of God to worship God but it is a show of love and respect for God. Therefore, we all must be part of the worship of God. Without worshiping God we ignore God. Therefore, we may not remove ourselves from coming together as God’s people to worship God. For if we do not come together to worship God then we prove that we do not live for God.
( 1 Chronicles 16:23-34 ).

Anyone who is able must worship God with the people of God, for that is the will and way to please God. If we do not please God then we are not part of God, and if we are not part of God then we live for satan, not for God.
( Hebrews 10:24-25 ).

In addition, must not look for perfection by the people who worship God, for there is no perfection anywhere apart from God, perfection only belongs to God, and no one else knows perfection beside God. Therefore, if we look for perfection by the people of God then we must look within ourselves to see if we are perfect in the eyes of God. If there is no perfection within ourselves then we also must not look for perfection by the people of God.
( Romans 14:10-12 ).

However, we must do our best to live a holy life for God, for if we are not doing our best to live a holy life for God then we do not love God and then we are rejected by God.
( 1 Peter 1:15-16 ).

When we come together to worship God then we must humbly seek the grace of God, and we must honor God and show our love for God. The place we worship God is not important to God. A humble mind that seeks the grace of God and a heart that is full of love for God is only welcome by God.
( John 4:20-24 ).

However, we may not participate in things that are not of God among the people of God, for we must always do the will of God if we wish to please God. Therefore when evil is accepted among the people of God where we worship God then we must remove ourselves from those people and find a place with the help of God where people truly seek to obey God, and truly worship God, for that is of God.
( Revelation 18:1-8 ).

Only when we love God and obey God is our worship acceptable to God, for that is the only way we can truly worship God.
( Deuteronomy 6:4-5 ).

Worship is a way to say thank you to God for all the things we have received from God. Therefore, without worshiping God with the people of God we are not truly grateful to God. For then we are not willing to go out of our way to show how grateful we are to God.
( Psalm 107:1 ).

There are many ways to worship God. In addition, everywhere we can worship God apart from the gathering with the people of God. However, none of them ways and places may take the place of coming together as God’s people to bring honor and glory to God with the people of God. If we ignore the worship on the world with the people of God then we do not please God. If we do not please God then we do not live for God. Therefore, we must strive to set aside everything in our life to make time to worship God with the people of God that shows our love for God. without love for God we are like nothingness to God.
( 1 Corinthians chapter 13 ).

Our coming together to worship God is not only pleasing God but also is helpful to the people of God, for it encourages the people of God to worship God and to live for God, for we all must be one in God through Jesus Christ the Son of God.
( 1 Corinthians chapter 12 ).

Moreover, if we do not wish to make time on this world to worship God with the people of God then we will never have part of the heavenly worship of God. Only the people who strive on this world to obey God will enter heaven to take part of worshiping God, for only those people truly love God. Only when our heart is right with God and we truly seek to please God are we welcome by God. Only then, will we accepted in heaven by God to worship God with the people of God.
( Luke 13:22-28 ).

However, if we do not on the world seek to obey God then our heart is not right with God, and then we will not be accepted in heaven by God to worship with all the people who on the world obeyed God, but then we will be punished us in hell by God for not obeying God.
( Hebrews 3:7-11 ).










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