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Corinthians 14:26
What then shall we say,
brothers? When you come together, everyone has a
hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a
tongue or an interpretation. All of these must
be done for the strengthening of the church.
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March 29
Orderly Worship
There is order to our world.
Everything from the movement of galaxies in
space to the circling of electrons around
protons in every chemical has an order. It
should come as no surprise then that God calls
for order in worship as well.
Imagine the chaos if when it
came time to sing everybody decided to sing
their favorite song instead of the one that was
chosen to sing together. This wouldn't
happen but the point is that we shouldn't decide
how we are going to worship.
There are different worship
styles that are better suited for different
cultures and personalities. This is fine
and we should accept that people worship in
different ways. What we do need to be
aware of though is that we do not remove parts
of worship that we don't enjoy. Just because we
don't enjoy the sermon doesn't mean that it
should be done away with!
There is a growing trend,
particularly by younger people, to move away
from the church. These people still
believe in God but are tired of the politics and
garbage that comes with a church structure.
But we are told not to give up meeting together.
It is important for our Christian walk to have
fellowship with other Christians.
We can't pick and choose what
parts of worship we want to accept any more than
we can sing different songs at the same time.
All parts of worship are valuable to us and they
should be done in an orderly manner according to
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