Corporate Worship - 3

What is worship? "The proper or improper response to a god, many gods, or the one true God."

What is true, spiritual worship? "The proper and reverent response to the one true God because of who He is."

Prayer, with thanksgiving, being one part of natural worship, is by God required of all men.1 But that it may be accepted, it is to be made in the name of the Son,2 by the help of the Spirit,3 according to his will;4 with understanding, reverence, humility, fervency, faith, love, and perseverance; and when with others, in a known tongue.5

—1689 London Baptist Confession, ch.22, para.3

1. Psalm 95:1-7; Psalm 65:2
2. John 14:13-14
3. Romans 8:26
4. 1 John 5:14
5. 1 Corinthians 14:16-17

i. Requirement of All Men
ii. Received in the Son's Name
iii. Reliance upon the Spirit's Help
iv. Rooted in the Father's Will
v. Respectful to Edify Others