And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it. (Matthew 16:18)
According to the commission of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and another man is building upon it. Let each man take care how he builds upon it. For no other foundation can any one lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 3:10-11)
It is Christ who owns the church which He purchased it with His blood, and He is the Head of all His churches.
Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you guardians, to feed the church of the Lord which he obtained with his own blood. (Acts 20:28)
He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in everything he might be pre-eminent. (Colossians 1:18)
Christ alone is the Head of the church as it is His church, and we as the body of Christ, we will stand in His Word, and affirm it as the truth.
God not only appointed a day of worship which is the Sabbath day, but also a way of worship. Therefore, we we should not worship any way we want.
But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth. (John 4:23-24)
Worship is a selfless act of giving and when we give selflessly to our God that worship will be the meaningful experience for us that we and God want it to be.
He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it. (Matthew 10:39)
He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. (John 12:25)
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. (Matthew 23:12)
Thus, we must give of ourselves completely and totally to the worship of God to receive abundant spiritual blessings in return.
Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For the measure you give will be the measure you get back. (Luke 6:38)
You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve. (Matthew 4:10)
We must worship Him according to His word. Every word God was inspired by Him and is without error.
All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness. (2 Timothy 3:16)
You search the scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness to me. (John 5:39)
For I am not ashamed of the gospel: it is the power of God for salvation to every one who has faith. (Romans 1:16)
So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes by the preaching of Christ. (Romans 10:17)
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