Corporate worship has always been essential to the formation of God’s people.
- God prescribed corporate worship in the Tabernacle and Temple (Deuteronomy 12, 16).
- The revival that Josiah brought to Israel began with a return of the people to the house of God (2 Kings 22-23).
- God declared the Sabbath to be “a day of sacred assembly” (Leviticus 23:3).
- One of the definitions of the New Testament word for “church” ekklesia literally means “assembly”.
- The early church gathered regularly for corporate worship (Acts 2:42).
- The book of Hebrews reminds us, "And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, …not forsaking the assembling together of ourselves… (Hebrews 10:25).
- Jesus tells us, “Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you” (Matthew 6:33).
Simply put, we cannot fully become who God has designed us to be apart from being a part of corporate worship in a local church.
Where will you go to join in corporate worship today with fellow believers?
