Re: [TruthTalk] Xmas

[GJTabor]

You have made a fine point.  However, it doesn't excuse Heb. 10:25.  We are not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together, like some do.  That is the bottom.  This is not to be in disagreement with your post.

Michael D:  I believe alot of the confusion concerning this issue relates to the fact that the term worship is misconstrued in mainstream Christianity. Under the law, worship was predominantly related to ostentatious ceremonies and official rituals and a specific location. It seems instructive to me to remember that these things are just types and shadows In the new covenant, Jesus says we worship in spirit and in truth. And that that's the worship that God is looking for. Unfortunately, too muich of christianity is still looking to 'worship' in Jerusalem, or in Samaria in the mount ain (a la woman at the well)  and do not understand that that way was temporary and is passed away. Worship is now in the spirit, not on a Saturday, or on a Sunday or any other specially designated day. It is what we do by the Spirit from the heart on any and every day. Hence Paul said, as many as are led by the Spirit are the Sons of God. That is where true worship is spawned. Whether it is what is done in a gathering of believers or on the roadway, etc. To me, believers mistakenly say that we worship at so and so "church"... That is not really a correct statement.  Coming together with believers is only part of our worship before God and not in and of itself, our worship. Worship is really our life. I wonder if anyone can find a scripture in the NT where worship is identified as going to a "service". In Romans 12:1&2, Paul tells us that presenting our bodies a living sacrifice... is our reasonable service.  ShieldsFamily <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: