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This is a somewhat common misconception especially among smart boys who project their own insecurity onto the Lord. The Lord isn’t insecure at all and gains no esteem from our worship. The benefit of worship isn’t for Him, it’s for you.
Psalm 100:5 begins,
One way to interpret is that “good” isn’t an adjective but a noun, like a synonym of ‘goodness’. So you can think of an equation: The Lord = goodness. So by worshiping the Lord, you are aligning yourself with goodness and doing yourself a favor.
Perfectly said. I would like to add that attending church is important because it helps with growth. Once one has matured in Christ, the next step is to keep attending and help others mature. We start as students and mature into teachers
Yes, there is the fellowship and the passing along of knowledge, and also the spiritual protection that comes with worship.
One other thing that gets neglected in Christianity, but observed in both Judaism and Islam, is the assistance and oversight of the economics and operation of the body.
It shouldn’t be central to the worship aspect, but imho it’s a component that shouldn’t be overlooked, either.
By “body” do you mean a group of church people, or do you mean an individual person’s physical self?
Really, both, but I had “group” in mind when I wrote it.
(How well Islam “looks after the members of its body” as a whole is totally up for debate, but they do tend to promote Islamic businesses and keeping money in the group better than many Christian churches do, which is what I was looking at with the comment)
Christian church people often discretely provide charity for one another, but they are less active in voting with their dollars and patronizing each other’s businesses. It’s probably from the influence of enlightenment values such as universalism.