Worship is a fun....! Worship is an entertainment...! Worship is a social gathering...! Worship is a a kind of psychological or emotional activity...........and read and defined worship as.....this and that........
But what is Christian Worship?
It has many realms...praise, adoration, thanksgiving, repentance, intercession....and so on....
Sometimes all these aspects were compartmentalised....
We read it and understood it in different ways...and sometimes over simplified all these elements....
But now a days in the midst of protests, demonstrations and movements ...how do we read and define worship......
We worship God....only God......
We affirm our faith in God
We believe in human and divine face of God revealed in Christ....
Christ worshipped in the synagogues, and his presence, words,and actions reflected his protest against the religiosity, perceptions, theology, business attitude in the worship, and the passive and materialistic attitude of the all leaders.............
Christ shown his protest in the worship by redefining the basic concept of reading Torah in life's perspectives.....
Christ interpreted Torah from people's perspectives....
Christ affirmed justice in the worship......
Christ democratised the worship place for all
Christ read and interpreted Torah in the perspective of lepers, women, children, outcasts, and many.....
It was a deliberate act....
It was Jesus' protest against sin and its agents......
Worship is a protest....
Protest against Satan and Satanic forces....
While we recite Nicene Creed we denounce Satan and we affirm our faith in the Triune God.....
Worship is an act against falsehood and sin...it is a protest......
While we take part in Holy Communion we look forward a new heaven and earth....
While we pray 'Your Kingdom Come' we look forward for a world there is no poverty....It is a protest...
While we give Kiss of Peace we denounce the discrimination, division and violence....it is an act of protest
Lord's Table is a protest against the accumulation, hoarding, injustice and hatred....
Lord's Table affirm sharing, love, justice and life.........
While we intercede we denounce the concept of 'otherness'....It is a protest....
Worship is a protest against sin...
While we gather in the name of God we denounce Satan and its forces......
While we come together for worship we denounce the forces who crucify the People.....
Worship is a Protest against violence, death, discrimination, poverty, hatred, otherness....
Worship is a movement with God.....
There will not be any compromise with Sin
We declare our love and solidarity to those who hunger and thirst for, peace, justice, meekness, mercy.......
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven
(Read - Mathew 5:1-11)
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