Our Worship
The worship of the church is a matter of divine activity
rather than human creativity.
Hughes Oliphant Old
rather than human creativity.
Hughes Oliphant Old
Christ Presbyterian Church believes that the liturgy service on each Lord's Day is a summons by the Triune God for His people to draw near to Him. This drawing near to God is to be seen not only as the highest privilege each believer has but also it is to be seen as foundational and formative for all of their life.
The first principle of worship before the Triune God is the first principle for all of life - the fear of the LORD. As such, we believe that our liturgical worship is to be marked by a holy reverence of the Lord. A major factor in this first principle is that we perform our liturgical worship according to the prescriptions of the Law of the Lord; we are not left to do whatever we want to do and call it worship. This is critical; for as can be seen throughout the Scriptures, man’s heart is a "factor of idolatry", and therefore must be regulated by LORD, so that we might avoid falling into idolatrous worship and lifestyles. It should be noted that the first four of the Ten Commandments deal with the regulation of worship of the LORD (see Exodus 20; Deuteronomy 5).
The Lord has not left us without witness in His Word as to the nature of worship before Him. Therefore, our liturgical worship is to be performed according to the guidance in His revealed Word. Though we might not be able to find a single paragraph or a single text that stipulates the various components of divine worship, we are able to learn for instance from the teaching on the sequence of the sacrifices in the book of Leviticus how we are to draw near to our sovereign Lord in liturgical worship.
In the Scriptures, we are able to discern a basic outline of how the performance of liturgical worship is to be constructed. We see five basic components to this procedure:
1. The LORD CALLS His people to worship
2. The LORD CLEANSES His people
3. The LORD CONSECRATES His people
4. The LORD COMMUNIONS with His people
5. The LORD COMMISSIONS His people
Our Sunday liturgical service of worship is constructed along this five-fold model. You can see our order of liturgical worship under the "Sunday in Worship" tab above.
The first principle of worship before the Triune God is the first principle for all of life - the fear of the LORD. As such, we believe that our liturgical worship is to be marked by a holy reverence of the Lord. A major factor in this first principle is that we perform our liturgical worship according to the prescriptions of the Law of the Lord; we are not left to do whatever we want to do and call it worship. This is critical; for as can be seen throughout the Scriptures, man’s heart is a "factor of idolatry", and therefore must be regulated by LORD, so that we might avoid falling into idolatrous worship and lifestyles. It should be noted that the first four of the Ten Commandments deal with the regulation of worship of the LORD (see Exodus 20; Deuteronomy 5).
The Lord has not left us without witness in His Word as to the nature of worship before Him. Therefore, our liturgical worship is to be performed according to the guidance in His revealed Word. Though we might not be able to find a single paragraph or a single text that stipulates the various components of divine worship, we are able to learn for instance from the teaching on the sequence of the sacrifices in the book of Leviticus how we are to draw near to our sovereign Lord in liturgical worship.
In the Scriptures, we are able to discern a basic outline of how the performance of liturgical worship is to be constructed. We see five basic components to this procedure:
1. The LORD CALLS His people to worship
2. The LORD CLEANSES His people
3. The LORD CONSECRATES His people
4. The LORD COMMUNIONS with His people
5. The LORD COMMISSIONS His people
Our Sunday liturgical service of worship is constructed along this five-fold model. You can see our order of liturgical worship under the "Sunday in Worship" tab above.