Why Should I Go to Worship Assembly Praise

Why Should I Go to Worship Assembly? Praise the LORD! I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, In the assembly of the upright and in the congregation. 2 The works of the LORD are great, Studied by all who have pleasure in them. 3 His work is honorable and glorious, And His righteousness endures forever. (Psalm 111: 1 -3)

Why Should I Go to Worship? • Even in the O. T. God wanted Israel to go to the assigned (Lev. 17: 1 -9; Deut. 12: 5 -14) place

Why Should I Go to Worship? • Even in the O. T. God wanted Israel to go to the assigned place (Lev. 17: 1 -9; Deut. 12: 5 -14) • N. T. examples of assembled Worship (Acts 2: 42, 44; 5: 12; 20: 7; 1 Cor. 16: 1 -2)

Acts 2: 42, 44 (42), And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. (44), Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common.

Acts 5: 12 And through the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. And they were all with one accord in Solomon's Porch.

Acts 20: 7 Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight.

1 Corinthians 16: 1 -2 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given orders to the churches of Galatia, so you must do also: 2 On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be no collections when I come.

Why Should I Go to Worship? • Even in the O. T. God wanted Israel to go to the assigned place (Lev. 17: 1 -9; Deut. 12: 5 -14) • N. T. examples of assembled Worship (Acts 2: 42, 44; 5: 12; 20: 7; 1 Cor. 16: 1 -2) • N. T. Christians “came together” (Heb. 10: 25; Acts 20: 7 -8; 1 Cor. 11: 20, 33 -34)

Hebrews 10: 25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

Acts 20: 7 -8 Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight. 8 There were many lamps in the upper room where they were gathered together.

1 Corinthians 11: 20, 33 -34 (20), Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper. (33 -34), Therefore, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. 34 But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you come together for judgment. And the rest I will set in order when I come.

Why Should I Go to Worship? • Even in the O. T. God wanted Israel to go to the assigned place (Lev. 17: 1 -9; Deut. 12: 5 -14) • N. T. examples of assembled Worship (Acts 2: 42, 44; 5: 12; 20: 7; 1 Cor. 16: 1 -2) • N. T. Christians “came together” (Heb. 10: 25; Acts 20: 7 -8; 1 Cor. 11: 20, 33 -34) • Christ expects us to come together (Ephesians 4: 11 -16; 1 Cor. 12: 25 -27)

Ephesians 4: 11 -16 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting. . .

Ephesians 4: 11 -16, cont. but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head--Christ-- 16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. 15

1 Corinthians 12: 25 -27 That there should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another. 26 And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. 27 Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.

We are Commanded to Assemble! And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

Psalm 122: 1 I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go into the house of the LORD. “ Question to Consider: If everyone attended and participated as I do, would this church have regular worship services?