Corporate Worship: Who is with us? All Spiritual Conditions

All spiritual conditions. The only true worship is that of believers to God. It is what Christians do when they gather together as one body to honor God. So it must be directed at what Christians do. But who is present in our gatherings? Believers and unbelievers. We plan with believers in mind because true worship is an activity only believers can engage in. We know from the NT that often unbelievers would sneak their way into the church deceptively, trying to turn others away from the faith. We must be discerning. There were also wayward believers who teach false doctrine. While we are aware that unbelievers will be present – we do not plan services specifically for unbelievers – we will not plan seeker sensitive services, or seeker-driven services; but we ought to strive to be sensible to people – explaining the gospel to them, not just using words that only insiders know. But the activities we engage in only make sense for believers. To the unbelieving the gospel of Jesus Christ is foolishness. To us who are being saved it is the wisdom and power of God. There are people of all ages who do not know Jesus. 2 Tim. 2:19-21 Only God knows who is His. Because only God knows the true condition of each person’s heart, we will call people wqho profess to believe to faith and obedience; and unbelievers to faith and repentance.