The Kingdom of God, Student Workbook, SW02

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T H E K I N G D O M O F G O D

I. The Church Is the Agent of the Kingdom through its Worship of God as King and Lord.

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The Father’s desire: those who will worship him in spirit and in truth, John 4.24.

A. The Church’s most fundamental identity: to declare God’s wonderful deeds in worship to the world, 1 Pet. 2.9-10.

B. The nature of eternal life is knowing God the Father, and Jesus Christ, the One sent by him, John 17.3.

C. The worship of Almighty God in the Church is one of the most distinctive characteristics of the historical Church.

1. It was the habit and practice of the earliest Christian fellowships.

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2. Paul’s directions to the Corinthians to meet and set aside their offerings on the first day of the week, 1 Cor. 16.2.

3. Heb. 10.23-25

D. Paul’s instruction regarding worship in the Church makes it a central priority of the believers gathered, Eph. 5.18-20.

E. Old Testament people of God and New Testament Church: connected in their worship of Almighty God

1. The book of Psalms