Eastside church of Christ

Nearly all people recognise the importance of worship. Certainly worship is seen as something that is very important in the Bible, and something that we ought to do and that God expects us to do. For example, Jesus once told a Samaritan woman:

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship Him (John 4: 23).

It is clear then that today Christians ought to worship God. The word translated in our Bibles as "worship" means to "pay obeisance to, do reverence to". But how should we do this? Do we get to choose the ways in which we do reverence to God? Or has He specified a certain way that He wants to be worshipped, and we should follow those instructions?

As with all other aspects of the organisation of His church, God has specified a pattern for worship. Instead of trying to tinker with that pattern, or to substitute our own desires for it, Christians today ought to worship God as He has commanded - in Spirit and in Truth.

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth (John 4: 24).

To worship in spirit means to worship with the right attitude: one of reverence (I Corinthians 14: 40) and of joy (Psalm 122: 1). To worship in truth means to worship according to truth, which the Bible itself defines as the Word of God (John 17: 17). Thus, if we want to worship God in spirit and in truth we must worship with a good, joyful and reverent attitude and we must worship in the way God has instructed us in His Word, the Bible.

At the church of Christ you will notice that all worship is conducted in a simple yet reverent manner, according to a Scriptural pattern. This is because we are worshipping in the same way that we see the church worshipping in the pages of the New Testament itself. All aspects of our worship are taken from the New Testament for this reason: because we want to worship in truth, according to the Word of God.

We preach and teach in our worship, just as the church of the New Testament did (Acts 20: 7). We partake of the Lord's Supper on the first day of the week (Sunday), because that is what is done in the pages of the New Testament (I Corinthians 11: 23-26; Acts 20: 7). We give a free will contribution from the members, because that is what the first century church was commanded by the Apostle Paul (I Corinthians 16: 1-2). We pray, just as the early church was told to pray (I Timothy 2: 8). We sing, without the accompaniment of mechanical instruments of music, because that is what the church of the Bible did (Ephesians 5: 19; Colossians 3: 16).

We want you to join us in our worship to God, and we extend an invitation to you to come and be with us at any of our services. If you have any questions about our worship, or any other aspect of the church, we would love to hear from you. If you have any questions, or you would like to enrol in a Bible correspondence course or a Bible study, please get in contact with us today!