9 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth (Psalm 96:9).
The worship of God should be done with the right heart. True worship is not matter of simple compulsion, but rather is a matter of proper preparation. When we worship God we should do so with a clean heart and in the spirit of holiness. While we can never be truly holy on our own accord, we can approach the throne of grace with a contrite and fearful heart. Fear may seem like the wrong word to use, but it is not. The sovereign God that called the Universe into existence is holy and when we approach Him to worship we should do so with the knowledge that there is a distinction between the Creator and the created. That distinction is one of power, majesty, holiness and worthiness. Therefore, when we approach God to worship we should prayerfully consider our true position before Him and bow down before Him putting on the faith we have in our redeemer as our shield. The good news of the Gospel is that our redeemer is God himself through the power and covering of the Lord Jesus Christ. The covering of Christ is the beauty of holiness, so we appear before God in worship as holy on account of the risen Christ.
The worship of God should be done with the right heart. True worship is not matter of simple compulsion, but rather is a matter of proper preparation. When we worship God we should do so with a clean heart and in the spirit of holiness. While we can never be truly holy on our own accord, we can approach the throne of grace with a contrite and fearful heart. Fear may seem like the wrong word to use, but it is not. The sovereign God that called the Universe into existence is holy and when we approach Him to worship we should do so with the knowledge that there is a distinction between the Creator and the created. That distinction is one of power, majesty, holiness and worthiness. Therefore, when we approach God to worship we should prayerfully consider our true position before Him and bow down before Him putting on the faith we have in our redeemer as our shield. The good news of the Gospel is that our redeemer is God himself through the power and covering of the Lord Jesus Christ. The covering of Christ is the beauty of holiness, so we appear before God in worship as holy on account of the risen Christ.
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