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While the statements along the lines of "Worship is not about us at all" are contrary to God's will to send His son to die in His love for us and provide for us the Holy Spirit and to sanctify us by His Word, the video is a wake-up call - certainly for Sunday morning and just as much for the other 167 hours of the week.
Ben, could you clarify what you mean?
It seems that the video is trying to point out that the focus of our worship should not be on us, that's all.
In that sense "worship is not about us at all."
I seem to lack the gift to make succinct/concise statements! May God bless you to forgive me for once again writing in perhaps more words than are necessary...
"Worship is not about us at all."
"All" is all-inclusive, so "not at all" is all-exclusive. If we all exclude ourselves from worship then for whom do we claim that Christ died?..(see conclusion below for clarification)...
From page 129 of the CLB Statement of Faith:
As John gives us a glimpse into eternity in Revelation, especially chapters four through
seven, we see worship as the saints are gathered in the presence of God in praise.
This eternal relationship is practiced in the present in worship. In worship, we encounter
God who gives us his salvation gifts through word and sacrament and we respond to him in
praise and thanksgiving. In worship, God acts through human means to call people to
repentance and faith, to strengthen those who are weak, to convict and correct his people and call them to service.
Peter writes that God chooses us to be his people, the holy priesthood, the holy nation,
so that we may declare the praises of the one who saved us (1 Peter 2:9-10).
And from page 132:
Worship is receiving life from God and responding in praise and thanksgiving. It is Gospel, meaning that it is about what God has done and is doing. Worship is not primarily human work, but the reality that makes worship alive is that God works through the words that are spoken and sung and through the holy acts of the sacraments to give his gifts of faith and salvation. Therefore, worship is evangelistic. Evangelism is good news; it is not good advice. It is proclamation of what God has done in Christ for us and for our salvation. As the message is proclaimed, God is at work giving salvation and growing faith. Worship that is all about human action and response and adoration doesn’t deliver salvation gifts. Worship that is about God does [deliver salvation gifts].
Worship of our almighty God is very inclusive and we should not think that "worship is not about us at all". It is about us, just not through us - for this, too, is God's gracious work.
Or... Worship is about us, but our inclusion does not come from us - our inclusion, too, is by God's grace.
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