There are no Jews No Greeks, etc Part 22

The meat of the matter is unity in purpose. Am I prepared to be holy? (Rev 2:1) Am I prepared to act as one of His family, His daughter, part of the bride of Christ? (Gal 1:2) Am I prepared to remonstrate to Him, to respect Him, to show reverence to Him/ (Acts 9:31) Am I prepared to learn from Him during this time of community and communing with God, so that I then can be His witness, or do I use this time to demonstrate that I know this and that, and that my talent is this and that, and that I love God this much? If so, I am preaching to the choir. My family knows what I can do. If my lifestyle in the church is so that others will want to come in by seeing my testimony through my talents or through me speaking in what should be a time of worship, how is that showing Him that I know He knows best? How is that demonstrating to Him that I truly want to be His witness? (Acts 15:4) The Hebrews led by Joshua did some pretty stupid things, marching around Jericho 7 times, smashing jugs, blowing trumpets because the Lord told them too, not because it was going to win over those in Jericho. Our purpose is to demonstrate His power, not mine given by Him, but His power and that is beyond proving. His own Word proves Himself as true and trustworthy. (Rev 2:12) God is holy, Jesus is holy, I am to be holy and upright and to follow Him . (Rev 3:7). Jesus is God, holding the Spirit of God within Himself (Rev 3:1) and as God is, so Jesus is. (Rev 2:8) Jesus, and God and His Spirit, live forever and there is power in Jesus and God and His spirit. My goal during worship then is not to improve or to show others a new view of Christ, but to truly reverence Him. Show Him, demonstrate Him. Be like Him. And the way to be like Him is to submit to the authority of His Word and those who He anointed as leaders in the body of Christ I worship.