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A Place for the King: The Biblical Foundation for Worship...Continued from page 6
Jack Hayford
The Living Way
Stage 6: A Godly Habitation
Jesus prepares the Church to be a temple of living stones.
The Lord is now ready to build His people into a dwelling place for His presence. Jesus has prepared the Church to be a temple built of “living stones”—that’s you and me! When we gather together, we become a place for God to dwell and for the dominion of His Kingdom to be established; the King is literally “enthroned” in our praises (Psalm 22:3). When we worship, God will come and dwell with us, with all the weight of His glory, His rulership and His dominion.
In this atmosphere—where worship ushers in the presence of God—four critically important things take place. First, the Word becomes incarnated in people; it becomes life, not just an intellectual exercise. Second, people are healed in the ongoing pattern of God’s presence. Third, they come to know the Lord as His Kingdom is established. And, finally, as God empowers His people, their worship crowds out the borders of hell’s domain.
When we come together in a worship service, God’s people are built up as a habitation for His presence, as the “living stones” of His temple. Through our worship, an intimate and vibrant relationship with the living God is made possible: His assignment for us as His “royal priesthood” is restored; we become ministering agents of His resurrection life to the world; and we are enabled to move in the expanding dominion and rulership He intended for humankind from the beginning.
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