From Sojourn’s member class on worship, taught by worship arts pastor Mike Cosper: 

Worship in the Broad Sense – Unceasing Worship

This definition is what we often hear called “whole life worship.‿

 

                “We were created to continuously adore.  We were created to do this as naturally as to breathe in and out, to honor, to submit, to depend on, to fellowship, with our Maker.‿ – Harold Best

                “Living Coram Deo is living every moment in the presence of God, confronted by Him in every fact, in every event, in every person.  Because of his covenantal Lordship, all of life must be brought under God’s dominion (1 Corinthians 10:31, etc.).  Nothing is neutral; nothing may be left as is.  It is, then, the comprehensiveness of God’s covenant Lordship which is most precious … Salvation is not merely a way of escaping divine Judgment, but a reorientation of all of life, and, ultimately, of all human society, of the earth itself.‿ – John Frame, Theology of Worship

<!God chose, redeemed and sealed us “for the praise of his glory‿ (Ephesians 1:1-14)

The history of redemption is the story of God “seeking‿ worshipers (John 4:23)

<!Our chief end is to glorify God (1 Corinthians 10:31)

<!As God’s chosen people, we are to declare His praises (1 Peter 2:9, Romans 15:8-11)

<!God condemned formal worship that was not accompanied with a concern for compassion and justice (Isaiah 1:10-17, Micah 6:6-8, Hosea 6:6)

<!The temple priesthood has given way to the Melchizedek priesthood of Christ (Matthew  27:51, Hebrews 5:6, 6:20-7:28) and the priesthood of all believers (1 Peter 2:5,9)

<!Doing good and sharing – as God-pleasing sacrifices (Hebrews 13:16, Philippians 4:18)

<!Greed is portrayed as idolatrous (Ephesians 5:5, Matthew 6:24)

<!Pure religion is visiting orphans and widows (James 1:26-27)

<!Paul’s Gentile converts as “offering‿ (Romans 15:16)

<!Paul’s ministry and death as a drink offering (Philippians 2:17, 2 Timothy 4:6)

<!Gifts to needy are a “fragrant offering‿ and “acceptable sacrifice‿ (Philippians 4:18, Hebrews 13:16)

<!Our lives are to be “living sacrifices‿ (Romans 12:1)

<!The new heaven & earth will be a place of eternal worship (Revelation 21, 22)

<!Work as if working for the Lord and not men. (Colossians 3:17)

Adapted from John Frame, Theology of Worship, unpublished

 

• description: Worship as an \"all of life\" dedication to God, rather than a style of music or just a congregational gathering on Sunday.
• keywords: Harold Best, John Frame, Sojourn worship arts, Mike Cosper, worship theology
• title: Worship In The Broad Sense: \"All of Life\" worship theology

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