God Judges the Church’s Worship (2)
Cory Griess provides exegetical analysis of Psalm 50 to demonstrate God's role as judge of the church's worship practices. The article distinguishes between two types of worship failures in the visible church—formalism among believers and hypocrisy among the unregenerate—arguing that God takes both forms of unfaithful worship seriously as matters requiring correction and discipline.
Previous article in this series: April 1, 2015, p. 306. Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah. Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: Psalm 50:5-7 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? Psalm 50:16 Introduction In Psalm 50 God...
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