Worship
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The Essence of Congregational Worship by Prof. Sabitu Olagoke
- By solomon2day
- On 28/02/2022
- In Special Report
An assembly of people is said to be lawful when their activities are productive and it is said to be unlawful, when foul play is suspected form their dynamics.Religious assembly must be strong enough to command what is good and pure, and prohibit what is bad and impure.
This extends to the enforcement of moral discipline, dignity of labor and legitimate earnings as against indolence, waywardness and frivolities as well as corruption.
The failure of any religious system to promote peace and development through moral reformation and good character building will ever endanger the society into a state of insecurity whereby people will shun due process in doing things but uphold illegalities taking the law into their hands to endanger other people’s lives.
The religious system is expected to have role model heads who uphold virtues, rather than the ones that would continue to illegally acquire wealth, taking advantage of the peoples’ weaknesses and vulnerability.
The Holy Bible is a good reference point, John 6 : 26–27, revealed the love of man for materialism rather than truth and God.
In the same manner, the Holy Quran, 7 : 157 admonished that adherents of all religions must seek the kingdom of God first, rather than sheepishly following religious leaders because of their fame and wealth.
The Holy Bible Matthew 11 : 28–30 states, ‘’Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.’’
In the same manner, the Holy Quran promises sincere worshipers of some benefits and admonishes on the need to maintain perfect God/man relation.
The Holy Quran 7 : 157, therefore, summarizes the essence of congregational worship, ‘’Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered prophet, whom they find written in what they have of the Torah and the Gospel, who enjoins upon them what is right and forbids them what is wrong and makes lawful for them the good things and prohibits for them the evil and relieves them of their burden and the shackles which were upon them. So they who have believed in him, honored him, supported him and followed the light which was sent down with him — it is those who will be the successful.’’
For our nation to have peace and accelerated development, the religious sector must be worked upon to have productive congregational assembly of just worship with love.
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God's Kingdom and Places of Worship
- By solomon2day
- On 24/09/2019
- In God's Word with Pastor Opeyemi Ajayi
The dominant philosophy of the present time is '' What I possess is mine to use as I wish''.
The enormous wealth of the King were handed back to God. God made the provision for the King's wealth.
This example, has to a great extent influenced people to do same.
Our houses of worship ought to attract the most suitable and the best.
For they thought to say something about the grandeur and majesty of God.
King David in his times, asserted that building temples is no more important than being the kind of person whose life reflects the glory of God.
Indeed, there is no place where God's kingdom cannot be found at work, home, leisure and the Church among others.
Human experiences of life cannot be divorced from the divine. God is involved in the whole of it-happy and sad, good and bad.