Friday, September 28, 2007

Manifestations of the Christian worship - part 10

10 - The other bonanza element in worship according to NT was practical of the orderlies - the baptism and the Ceia.
The Ceia (or “to leave of the bread”, to see At 2,42) seems that she was observed daily soon enters the believers after the Pentecostes (At 2,46, 47), and, later, at least a time per week (At 20,7, 11).In agreement baptism the order of Christ (TM 28,19, 20) occurred whenever it had conversions and new people entered the church (At 2.41; 8.12; 9.18; 10.48; 16.30-33; 19.1-5).

Manifestations of the Christian worship - part 9

9 - Something singular in the cult of the church it NT was the performance of the Saint Spirit and its manifestations.
It enters these manifestations of the Spirit in the congregation you had the word of the wisdom, the special word of the knowledge, manifestations of faith, dons of cures, miraculosos powers, prophecy, discernment of espíritos, speech in languages and the interpretation of languages (1Co 12,7-10).
The charismatic character of the primitive Christian cult comes, also, described in the letters of Pablo: “When you gather yourselves, each one of you has salmo, has doctrine, has revelation, has language, has interpretation” (1Co 14,26).
In the first epistle to the coríntios, Pablo displays normative principles of the worship of them (to see 1Co 14,1-33 s).
The dominant principle for the exercise of any dom of the Espirito Santo during the cult is the fortalecimento and the construction of the entire congregation (1Co 12.7; 14.26).

Manifestations of the Christian worship - part 8

8 - When the people of God if always congregated in the Temple, all had to bring its tenths and offers (Sl 96.8; Ml 3,10).
Similar, Pablo wrote the Christians of Corinto, in regards to the collection for the church of Jerusalem: “In the first day of the week, each one of you puts of part what it will be able to gather, as its prosperity” (1Co 16,2).The true worship the God must, therefore to try a chance to present the Mr. our tenths and offers.

Manifestations of the Christian worship - part 7

7 - The worship must also include the reading in set of the Holy Writs and its faithful exposition.
In the times of at, God commanded that, each seventh year, in the party of the Tabernáculos, all the Israelis if congregated for the public reading of the law of Moisés (Dt 31,9-13).
The example clearest of this element of the cult in at, appeared in the time of Esdras and Neemias (8.1-12).
The reading of the Holy Writs started to be a regular part of the cult of the synagogue in Saturday (to see Lc 4.16-19; At 13,15).
Similar, when the believers of the NT congregated themselves for the cult, also they heard the reading of the Word of God (1Tm 4.13; cf. CL 4.16; 1Ts 5,27) together with teaching, pregação and exhortation based in it (1Tm 4.13; 2Tm 4.2; cf. At 19.8-10; 20.7).

Manifestations of the Christian worship - part 6

6 - The confession of sins was sabidamente important part of the worship in at.
God establishes the Day of the Atonement for the Israelis as an occasion for the national confession of sins (Lv 16).
Salomão, in its conjunct of devotion of the temple, recognized the importance of the confession (1Rs 8,30-36).
When Esdras and Neemias had verified until point the people of God if moves away from its law, had directed all the nation of Judá in a contrita public conjunct of confession (CAP. 9).
Thus, also, in the conjunct of the Father ours, Jesus it teaches the believers to ask for pardon of the sins (TM 6,12).
Tiago teaches the believers to confess its sins ones to the others (Tg 5,16); through the sincere confession, we receive the certainty from the gracious pardon the holy ghost (1Jo 1,9).

Manifestations of the Christian worship - part 5

5 - Another important element in the worship is to search the face of God in conjunct.
The saints of at constantly communicated with God through the conjunct (e.g. Gn 20.17; Nm 11.2; 1Sm 8.6; 2 Sm 7.27; Dn 9.3-19; cf. Tg 5,17, 18).
The apóstolos prayed constantly after Jesus going up to the sky (At 1,14), and the conjunct became regular part of the collective Christian worship (At 2.42; 20.36; 1Ts 5,17).
These conjuncts were, to the times, for they themselves (At 4,24-30); other times were intercessórias conjuncts for other people (e.g. At 12.5; Rm 15.30-32; Ef 6,18).
In all time the conjunct of the believer must be folloied of action of thanks to God (Ef 5.20; Fp 4.6; CL 3,15, 17; 1Ts 5,17, 18).
As the cântico, praying it could be made in known human language, or languages (1Co 14,13-15).

Manifestations of the Christian worship - part 4

4 - An authentic way to praise the God is to sing salmos, hymns and cânticos spirituals.
At is repleto of exhortations on as to sing the Mr. (e.g., 1Cr 16.23; Sl 95.1; 96.1, 2; 98.1, 5,6; 100.1, 2).
In the occasion of the birth of Jesus, the totality of the celestial troops burst in a cântico of louvor (Lc 2,13, 14), and the church of the NT was a people who sang (1Co 14.15; Ef 5.19; CL 3.16; Tg 5,13).
The cânticos of the Christians were sung, or with the mind (i.e in a known human language) or with the spirit (i.e., in languages; to see 1Co 14,15). In no circumstance the cânticos were executed as pastime.