3. Worship in public assembly While we need to recognise at the outset that ‘there is no single passage in the New Testament that establishes a paradigm for corporate worship’,6 we must also recognise that this ‘lack’ is deeply providential. Had the Lord given a set pattern for the gatherings of the new covenant people of God we would be worshiping them, rather than him, to this day! The comments that follow, therefore, reflect the matters that must be given continual priority amongst Christian worshipers
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