be in him! What an important New Testament concept this is that the church is the body of Christ, and how vividly the first Christians understood that they were all together one body, the body of Christ. They understood their worship to be part of the worship that the ascended Christ performed in the heavenly sanctuary to the glory of the Father (Heb. 7:23–25; 9:25; 10:19–22; 13:15). If Reformed theology is concerned that worship be according to God’s Word and in obedience to God’s Word and if Reformed
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