{"id":23100,"date":"2019-04-03T08:00:11","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T12:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=23100"},"modified":"2026-07-16T10:43:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T14:43:37","slug":"biblical-worship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/biblical-worship.htm","title":{"rendered":"Biblical Worship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paging through the Bible we find some differences in how God instructed His people, Israel, to worship in the Old Testament, and how He instructed the Church, in the New Testament.<\/p>\n

Though worship before Christ changed after Christ, the essence of worshiping remained the same, making those realities of worship applicable for us today.<\/p>\n

Worship in the Old Testament<\/h2>\n

For the Israelites, worship centered around God’s presence and glory in the temple with other specific locations prior to the building of the temple (Jn. 4:21).<\/span> The Israelites worshiped through scheduled and regulated feasts and literal sacrifices (Leviticus).<\/p>\n

Though they put great importance on place and method, we still find instances of individual, spontaneous, and varied means of expression.<\/p>\n

Worship in the New Testament<\/h2>\n

For the Church, worship centered around God’s presence at any location, where even two or three gathered (Matt. 18:20) and was to be done in spirit and in truth (Jn. 4:21-24). Worship involved the whole of life and spiritual sacrifices (Rom. 12:1).<\/span><\/p>\n

Though great importance was put on the heart, we still find instances of meeting in a place and planning for a specific or designated means of expression.<\/p>\n

Essence of Biblical Worship Today<\/h2>\n

While differences existed between the Old and New Testament worship, some truths about worship weave though both Testaments. Certainly these must be truths that take us to the essence of biblical worship and should affect worship through all times.<\/p>\n