Pilgrim said: But what we haven't seen is EXEGETICAL PROOF that "worship" is directly, specifically, and solely related to the individuals keeping of the commandments in contradistinction to the truth believed by the Church for two millennia. Are you capable of doing that? Are you going to do that?
The burden of proof is on you to show your delineation, not on me to show my non-delineation. I say that the believer can manifest a worshipful heart in all that he does. You say that worship is something which a man does at particular times in particular situations. In other words, you believe that a worship/non-worship delineation exists in the Bible and I do not. Now, I cannot point to a delineation which I do not believe to exist in the Bible and say, "there it is not." If you maintain that a worship/non-worship delineation exists, then you must point to it and say "there it is."
And while you are doing that please tell me:
Where does the Bible draw a parallel between the Old Testament Temple worship and the New Testament church meeting?
Where in the Bible are synagogue assemblies or church meetings every referred to as "worship services" or anything similar to that?
Where in the Bible was anyone ever said to be in the synagogue assembly or church meeting for worship, or said to be going to a synagogue assembly or church meeting for worship?
Where in the New Testament Scriptures is any function of the synagogue assembly or church meeting every referred to as an act of worship?
When the word worship is used in the New Testament Scriptures in reference to a particular location, why is it only applied to the Temple and never to synagogue assemblies or church meetings?
Also, I do not always immediately back up every statement I make with biblical exegesis. But if you quote anything that I said which was not biblically supported and you challenge me to support it, then I will do so.
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Pilgrim said: Another thing we haven't seen is your answer to the questions, 1) What church/denomination are you a member of? and 2) What writers can you point to that have held the same views that you do in regard to "worship" and the function/responsibilities of "Elders" and "Pastors"?
As I wrote in another thread, I am here to discuss biblical issues from a Sola Scriptura perspective and nothing else. if you want to make me the topic of discussion or if you want to compare my doctrine to that of any other man, you may do so. But, again, I am here to discuss biblical issues from a Sola Scriptura perspective and nothing else.
Having said that, I will also say this to all in this forum who call themselves Reformed: I know that this might be hard for you to swallow, but the fact is that although the Protestant Reformation reformed Christian doctrine to a great extent it never fully reformed the church back to apostolic principles. And if you want to build on the work of the Reformers (instead of just resting on it) and you want your motto of "always reforming" to be more than empty words, then you have to be willing to consider the possibility that the Reformers did not complete the job and that more work needs to be done. And if you are going to further the work of reformation, then you must be willing to go directly to the Bible alone rather than filtering every doctrine through their writings to determine its validity.
