Thank God—it is almost Sunday! As we prepare for church worship, may these words of Jonathan Edwards, from his sermon entitled, "A Warning to Professors of Religion," bless our hearts:
"When we are in attendance on the ordinances [preaching, sacraments, and prayers (songs)] of divine worship, we are in the special presence of God. When persons come and attend on the ordinances of God, they are said to come before God, and to come into His presence. Jer. 7:10: 'Come and stand before Me, in this house which is called by My Name.' Ps. 100:2: 'Come be-fore His presence with singing.'"In divine ordinances, people have immediate interaction with God, either in applying to Him (as in prayer and singing praises); or in receiving from Him, waiting solemnly and immediately on Him for spiritual good (as in hearing the Word); or in both applying to God and receiving from Him (as in the sacra-ments [baptism and the Lord's Supper])."
