Public Worship
J. W. Burn. Exodus 20:22-23 And the LORD said to Moses, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, You have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.… 1. The end for which God reveals Himself is, that we should worship Him. 2. God's revelation of Himself should be kept in perpetual memory by acts of public worship. 3. God, having made a spiritual revelation of Himself, should not be worshipped under any symbolic form. I. PUBLIC WORSHIP INVOLVES COST. II. PUBLIC WORSHIP CAN DISPENSE WITH ELABORATE RITUAL. III. PUBLIC WORSHIP CAREFULLY EXCLUDES ALL IDEA OF MERIT ON THE PART OF THE WORSHIPPER. IV. PUBLIC WORSHIP IS NOT CONFINED TO SET PLACES. V. PUBLIC WORSHIP DOES NOT DEPEND ON THE MATERIAL OR INTELLECTUAL QUALIFICATIONS OF THE WORSHIPPER. VI. PUBLIC WORSHIP MUST BE CONDUCTED WITH PROPER DECENCY. VII. PUBLIC WORSHIP, WHEN PROPERLY CONDUCTED, IS UNIFORMLY ATTENDED WITH A BLESSING. 1. The Divine presence. 2. The Divine benediction. (J. W. Burn.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. WEB: Yahweh said to Moses, "This is what you shall tell the children of Israel: 'You yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.