Meditation On The Implication Of God's Eternality In Our Worship From The Reading In Gospel Worship

From the reading in Burroughs, if God is eternal, then we must view our sin - past and present - as if it had just been done [pg 122-123 of the old version]. God does. I tend to enter into worship in a frame of mind proportionate to the amount of sin I committed recently. Instead, I should always enter into worship with the conscious realization of who God is - HOLY - and who I am and what I've done to offend his holiness. This is why our worship must be done through a mediator. I cannot come into God's presence because of my sin. It is only through Christ's righteousness imputed to me that I can. The realization of who I am, what I've done, and who I am in Christ should compel not a boastful and arrogant disposition but a heart that is humble and contrite, desiring God's glory alone.