Conclusion

As God’s children, Christians draw their entire purpose and life from God. We know that continuing to live means continuing to make worship the foundation of everything else. In this life we strive to make all that we say and do an offering to him. As members of His Church, as the royal priesthood, as the lynchpin of creation, we are called to be the voice of all visible creation, giving thanks to God on behalf of all. As his priesthood, we offer the world back to him, beginning with ourselves, as incorporated members of the Body of Christ. Christ alone offers the full, true, and acceptable worship. It is because we are in him, and are his Body, that our worship also partakes of that fullness, that truth, and is accepted by the Father.

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