Catechesis Notes for the Week — Christ Meets Us to Minister to Our Every Need — Why do we come to Divine Service?  Answer: Because Jesus meets us in the Divine Service and ministers to our every need with His Word and Sacrament!  We should not think of worship as our doing something for God, but rather as Christ serving us.  True worship is faith that receives Christ’s Word, confesses sin, and trusts His gracious promises for life and salvation.  This is why the psalmist says, “Lord, I have loved the habitation of Your house and the place where Your glory dwells.”  True rest, or Sabbath, comes not by the observance of a particular day for worship, but by the Word of God that calls us to repentance and that bestows upon us the grace of God in Christ.  No wonder, then, that the explanation to the Third Commandment says that we are not to “despise preaching and His Word, but hold it sacred and gladly hear and learn it.”

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