Letter from the sub-editor VIII
As for the sub-editor's heading “Orderly Worship” for the passage in my Bible 1 Corinthians 14:26-40, Good Lord, deliver us. Have a quick read of 1 Corinthians. Go on, do it now. I know you have the time, even though the self-appointed supplier of scriptural subheadings is completely convinced that you don't.
OK, now that you're back, be honest. You noticed it too, didn't you? Not once does the word “worship” (Greek proskuneo) occur in the entire letter. Oh alright then, once and once only. Sadly, not in this section. And sadly, not (as the sub-editor implies) to do with Christians in church. The only person who is said to ‘worship God’ in the whole of 1 Corinthians is not some Christian with a guitar, or some priest mumbling in Latin over bread and wine. The one person who worships God is a non-christian! He does it in 1 Corinthians 14:25, in response to the words of prophecy that convict him and cause him to “declare that God is really among you”.
Here, the sub-editor has completely misled us as to the true meaning of the 1 Corinthians 14:26-40. It is not about Christians. It is not about worship. It is not about Christians worshipping. It is about meeting together to speak plain, understandable words to each other about the gospel of God, in a way that brings honour to God.