Many Verses: The Importance of Reading the Scriptures in Reformed Worship

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Many Verses! What an odd topic for a booklet. Why in the world would it matter how much Scripture is read during public worship?

But before this work is dismissed as obscurantist, let me urge the reader to consider the fact that the Bible is the very Word of God. It is hence inerrant, infallible, and inspired, and its character alone should command respect. But more thatn that, it is God's special revelation, particularly to His covenant people - a love letter, as it were, conveying in a variety of ways the Lord's intense desire for union with His elect.

In a direct manner, we who have been chosen from eternity have the opportunity to hear from our God's own lips all He wants us to know. In historical narrative, in poetry, in prose, in prophetic utterance, God speaks - and He speaks to us.

This is not a privilege lightly foregone. yet in a day when believers in formerly Communist countries are finally able to engage in public worship without fear of reprisal, we in North America are facing a time when the divine vision is indeed becoming rare - even in churches that are professedly evangelical and/ or Reformed.

Perhaps it is because we don't believe the Bible anymore or don't take God seriously. Maybe it is because we don't want to wrestle with various portions of the Bible which we have trouble understanding or because we don't want to be humble before a a God Who speaks in particular ways. Perchance we're embarrassed by many of the inspired accounts - not just the content but the fact that they're there, or by certain expressions which seem irrelevant (such as 'Selah' or the titles in the Psalms).

Whatever the cause, it is clear that we need an acknowledgement of the transcendent in our worship. One of the most crucial ways for that to occur is by an abundant reading of Heaven's communication to us.