OUTLINE THREE

THE WORSHIP OF THE FATHER

Scripture Reading: John 15:26; 16:13-15; 1 Cor. 12:3; 1 John 2:1; 2:23; Heb. 2:10-12; Psa. 22:12-22; John 20:17; Matt. 26:26-30; John 17:1-5

1. The Lord's table meeting not only includes the remembrance of the Lord in the first part but also includes the worship of the Father in the latter part.
   1. According to the procedure in God's salvation, we first receive the Lord and then draw near to the Father.
   2. In Matthew 26:26-30, after the Lord Jesus broke the bread and sang a hymn with the disciples, He led them to the Mount of Olives.
      1. He led them to the Mount of Olives to meet with the Father.
      2. A principle is implied and established, that is, after we have broken the bread to remember the Lord, we should be led by Him to worship the Father together.
2. In God's economy the Spirit testifies concerning the Son and leads the believers to the Son—John 15:26; 16:13-15; 1 Cor. 12:3.
   1. John 15:26 says, "But when the Comforter comes,...the Spirit of reality...He will testify concerning Me."
   2. John 16:13-15 says, "But when He, the Spirit of reality, comes, He will guide you into all the reality [the Son]...He shall glorify Me, for He shall receive of Mine and shall disclose it to you."
   3. First Corinthians 12:3 says, "No one speaking in the Spirit of God says, Jesus is accursed; and no one can say, Lord Jesus, except in the Holy Spirit."
   4. In the Lord's table meeting, the Spirit brings us to the Son that the Son may receive the adequate remembrance from all of the members of the Body of Christ, the sons of God and brothers of the firstborn Son.
3. In God's economy the Son is the believers' Advocate or Intercessor with the Father and leads them to the Father—1 John 2:1; 2:23; Heb. 2:12.
   1. First John 2:1 says, "If anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous."
   2. First John 2:23 says, "Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who confesses the Son has the Father also."
   3. Hebrews 2:12 says, "I [Jesus] will declare Your name [the Father's name] to My brothers; in the midst of the church I will sing hymns of praise unto You [the Father]."
   4. After we remember the Lord, the Son brings us to the Father that we with Him, as the many sons of the Father and brothers of the firstborn Son, might worship the Father.