After Christ's resurrection, when He had ministered to His disciples, and proven that it was He who had been crucified, Luke makes this interesting observation: "And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy; and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God." (Luke 24:52-53)
First, it is interesting because Christ had fulfilled the Law of Moses. Therefore, the rites of the temple of Herod were no longer necessary. Yet Christ's disciples returned to the temple "continually" to worship Him. Second, the temple was under the control of those who conspired to kill the Lord. Despite this, Christ's disciples were "continually" in the temple.
True worship by a true disciple is never impaired by the circumstances. We should not allow anything to distract us from our own "praising and blessing God." If it can be done in the temple of Herod after the crucifixion of Christ, it can be done today.
Amen.
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