What is commonly called a "worship" service today is nothing like the assemblies of first-century Christians. Today's usage of familiar biblical terms--such as God, redemption, and salvation, among many others--would be unrecognizable to the apostles and their converts, both Jewish and Gentile. The vast majority of people who identify themselves as "Christians" in the modern era have never actually read the Bible for themselves at all.
God, our Creator and heavenly Father, is not hiding from or sneaking up on anybody. He created us in His own image, and He wants to communicate with us. He created the planet Earth to be our home, where every process, living and unliving, teaches us about Him. He placed a gospel in the stars that we see and has also given us the written Word, the Bible. Then, in a unique miracle of life, He Himself caused a virgin woman to become pregnant and give birth to the Messiah, the Savior who had been promised from the beginning of creation.
These dissimilar texts are all in absolute agreement. But don't take it from me--He wants to speak to you, personally, face-to-face and heart-to-heart. He wants you to know Him in the same way He knows you. That is the destiny He created for you. In fact, He paid the ultimate price to make it possible.
