We gather on the Lord’s Day because Christ has not left His people to live from private memory alone.
He summons His church to hear again the public announcement of what is true in Him. The justified sinner still needs the preached Word, not because justification is unstable, but because the believer’s conscience often is. We are forgetful, accused, distracted, tempted, and slow to believe that the righteousness by which we stand before God is not found within us, but given to us in Christ. In gathered worship, the church hears one Word, confesses one faith, receives one promise, and lifts one voice to the God who justifies the ungodly. We gather as those whose standing has been secured by the obedience, blood, resurrection, and intercession of Another. We do not come together to pretend we are strong. We come because Christ is strong for sinners.