After reading your post I had to pull out my copy of Jack Hayford's classic "Worship His Majesty". You really should read this book in order to fully answer your question, but let me quote a little:
"Again, I believe that worship is for people, not the other way around. God does not first receive worship; He first gives it. Just as the Sabbath was given to allow recreative reprieve for His most noble creation, God has given worship as a means for man's recovery, restoration, reviving, redemption and refreshing. ... In saying worship is FOR man, I have not said that worship is TO man. And in saying that worship is a gift to man, I didn't say it isn't to be expressed UNTO God. He - the Transcendant and Eternal One - is still the object of our worship and adoration. But in approaching the task of leading worship as I have declared it here, each time I step before my flock, I sense God's pleasure. I am leading them to Him, but I am doing it by means of a GIFT He has given for their blessing. Worship is for THEM, and I learned that they experience growth in every way as they receive this gift of worship as something that is THEIRS."
Also, as a side note, we must remember that every other religion has a moral code in order to ATTAIN salvation. As Christians, we have been given salvation as a FREE gift, so our good works (AND our worship) is a reflection of Christ in us!
Please read Pastor Jack's book.
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