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11Ifthe corporate worship of the body is to honor God, it must recognize thecovenant relationship. Visitors should recognize that those in the assembly are different,set apart from the world by God's grace and holiness. Rather than offering anatmosphere where guests can "sit back and relax," a group of authentic worshipers willoffer no apologies for giving wholehearted obedience to the God of salvation, who istheir Lord.Exodus 24The twenty-fourth chapter ofExodus records the response ofIsrael to theovertures ofYahweh. The call from God to worship is a critical ingredient in thispassage: "Then he said to Moses, 'Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab andAbihu, and seventy ofthe elders of Israel. You are to worship at a distance, but Mosesalone is to approach the LORD; the others must not come near" (Ex.24: 1-2). Themeeting here is on God's terms, not the terms ofmen. Arthur Pink interprets the secondverse to mean "man cannot approach unto God on the ground ofhis own works.,,16 Heconcludes that, as Moses was the mediator for the nation of Israel, Christ is our mediator.Hence, "For any man to come unto the Father, the work ofChrist was indispensable.?"Much ofwhat troubles the church in the area ofworship could be avoided ifwe woulddefer to God as the one who initiates worship and consistently remind ourselves that it isthe work ofJesus Christ that gives us access to Almighty God. These reminders wouldinsure that the content ofSunday morning worship remains the story ofredemption andthat the style and structure are according to God's directive and not human preferences.16 Arthur W. Pink, Gleanings in Exodus (Chicago: Moody Press, n.d.), 175.17 Ibid.