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This Is How We Worship Our Lord! Introduction:

Christianity And Judaism

Topic: How do different religions give their lords praise and worship? Also how does the praise and worship that Jews and Christians give their lords affect the way that people with in their religions act? How does the The Holy Bible, and The Hebrew Bible affect the ways of worship of Jews and Christians?What are the holidays affiliated with Judaism? Who stands as The God or The Higher Power for Judaism and Christianity? Where do Jews and Christians go to worship their lords. Why It Matters? This topic matters because it will inform people about the ways that people in Judaism and Christianity worship their god, and how they follow their religions. Also it will inform you the reader how people after worshiping their gods are affected behavior wise. Both of these religions have very unique ways of worshiping their gods, and those ways will be revealed so that people are aware.



So Judaism has five major festivals and two minor festivals. This is really interesting, Jews refer to their special days as Festivals, and its interesting because most religions call their special days Holidays instead in Judaism the special days are Festivals. Also in Judaism you pray in a congregation three times a day. In other religions some people pray only once a day, and they do it alone, but some Jews pray in a congregation three times a day, and that is pretty interesting also. The Cross is a major symbol within the Christianity religion. The Christian god Jesus Christ was crucified on the cross. In most Christian churches there is a cross hanging up somewhere in the church. The concept of the cross hanging up in the church is to remind Christian followers that Jesus died on the cross for our sins. In the Judaism religion at the age of 12 and 13 is when girls and boys become adults. This is very different in other religions you are not an adult until you are 18, but when you have your bar or bat mitzvah as a Jew you are considered as an adult. This is a unique kind of belief and tradition. So boys have Bar Mitzvahs and they have them when they are 13 years old, and girls have Bat Mitzvah's when they are 12 years old. So there is a big difference about a 5 and 6 year difference from being an adult as a Jew at the ages of 12 & 13, and being a adult as a Christian at the age of 18. Christians worship their God in churches, and Jews worship their Messiah in Temples. However both religions feel that god is everywhere, so worship and praise to the lord can happen anywhere. People in both religions do pray at home alone, but the amount of time each person in both religions pray each day is varied. Even though like it was stated earlier that Jews are to pray three times a day in a congregation. Jesus Christ is the God of all Christians. He is the Higher Power. Jews on the other hand do not believe in Jesus as their Higher Power, but some Jews believe in Moses as their Higher Power. Jesus is the son of god. Also the son of the virgin Mary. Moses is considered by most Jews to be superior, and God to the Jews. This is a scripture from the holy bible. This scripture is saying that people that worship god shall be true to him. Run all things through god, and make sure you give god some worship and praise. Make sure that god is number one in your life, and nothing else should come before him. Gospel music plays a big role in worship in Christianity. Most people like Mahalia Jackson, and Smokey Robinson use gospel music as inspiration. Gospel music is used at church in church choirs, and it uplifts the church crowd. Gospel music is used as inspirational worship for Christians. Worship and praise even comes in the form of music. media type="file" key="Gospel- When You've Been Blessed (Feels Like Heaven).mp3" width="336" height="28"

Conclusion: Praise and worship comes in many different forms. In the religions Christianity and Judaism there are many different ways of worshiping god. Also the bible has ways of worship in it also. Christians and Jews worship two different gods, and although they are two different religions with a lot of different beliefs they are also very similar. Churches and Temples are where Christians and Jews go to worship, and praise their gods, and Christians do it on a weekly basis, and Jews do it on a daily basis. What I can say about worship is there are many different unique ways of worshiping gods, and you can worship with other people or even do it alone.

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