我們可以發現，我們一旦進入了神的聖所，我們對事物的觀點就會有所改變。當然，我們獨處的時候也可能會這樣，不過要是我們在集體崇拜中，這情況會更快發生。神命令我們聚集，不單是要讓我們加深彼此的認識，更要讓我們更多的認識祂。而有趣的是：當我們越能夠有效地彼此交往的時候，我們就越有效地與神交往。我們透過集體的敬拜，比獨自敬拜能夠更認識神。不過這並不是說被逼留在家裡 ,或者因為種種原因而不能參加集體敬拜的人，不能夠親密地認識神，只是有些特別的事情確實來自集體崇拜的行動。

讓我們來聽一聽魯益斯（C.S. Lewis）怎麼說：「神只能夠向真實的人顯出祂的真我。那表示不單是個別良善的人，而是在群體中聯合在一起，彼此相愛，彼此幫助，向彼此顯示神的人。因為這是神對人的要求；好像樂隊的成員，或者身體的器官一樣都是一個整體。因此，要認識神，我們必須要整個基督徒群體一起等候祂，這才算是足夠。基督徒之間的情誼，就像是科學的技術設備──實驗室的裝備一般重要。」

那些不參加教會的聚會，或者不與其他信徒有團契生活的基督徒，都會錯過了生命中最偉大的科學──學習認識神。

We are seeing that once we enter the sanctuary of God our perspective changes. This can happen to us when we are alone, of course, but the chances are it will happen more swiftly in the act of corporate worship. It is a command of God that we meet together, not only that we might come to know each other better, but that we might also come to know Him better. And here's the interesting thing - the more effectively we relate to one another, the more effectively we relate to Him. We come to know God better through the act of corporate worship than when we worship on our own. That is not to say that the shut-ins, or those who for various reasons are unable to meet together in worship, cannot know God intimately, but something special flows out of the act of corporate worship.

Listen to how C.S. Lewis put it: "God can show Himself as He really is only to real men. And that means not simply men who are individually good but to men who are united together in a body, loving one another, helping one another, showing Him to one another. For that is what God meant humanity to be like; like players in one band, or organs in one body. Consequently the only real adequate instrument for learning about God is the whole Christian community, waiting for Him together. Christian brotherhood is, so to speak, the technical equipment for this science - the laboratory outfit."

Christians who neglect attendance at the church, or choose to deprive themselves of fellowship with other Christians, miss out on life's greatest science - learning about God.