Worship itself is a re-presentation of Christ. . . . a reenactment of the Christ-event—a dramatic representation that symbolically communicates the victory of Christ over all forces of evil. Consequently, when we worship, the conflict between good and evil that we experience in our everyday lives is confronted and resolved. We leave worship once again with the personal assurance that the battle is won—Satan has been, is now being, and will be defeated. Because we are confident in Christ’s victory, we experience a great release from the burden of our sin and we become filled with joy and peace.
-Robert Webber, Worship Is a Verb: Celebrating God’s Mighty Deeds of Salvation, Second Edition (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1996), 31-33.