[kosta50]

Sorry for the double post (sticky keys!). As a followup, consider for a moment that there is no redemption, no salvation for our fallen nature, no hope of life ever-lasting, no rewards in heaven.

Then consider how many people would be in church for no other reason but to express their platitudes to God, just to praise His greatness and omnipotence.

I would say about as many as there are fallen angels doing the same thing.

[Forest Keeper]

As a followup, consider for a moment that there is no redemption, no salvation for our fallen nature, no hope of life ever-lasting, no rewards in heaven. Then consider how many people would be in church for no other reason but to express their platitudes to God, just to praise His greatness and omnipotence.

If all that was true then there would be no such thing as Christianity as we know it, and it would all be pointless. God created His elect to need, but also to glorify Him. We do both through prayer.