Inward, Upward, or Outward?

Turn to 2 Samuel 6:12

&& Open in prayer

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Intro: (What’s in Focus?)

· PHOTOGRAPHY as HOBBY,, ESP. BIRDS.

SOURCE of FRUSTRATION,, CAN’T ALWAYS GET CAMERA to FOCUS RIGHT.

EX: CLEAR BRANCHES & BLURRY BIRDS...

SO MANY DISTRACTIONS in FRAME...

IMPOSSIBLE to HOLD PERFECTLY STILL...

WISH COULD TELL CAMERA: I NEVER WANT PICTURES of BRANCHES.

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OFTENTIMES,, IN LIFE WE CAN CHOOSE to FOCUS on WRONG THINGS in FRAME…

ESP. APPLIED to WORSHIP…

Modern believers:

1 MILLION THINGS GOING on in LIFE

WHEN GATHERING FOR WORSHIP,,

COUNTLESS THINGS VYING for OUR ATTENTION,, & DISTRACT US...

FOODIE? (Or JUST HUNGRY?)..... WHAT’S for LUNCH/DINNER??

DISTRACTED… BY HOW SONGS SOUND.

DISTRACTED… DON’T LIKE SONG CHOICES,, PREFER OTHER SONGS/STYLES...

DISTRACTED… FOCUSED INWARD: (HOW DO I SOUND/LOOK?)

OFF KEY??

LOOKING FOOLISH??

LOOKING INDIFFERENT/COMPLACENT??

DISTRACTED…FOCUSED OUTWARD: (HOW OTHERS SOUND/LOOK?)

OFF KEY??

LOOKING FOOLISH??

LOOKING INDIFFERENT/COMPLACENT??

>>> IF WE AREN’T CAREFUL…WE END up GOING THROUGH MOTIONS of WORSHIP....WITHOUT WORSHIPPING,, BECAUSE WE HAVEN’T BEEN THINKING ABOUT GOD at ALL! <<<

I’M SURE WE CAN ALL ADMIT,, THERE’S a LOT of COMPETITION for OUT ATTENTION/FOCUS...

&& WE DON’T WANT to LEAVE CHURCH W/ PICTURE of CLEAR BRANCHES…AND BLURRY BIRDS…HAVING MISSED the WHOLE POINT.

NEED TEXT:

REMINDS US of IMPORTANCE of FOCUS in WORSHIP...

OUR FOCUS SHOULD BE on THE OBJECT of OUR WORSHIP: GOD....

NOT on THE EXPRESSION of OUR WORSHIP, OR OTHERS!

RATHER THAN BEING FOCUSED INWARDLY: (HOW DO I LOOK & SOUND)…

OR OUTWARDLY: (HOW DO THEY LOOK & SOUND)…

WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED UPWARDLY: (WORSHIP DIRECTED to OUR GREAT GOD & REDEEMER)

TEXT WILL CHALLENGE US to KEEP FOCUS RIGHT,, AND REMIND US WE’RE ALLOWED to BE EXCITED ABOUT the THINGS of GOD.

(T) So, keep these things in mind as we dive into our text today,

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Recap: “When Kings, Oxen, and People Stumble”

Last Week:

DAVID SET HEART to BRING ARK of COVENANT to JERUSALEM

((SACRED WOODEN CHEST,, REPRESENTATIVE of GOD’S HOLY PRESENCE AMONGST HIS PEOPLE))

BIG PROBLEM:

GOD = SPECIFIC…TOLD PEOPLE,, HOW to TRANSPORT ARK

**IT’S a HOLY THING** DON’T TAKE LIGHTLY...

SPECIFIC GUYS

SPECIFIC MANNER

COVERED

CARRIED on SHOULDERS of PRIESTS

DAVID & MEN DECIDED…TRANSPORT on CART...

KING STUMBLED—DOING RIGHT THING in WRONG WAY

OXEN STUMBLED—ARK BEGINS to SHAKE

UZZAH STUMBLED—TOUCHING ARK (OFF LIMITS!!)

GOD STUCK UZZAH DOWN

REMINDER:

GOD = HOLY

FOLLOW HIS WAYS

**RESURGENCE of FEAR of GOD—COMMANDING RESPECT & AWE…**

DAVID RESPONDS: NO IDEA HOW to BRING ARK to JERUSALEM

GIVE to OBED-EDOM (RANDOM GUY)

(T) TEXT LEFT OFF: ARK LIVING in HOUSE of OBED-EDOM,, 3 MONTHS PASS,,

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

LOOK W/ ME @ VS 12 THIS MORNING...The text says,

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Text (2 Samuel 6:12-23)

Setting (v12)

2 Samuel 6:12–23 (ESV)

12 And it was told King David, “The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the city of David with rejoicing.

REMEMBER: ARK REMAINED HERE—3 MONTHS

DURING TIME—GOD BROUGHT BLESSING to OBED-EDOM

REMIND: CHURCH,, the PRESENCE of GOD (SYMBOLIZED BY ARK) = INTENDED to BRING BLESSING.

GOD = HOLY = DESERVES REVERENCE & AWE....

BUT WHEN DOING THINGS in HIS WAYS,, WE DON’T HAVE to FEAR… HIS INTENTIONS ARE GOOD!!

**ARK WASN’T SUPPOSED to BE a CURSE,, BUT a BLESSING**

IT’S HOLY…BUT IT’S GOOD…THE PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE DESIRED to HAVE IT!

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ARK RESIDING in OBED-EDOM’S HOUSE = GREAT BLESSING!

**DAVID = REMINDED…ARK ISN’T EVIL!!**

PHILISTINES SHOULD WANT it GONE…NOT ISRAELITES!

DAVID AGAIN SETS HIS HEART to TAKE ARK to JERUSALEM

**THEY TAKE the ARK,, & BRING it UP W/ GREAT REJOICING!**

(T) WE SAW HOW THIS WENT LAST WK...

PRAYING NOW it GOES DIFFERENTLY

DID THEY LEARN FROM MISTAKES??

ARE THEY GOING to FOLLOW GOD’S WAYS??

LET’S SEE…THE TEXT SAYS in VS. 13,,

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Rising Action (v13-15)

13 And when those who bore the ark of the Lord had gone six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened animal.

14 And David danced before the Lord with all his might. And David was wearing a linen ephod.

15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the horn.

DID YOU NOTICE—PEOPLE “BEARING” ARK

**IT SEEMS SOMEWHERE ALONG the LINES,, THEY OPENED the LAW & DISCOVERED GOD’S WAYS**

THE ACTIONS & WORSHIP of GOD’S PEOPLE,, NOW GOING to BE IN LINE W/ GOD’S WORD…THE IMPORTANCE of THIS CANNOT BE OVERSTATED!!

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TAKING 6 STEPS: THEN OFFERING SACRIFICES

GREAT WORSHIP & THANKSGIVING...

THEY’RE TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY

SCRIPTURE SAYS: DAVID DANCED B4 the LORD W/ ALL of HIS MIGHT!

HEBREW WORD: WHIRLING AROUND in CIRCLES (2X in SCRIPTURE)

I’M SURE @ VARIOUS POINTS in LIFE,, WE CAN LOOK BACK & SAY: “WE DID OUR BEST/TRIED OUR HARDEST”

SPORTING EVENTS WHEN YOUNG

PROJECTS @ WORK

BUT HAS WORSHIP EVER HIT THIS CATEGORY??

CAN WE EVER LOOK @ WORSHIP SERVICE:

I WORSHIPED GOD W/ ALL MY HEART/MIGHT??

I SUNG MY LUNGS OUT

AFTER CONCERTS/SPORTING EVENTS,, LOSING VOICE…BUT in CHURCH SILENT??

***WE DON’T NORMALLY THINK of WORSHIP LIKE THIS…***

BUT HERE WE SEE DAVID…KING of ISRAEL…

LAYING HIS PRIDE ASIDE in WORSHIP of the LORD of HOSTS,,

the GOD of ISRAEL…

WHOSE ARK/PRESENCE WAS COMING to JERUSALEM!!

DAVID—WEARING a LINEN EPHOD…

TYPICAL UNDERGARMENT of PRIESTS,, SERVANTS of YAHWEH...

DAVID ISN’T DONNED W/ ROYAL ROBES,, BUT W/ CASUAL & HUMBLE ATTIRE AS YAHWEH’S SERVANT

CHURCH,, DO YOU SEE the VARIETY of FORMS of WORSHIP in the TEXT TODAY?

§ Rejoicing

§ Sacrificing

§ Dancing

§ Shouting

§ And the sound of the horn.

THIS WAS a BIG DEAL TO DAVID & ISRAEL...

THE ARK = COMING to JERUSALEM

TIME of CELEBRATION

PROPER WORSHIP of YAHWEH = RETURNING to ISRAEL,, AFTER YEARS of HAVING the ARK in OBSCURITY…

DAVID = GREAT MILITARY LEADER

ALSO GREAT SPIRITUAL LEADER

DAVID is PUTTING THINGS in ORDER...

***MAKING the WORSHIP of YAHWEH a REGULAR PART of ISRAELITE LIFE AGAIN***

DAVID MAKES HIMSELF a PUBLIC MODEL FOR WHOLE-HEARTED WORSHIP...

(T) And so, THINGS = GOING MUCH BETTER THIS WEEK...

LAST WEEK: CELEBRATION ENDED W/ DEATH...

WILL THERE BE ANYTHING to SOIL the CELEBRATION THIS WEEK?

LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 16… THE TEXT SAYS....

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Climax (v16-19)

16 As the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart.

17 And they brought in the ark of the Lord and set it in its place, inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.

18 And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts

19 and distributed among all the people, the whole multitude of Israel, both men and women, a cake of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins to each one. Then all the people departed, each to his house.

AGAIN WE SEE—WILD DESCRIPTION of DAVID’S WORSHIP:

BEGAN W/ REJOICING

DANCING

LEAPING & DANCING

CAN WE ALL AGREE THAT EXCITEMENT OVER the THINGS of GOD ISN’T FORBIDDEN in SCRIPTURE?

BUT MICHAL (DAUGHTER of SAUL) DOESN’T APPRECIATE THIS.

(V16) SCRIPTURE SAYS: SHE “DESPISED HIM in HER HEART”

MICHAL LIKELY NEVER HAD a HIGH VIEW of GOD.

AT LEAST ONCE,, WE SEE SHE HAS IDOLS in HOME...

DAUGHTER of SAUL—BAD EXAMPLE...

SAUL SAW the THINGS of GOD = EMERGENCY BRAKE,, NOT STEERING WHEEL

APPEARS MICHAL = FOLLOWING in FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS W/ LOW ESTEEM for THINGS of GOD...

MICHAL WATCHES,, AS DAVID BRINGS ARK INTO JERUSALEM...

SPECIAL TENT,, SIMILAR to TABERNACLE = PREPARED for ARK

DAVID CONTINUES to SACRIFICE in WORSHIP

BLESSES PEOPLE W/ VARIETY of GIFTS

CAN YOU IMAGINE??

THE ARK = COMING to JERUSALEM (HUGE DEAL)

KING of ISRAEL,, MAN W/ HEART AFTER GOD…MILITARY CHAMPION = PUTTING on HUGE DISPLAY of WORSHIP

EVERYONE = CELEBRATING

BLESSINGS ARE POURED OUT on ALL GATHERED...

....NEW DAY && NEW ERA....

(T) BUT WE ALSO KNOW: MICHAL ISN’T CELEBRATING...

HOW DOES THIS ALL TURN OUT?

LOOK W /ME @ CLOSE of OUR TEXT in VERSES 20-23…THE TEXT SAYS,,

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Resolution & Conclusion (v20-23)

20 And David returned to bless his household. But Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, “How the king of Israel honored himself today, uncovering himself today before the eyes of his servants’ female servants, as one of the vulgar fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!”

21 And David said to Michal, “It was before the Lord, who chose me above your father and above all his house, to appoint me as prince over Israel, the people of the Lord—and I will celebrate before the Lord.

22 I will make myself yet more contemptible than this, and I will be abased in your eyes. But by the female servants of whom you have spoken, by them I shall be held in honor.”

23 And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death.

JUST WHEN EVERYTHING HAS BEEN GOING PERFECTLY....

DAVID HAS BLESSED the PEOPLE...

DAVID GOES to BLESS HIS HOME

THEN THERE’S PROBLEMS...

MICHAL COMES to CONFRONT DAVID...

CRITICAL of HIS WORSHIP...

SAUL (HER FATHER),, LIKELY TOOK HIS POSITION SERIOUSLY…HE WOULDN’T HUMBLE HIMSELF LIKE THAT.

MICHAL SCOFFINGLY RETORTS HOW the KING WAS WILLING to UNCOVER HIMSELF

SPEAKING PROBABLY to HIS WEARING of the EPHOD,,

RATHER THAN ROYAL ROBES/SIMILAR SORT of THING...

MICHAL’S VIEW: DAVID = KING.... && KINGS DON’T ACT LIKE THIS & HUMBLE THEMSELVES B4 the PEASANTS...

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NOTE: DAVID’S RESPONSE

IT WAS BEFORE the LORD....

“MICHAL,, IF YOU’VE GOT a PROBLEM W/ MY WORSHIP,, DON’T WORRY, IT’S NOT FOR YOU ANYWAYS!!”

THE ONLY OPINION on MY WORSHIP THAT MATTERS is GOD’S.

CHURCH, ISN’T THIS a PRETTY INCREDIBLE THOUGHT to CONSIDER??

WHAT WOULD OUR SERVICES LOOK LIKE....IF WE HAD the SAME ATTITUDE??

WORSHIP = FOR an AUDIENCE of ONE...

SO,, OPINIONS of OTHERS DON’T MATTER

WHAT WOULD it BE LIKE…IF WE TRULY LAID ASIDE OUR PRIDE,, OUR CONCERNS W/ the OPINIONS of OTHER PEOPLE,, OUR CONCERNS W/ HOW WE MIGHT LOOK/SOUND/ETC.

WOULD THAT NOT CHANGE THINGS??

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DAVID REMINDS MICHAL:

MY WORSHIP WAS BEFORE the LORD...

NOT BEFORE the PEOPLE...

IT WAS FOR GOD,, WHO APPOINTED ME (DAVID) KING...

WORSHIP = DIRECTED to GOD…AS a RESPONSE to GOD,, FOR WHO HE is && ALL HE’S DONE

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NOTE: DAVID RECOGNIZES,, HE’S MERELY “PRINCE”

MICHAL SCOFFINGLY CALLS DAVID KING...

DAVID ACKNOWLEDGES…I’M NO KING…GOD APPOINTED ME as “PRINCE”

GOD = KING OVER ISRAEL

I AM 2ND

LOOK BACK,, COUNTLESS TIMES,, GOD HAS “PRINCES” ANOINTED to RULE…ONLY 1 TIME CALLED KING BY GOD.…THIS DISTINCTION MATTERS.

DAVID = WILLING to HUMBLE HIMSELF…ABASE HIMSELF BEFORE EYES of THE PEOPLE...

SHOWING HIS PRIORITIES…

GOD = FIRST in DAVID’S LIFE…

GOD = FIRST in ISRAEL

FOR DAVID—WORSHIP = RESPONSE to GOD’S GRACE...

**REMEMBER: DAVID = POOR SHEPHERD BOY,, A NOBODY**

EVEN NOT INVITED to SPECIAL MEAL W/ SAMUEL (PROPHET)

GOD TOOK DAVID & MADE HIM GREAT.

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CHURCH,, CAN I REMIND US TODAY,, OF the WONDERFUL PRIVILEGE of BEING PART of GOD’S PEOPLE...

GOD TOOK YOU OUT FROM the WORLD...

TRANSFERRED YOU FROM DOMAIN of DARKNESS,,

INTO KINGDOM of GOD’S BELOVED SON...

ADOPTED YOU,,

DESPITE YOUR SIN & REBELLION,,

AS HIS OWN SON or DAUGHTER...

DO WE NOT HAVE REASON to PRAISE GOD??

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(V22) JUST WHEN MICHAL COULDN’T GET MORE DISGUSTED,, DAVID RESPONDS FINALLY:

“I WILL MAKE MYSELF YET MORE CONTEMPTIBLE THAN THIS”

**MICHAL YOU HAVEN’T SEEN ANYTHING YET!**

I WILL CELEBRATE B4 the LORD.

I WILL LAY ASIDE WHAT REMAINS of MY PRIDE...

FOR GOD is WORTHY!

&& MICHAL YOU MIGHT DETEST ME,, BUT OTHERS DON’T MIND,, THEY’LL STILL HONOR the KING...

BUT ULTIMATELY,, DAVID DIDN’T CARE ABOUT the HONOR of MAN…BUT the HONOR of GOD...

THE QUESTION for WORSHIP IS NEVER:

DID I HONOR MYSELF?

or: DID I HONOR OTHERS?

or: WILL I BE HONORED BY OTHERS?

BUT: DID I HONOR GOD TODAY?

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(V23) MICHAL,, BECAUSE of HER DISDAIN for DAVID & the LORD—IS GIVEN NO CHILDREN.

WE DON’T KNOW:

BARRENNESS of WOMB FROM GOD??

MARITAL ISSUES W/ DAVID BECAUSE of HER CRITICISM??

REGARDLESS,, THIS WAS a HUGE DISHONOR ((ESP. in THOSE DAYS))

&& a FINAL JUDGMENT on LINEAGE of SAUL (REJECTED BY GOD)

(T) And so we can learn from this passage today, the idea that,

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Homiletical Idea:

· In our worship, we should be more focused on GOD, as the object of worship, rather than the expression of worship.

“In worship, are we looking inward, are we looking outward, or are we looking upward?”

· Is your focus on God?

· Or is your focus on yourself?

· Or the opinions of others?

IF WE’RE WORSHIPING GOD…THEN ONLY HIS OPINION MATTERS...

WE AREN’T TAKING VOTES…

WE’RE WILLING to HUMBLE OURSELVES BEFORE OTHERS to BRING PRAISE to HIM...

TODAY’S TEXT: WE SEE:

The PEOPLE REJOICING,,

OFFERING SACRIFICE,,

SHOUTING,,

DANCING,,

CELEBRATING,, ETC.

READ PSALMS: LIFTING/CLAPPING HANDS,, ETC.

YOU MIGHT LOOK @ ME & SAY: “Well, Pastor, I’m just not the kind of person that gets all excited about stuff.”

>>> The problem generally isn’t that we don’t get excited as people, the problem is that we just don’t find the things of God very exciting. <<<

EVERYONE GETS EXCITED & IS PASSIONATE ABOUT SOMETHING

Whether it’s your favorite hobbies,

Your sports’ teams,

Or any variety of other things.

SPORTING EVENTS:

BELOW FREEZING…STANDS ARE FULL

MAN W/ SHIRT OFF,, PAINTED COLOR of HIS FAVORITE TEAM...

IN CHURCH THAT GUY PROBABLY HAS HIS HANDS in HIS POCKETS BECAUSE HE FINDS it BORING...

IF A.C./HEAT ISN’T WORKING, PEOPLE DON’T WANT to COME...

BUT SAME PEOPLE HAVE NO PROBLEM W/ SPORTS…HOT/COLD/FREEZING/ETC.

I LIKE SPORTS,, ESP. HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS...

BUT CAN YOU SEE the PROBLEM HERE...

ALL of US = EXCITABLE… THE QUESTION IS: DO YOU THINK the THINGS of GOD ARE WORTH GETTING EXCITED ABOUT?

o William Blaikie comments on this idea nicely and writes, “can it be right to give all our coldness to Christ and all our enthusiasm to the world?”[1]

**I DO KNOW THAT PEOPLE EXPRESS EXCITEMENT DIFFERENTLY**

NOT EVERYONE is THE PAINTED GUY at the FOOTBALL GAME...

BUT I STILL THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER: DO WE GIVE MORE ENTHUSIASM to WORLDLY THINGS?

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Gospel: “No Greater Story”

TODAY’S TEXT: DAVID’S INCREDIBLE CELEBRATION,, as ARK CAME INTO JERUSALEM...

ARK of the Covenant:

PLACE GOD PROMISED to DWELL

REMINDER/REPRESENTATION: GOD = WITH US...

THE PEOPLE KNEW W/ ARK,, GOD WAS THERE....

DAVID HAD a REASON to CELEBRATE...

PRESENCE of GOD (ESSENTIALLY) COMING to HIS CAPITAL!!

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BUT CAN I TELL YOU ABOUT SOMETHING SO MUCH GREATER THAN the KING TAKING the ARK to the CAPITAL,,

AND IT’S WHEN the CREATOR STEPPED INTO the CREATION...

SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT

John 1:1–3 (ESV)

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2 He was in the beginning with God.

3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

HE CAME INTO HIS CREATION,, IN ORDER to DIE on BEHALF of OUR SIN… && WAS RAISED to LIFE AGAIN...

ALL to SECURE FOR US,, AN ETERNAL HOPE,,

THAT WE WOULD HAVE an ETERNAL DWELLING W/ GOD in NEW CREATION...

>>> THAT IS SOMETHING WORTH CELEBRATING <<<

Philippians 2:6–8 (ESV)

6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,

7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.

8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

DAVID’S CELEBRATION WAS INCREDIBLE…BECAUSE HE SAW the INCREDIBLE VALUE of HIS GOD....

GOD HAD BEEN SO GOOD to HIM,...

TAKING HIM FROM OBSCURITY to LEAD ISRAEL...

NOW PRESENCE of GOD (ARK) COMING to JERUSALEM...

CHURCH…WE’VE RECEIVED THINGS SO MUCH GREATER THAN THIS...

WE’VE GOT a GREATER REASON to CELEBRATE....

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&& IF YOU’RE HERE,, & YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND THIS,, OR DON’T HAVE THIS HOPE....

PLACE YOUR FAITH in the SAVIOR...

TRUSTING in HIM for RIGHT-STANDING BEFORE GOD…

NOT of WORKS/INHERENT RIGHTEOUSNESS....

BELIEVING CHRIST DIED FOR YOU & WAS RAISED....

TURN FROM LIFE of SIN,, PROFESS CHRIST as LORD,,

YOU CAN BE SAVED,, TODAY.

**YOU CAN HAVE REASON to CELEBRATE,, TODAY**

HAVE QUESTIONS,,

DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU STAND W/ GOD

TALK to US AFTER SERVICE.

(T) And now, in closing, I’d like to share a few takeaways with you all today.

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Takeaways

LEARN ABOUT GOD??

GOD’S PRESENCE = INTENDED to BRING BLESSING…NOT CURSING....

PSALM 16:11 in your presence there is fullness of joy

GOD is HOLY

HE is JUST

BUT HE is ALSO GOOD… && HE DESIRES to BRING BLESSING

WE SEE THIS W/ the ARK in OBED-EDOM’S HOUSEHOLD...

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LEARN FOR US??

WE BEST BE CAREFUL NOT to DISDAIN the WORSHIP of OTHERS....

MICHAL THOUGHT DAVID SHOULD SEEK to BE HIGHLY ESTEEMED...

DAVID WAS WILLING to HUMBLE HIMSELF...

HE WAS 2ND....

MICHAL COULDN’T HANDLE IT.

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App. “Am I looking to be honored or to honor?”

CLOSING: where is your focus in worship?

Are you more worried about the songs we’re singing,

the style of music we use,

the responses of others in worship,

or about God?

FOCUS INWARD?—HOW YOU LOOK/FEEL/SOUND??

OUTWARD?— HOW OTHERS LOOK/SOUND/ETC.

or UPWARD?— ON GOD....THE WORTHY ONE...

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CHURCH....

IF WE TRULY FOCUS on GOD in WORSHIP...

WE WON’T CARE ABOUT HOW WE LOOK

WE WON’T CARE ABOUT HOW OTHERS WORSHIP

WE WON’T CARE WHAT STYLE of MUSIC WE’RE SINGING

IF YOU HATE HYMNS,, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE to SING a HYMN UNTO GOD,,

BECAUSE IT’S ABOUT HIM....

IF YOU HATE PRAISE CHORUSES,, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE to SING THEM UNTO GOD,,

BECAUSE IT’S ABOUT HIM...

REMEMBER: AS a RECIPIENT of GRACE… YOU HAVE a REASON to CELEBRATE TODAY....

THE ETERNAL SON of GOD,, COMING DOWN,,

TAKING on FLESH,, to SAVE US,,

&& SECURE REDEMPTION FOR US…

IS SO MUCH GREATER THAN the ARK GOING to JERUSALEM...

IT SHOULD DRAW US to HUMBLE ADORATION of OUR GREAT GOD...

EVEN IF YOU AREN’T SOMEONE WHO GETS REAL EXCITED,,

YOU SHOULD BE ABLE to FIND EXCITEMENT in WHAT GOD DID FOR YOU & YOUR SECURE ETERNAL HOPE...

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