Christian Maturity Part 5 (3)
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Where am I in terms of worshiping God?
Where am I in terms of worshiping God?
23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.
24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
What doe the Bible say about worship?
What doe the Bible say about worship?
Worship started with a place.
Worship started with a place.
1 Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”
2 Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”
3 So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.
4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off.
God tested Abraham
God tested Abraham
Test looks at
++The things we value
++The things we love
It was a a test of priority
It was a a test of priority
26 “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.
Worship is the place
++Of surrender
++Of sacrifice
12 Then the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him: “I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.
13 When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people,
14 if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
Worship is a place
Of surrender
Of sacrifice
++Of significance
20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.”
Places are special to us
++We celebrate them
++We memorialize them
++We never want to forget
14 And Abraham called the name of the place, The-Lord-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”
30 So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: “For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel.
9 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “This day I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” Therefore the name of the place is called Gilgal to this day.
From place to Process
From place to Process
21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father.
Woman Believe Me
Woman Believe Me
The Process
++Starts with believing Jesus
The Bible declare Jesus
The Angles declare Jesus
9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,
11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
35 And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.
37 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.
38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”
3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
The Process
Starts with believing Jesus
++Understand the times
God is not limited
God is not limited
God is
++Omniscient _All Knowing_
++Omnipotent _All Powerful_
++Omnipresent _Everywhere present_
A time is coming
A time is coming
God will reveal true worship
++Not bound to a place
++Not a mountain
++Not a city
24 God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands.
23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.
The time is now
The time is now
We must know what God is seeking
We must know what God is seeking
Worship is
++More than showing up
++More than an activity
++An attitude of the spirit
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
From process to person
From process to person
1 Give unto the Lord, O you mighty ones, Give unto the Lord glory and strength.
2 Give unto the Lord the glory due to His name; Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
Worship is giving
Worship is giving
We give what we have
++To the mighty _Give it to the Lord_
++To the strong _Give it to the Lord_
We give what He deserves
We give what He deserves
He deserves
++The Glory of our light
++The honor due his name
9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;