Christian Maturity Part 5 (3)

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Where am I in terms of worshiping God?

John 4:23–24 NKJV
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?

Worship started with a place.

Genesis 22:1–4 NKJV
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

Test looks at
++The things we value
++The things we love

It was a a test of priority

Luke 14:26 NKJV
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
2 Chronicles 7:12–14 NKJV
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
John 4:20 NKJV
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
Genesis 22:14 NKJV
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.”
Genesis 32:30 NKJV
30 So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: “For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
Genesis 35:15 NKJV
15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel.
Joshua 5:9 NKJV
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

John 4:21 NKJV
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

The Process
++Starts with believing Jesus
The Bible declare Jesus
The Angles declare Jesus
Philippians 2:9–11 NKJV
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.
John 6:35 NKJV
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.
John 7:37–38 NKJV
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.”
John 17:3 NKJV
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
++Omniscient _All Knowing_
++Omnipotent _All Powerful_
++Omnipresent _Everywhere present_

A time is coming

God will reveal true worship
++Not bound to a place
++Not a mountain
++Not a city
Acts 17:24 NKJV
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.
John 4:23 NKJV
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

We must know what God is seeking

Worship is
++More than showing up
++More than an activity
++An attitude of the spirit
2 Corinthians 3:17 NKJV
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

From process to person

Psalm 29:1–2 NKJV
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

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

He deserves
++The Glory of our light
++The honor due his name
1 Peter 2:9 NKJV
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;
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