Servanthood and worship of God
The Disciplines of Godliness • Sermon • Submitted
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· 9 viewsThe biblical understanding of servanthood has its foundation in people serving God in worship. The terms for “service” and “worship” are often interchangeable.
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Worship is a central aspect of serving God
Worship is a central aspect of serving God
And God said, “I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain.”
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Worship entails total obedience, not merely correct religious observances
Worship entails total obedience, not merely correct religious observances
And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to observe the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?
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Worship and service to God must be exclusive
Worship and service to God must be exclusive
Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’”
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Serving false gods
Serving false gods
Worshipping false gods forbidden
Worshipping false gods forbidden
“You shall have no other gods before me.
“You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
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Warnings against serving false gods
Warnings against serving false gods
“But if you turn away and forsake the decrees and commands I have given you and go off to serve other gods and worship them, then I will uproot Israel from my land, which I have given them, and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples.
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Examples of idolatrous service
Examples of idolatrous service
He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal and worship him.
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Refusal to serve false gods
Refusal to serve false gods
But there are some Jews whom you have set over the affairs of the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego—who pay no attention to you, Your Majesty. They neither serve your gods nor worship the image of gold you have set up.”
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Judgment for serving false gods
Judgment for serving false gods
The Lord replied, “When the Egyptians, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines, the Sidonians, the Amalekites and the Maonites oppressed you and you cried to me for help, did I not save you from their hands? But you have forsaken me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.
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The service of the Levites and the priesthood
The service of the Levites and the priesthood
Consecration of the priesthood
Consecration of the priesthood
“This is what you are to do to consecrate them, so they may serve me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams without defect.
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Service in the Tent of Meeting
Service in the Tent of Meeting
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Service in the temple
Service in the temple
He also gathered together all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites. The Levites thirty years old or more were counted, and the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand. David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand are to be in charge of the work of the temple of the Lord and six thousand are to be officials and judges. Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the Lord with the musical instruments I have provided for that purpose.”
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The promise of restored service in the new temple
The promise of restored service in the new temple
“ ‘But the Levitical priests, who are descendants of Zadok and who guarded my sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from me, are to come near to minister before me; they are to stand before me to offer sacrifices of fat and blood, declares the Sovereign Lord.
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Examples of priestly service
Examples of priestly service
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The true service of Jesus Christ as high priest
The true service of Jesus Christ as high priest
Hebrews sees the OT priesthood and its services as superseded by Jesus Christ.
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The Christian’s life as an act of worship
The Christian’s life as an act of worship
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
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