True Worship Begins with Fearing the Lord
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The Lord’s Chastisement for irreverent Worship
The Lord’s Chastisement for irreverent Worship
- Uzzah Moved died while touching the ark
Sin: David had the right intent but performed it in the wrong way
Do we ask, Wow God that is harsh, killing a person for just touching the Ark?
What does it mean to fear the Lord?
- God warns them what will happen
The beginning of Wisdom is to fear the Lord
- Through Moses, God gives prescription on how to cary the Holy Things.
The beginning of Wisdom is to fear the Lord
God always warns us prior to discipline. God has given His Scriptures for how to live Holy lives.
Beginning of True Worship - Respect of God
Beginning of True Worship - Respect of God
David feared the Lord that day and said, “How can the ark of the Lord ever come to me?”
2 Samuel 6:
David Fears the Lord because of Uzzah’s death
1 How happy is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways! 2 You will surely eat what your hands have worked for. You will be happy, and it will go well for you. 3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house, your children, like young olive trees around your table. 4 In this very way the man who fears the Lord will be blessed. 5 May the Lord bless you from Zion, so that you will see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life 6 and will see your children’s children! Peace be with Israel.
1 How happy is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways! 2 You will surely eat what your hands have worked for. You will be happy, and it will go well for you. 3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house, your children, like young olive trees around your table. 4 In this very way the man who fears the Lord will be blessed. 5 May the Lord bless you from Zion, so that you will see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life 6 and will see your children’s children! Peace be with Israel.
What does it mean to fear the Lord?
The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever; the ordinances of the Lord are reliable and altogether righteous.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his instructions have good insight. His praise endures forever.
1 How happy is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways! 2 You will surely eat what your hands have worked for. You will be happy, and it will go well for you. 3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house, your children, like young olive trees around your table. 4 In this very way the man who fears the Lord will be blessed. 5 May the Lord bless you from Zion, so that you will see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life 6 and will see your children’s children! Peace be with Israel.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and discipline.
The beginning of Wisdom is to fear the Lord
Worship Today
Worship Today
When we talk about worship today, we often talk about the act of singing to the Lord.
“Worship is the reverential response of creation to the all-encompassing magnificence of God” - Lexham Theological Wordbook
It begins with a right understanding of who God is. Before your worship can be right, your theology must be right.
Our pursuit in life is to truly know who God is! His nature, His Character, His Presence, His Commands, His Love, His Grace, His Son.
Jesus said, whoever has seen me has seen the Father. Our Pursuit in getting to know Jesus, gets us to the Father…
The Holy Spirit always brings us to Jesus. This is how God has chosen to reveal Himself to us, through the Son.
Worship can be in many acts:
Singing & Praises to Him
By Giving To Him
By Kneeling or Bowing to Him
Through Service to Him
By a Life Wholly devoted to Him
What ways are you worshipping God? God is looking for our whole lives, our Whole Heart, our Whole Minds, Our everything....to be dedicated, to be worshipping Him by our lives.
To have lives captured by Him…UNderstanding who He is and in response, giving everything back to Him. It comes from a heart that is captured and surrendered to Him
McCaulley, E. (2014). Worship. D. Mangum, D. R. Brown, R. Klippenstein, & R. Hurst (Eds.), Lexham Theological Wordbook. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.
