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Intro:
During this series, we have touched on a few difficult questions.
But tonight’s message means a lot to me because this is an area that holds a very special place in my heart.
Worship is such a crucial part of who we are as a church, who we are as a student ministry, and who we are as individual believers.
Worship looks a lot of different ways to a lot of different people, but the thing that matters most is that we worship in a way that God finds what we have to offer as worthy.
Maybe worship isn’t something that you do because you can’t sing or are afraid of someone telling you that you can’t sing.
There is a story about a church that had a man in the choir who couldn’t sing.
Others tried to help him find other places of ministry in the church but he insisted on being in the choir.
The choir director became so desperate that he went to the pastor.
“Pastor, you have to do something with brother Jones.
If you can’t persuade him to leave the choir then I quit and most of the choir will quit too.
Help us!”
The pastor went to the man and suggested that he leave the choir.
“Why should I leave?”
“Several people have told me you can’t sing.”
“That’s nothing.
Fifty have told me you can’t preach and you are still here.”
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Scripture clearly defines that their are 2 different types of worship that appear all throughout the Word of God.
but their heart is far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as pdoctrines the commandments of men.’ ”
” ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”
9 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as pdoctrines the commandments of men.’ ”
There in an inward essence of worship that takes place in our hearts.
There is also and outward expression of worship that we speak and sing from our lips.
But these two forms of worship go hand in hand.
You can not have one without the other.
In other words, God isn’t interested in your empty religious acts.
He desires genuine praise because of His sacrificial love.
Our worship depends on on a right or emotional or affectionate heart grasp of God’s supreme value - Piper
Worship is a lot of different things to a lot of different people, but what does the bible say worship is?
Scripture clearly defines that
Worship is Constant
In an attempt to define what worship is, I think we need to dive a little deeper into this passage.
We learned last week that God in an infinite and never ending and that is exactly how we are called to worship.
When our worship is based on ourselves, our praise ends when we come to the end of ourselves.
Let’s unpack: If we would be honest, how we worship and the depth of our worship is directly related to the blessings that we think we deserve.
When our good circumstances come to and end, so does our worship.
This passage in Hebrews leads us to worship “continually”, which by definition means “without ceasing”
We have a God who is infinite, so should our worship be.
Worship is Costly
A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.
-Martin Luther
When we are in unity with God, we will sacrifice anything because we understand that gave everything.
The way that we live our lives should
History lesson: going all the way back to the Old Testament, we see in the levitival law that there were sacrifices for pretty much anything.
But we see where praise falls under the peace offering.
I realized while studying that to bring God a peace offering, which was also an offering of prayer, the law says that the worshiper did not have to bring a spotless lamb, or a fattened calf.
The worshiper was only required to bring the best that they had.
“Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
“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.”
We spend most of our time every day worshiping the stuff that brings us temporary happiness.
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