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Intro - Video(Tim Hawkins)
As a worship guy you are supposed to preach on worship
What is worship?
Worship is a response to all that God is with all that I am
How to do it, what and when to worship and so on and so forth
There are ways to worship
Carman - 7 Ways to Praise
Maybe I could preach on how hymns are better than choruses or vice versa
Believe it or not there are sermons out there about that!
But what about when the music is done?
What about when we leave the building on Sunday morning?
What about when it is the Mondayest of all Mondays?
Or the Mondayest of all Tuesdays, Wednesdays or whenever?
Do you remember the song , “The Heart of Worship?”
When the music fades
And all is stripped away
And all is stripped away
And I simply come
And I simply come
Longing just to bring
Longing just to bring
Something that's of worth
Something that's of worth
That will bless your heart
That will bless your heart
I'll bring You more than a song
I'll bring You more than a song
For a song in itself
For a song in itself
Is not what You have required
Is not what You have required
No I am not saying that this is a bible verse, but let me ask you this question:
You search much deeper within
Through the ways things appear
Through the ways things appear
What is required after the song is over?
Well I am glad you asked!
You're looking into my heart
You're looking into my heart
gives us a clue on what our
I love that line - You see much deeper within than the way things appear
Our “spiritual worship”
The Greek word for spiritual is logikos - lah - gee - kas which translated means reason or logic or agreeable to reason or logic
Paul spends the first 11 chapters presenting a way for the romans to understand the gospel,
Jesus has done all of these things for us so what do we do with them?
The LOGICAL next step is lay down our lives to him
λατρεία
Our service to God through worship is to present ourselves as a living sacrifice before God.
Our act of worship to God is to present ourselves completely to him
No strings attached, nothing holding us back, completely and unrelentingly His
But the problem with living sacrifices is that they keep climbing off of the altar.
I said earlier that worship is a response to all that God is with all that we are
If we are to respond to all that God is by only giving part of us to him then we do a disservice to all that he is.
So what does it look like to be a living sacrifice?
If this is our spiritual act of worship then how do we do it?
Become a Transformer -
No I’m not talking about Optimus Prime or Bumble Bee
I mean we must work to Transform who we are as people
Contrary to popular belief this isn’t a one time thing that you do
You don’t change your mind one day and then all of this God stuff just flows in
I grew up in a world where once you accepted Jesus then you just “lived Right” from there.
If that was the case then why did I keep getting in trouble?
That is where we lose people
We teach that once you accept Jesus this magical thing happens and then all the bad stuff you ever thought, dd or say goes away, but that isn’t even close to the way it is!
The greek word for transform here is μεταμορφόω mĕtamŏrphŏō (met - am - ar - fah - oh)
μεταμορφόω mĕtamŏrphŏō
μεταμορφόω mĕtamŏrphŏō
which means to change, transfigure or transform
Strong, J. (2009).
A Concise Dictionary of the Words in the Greek Testament and The Hebrew Bible (Vol. 1, p. 47).
Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software.
Strong, J. (2009).
A Concise Dictionary of the Words in the Greek Testament and The Hebrew Bible (Vol. 1, p. 47).
Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software.
We see a word like this in English - metamorphosis - a change of the form or nature of a thing or person into a completely different one, by natural or supernatural means.
The thing about metamorphosis is that it does not happen over night
You go from child to teenager to adult over years
You go from out of shape to fit over time
Just like that our metamorphosis into who God wants us to be takes time
It takes a true revelation of God to see who he has created us to be
Being willing to be a living sacrifice means that we lay down the old and allow God, through testing to change us into who he wants us to be
As we grow into who he is we see what God has gifted us with
Use What God Gave You -
Everyone was created with a specific purpose
You were not just made
Now let’s
We were each given a gift to use for the kingdom
You were made to be significant
We as Christians have been given gifts, talents and abilities that we can us to impact the kingdom
Notice I didn’t say church
It isn’t about impacting the building we are in
Yes we want to grow, yes we want to be the hub of the city, but more importantly we want to make a greater impact on the amount of people who hear about Jesus
We have to use those gifts or we waste them
What has God given you that you can use for Him
You know what I love about this passage?
It doesn’t say, if you sing sing well, if you play an instrument play it well, if you preach preach well, blah blah blah
People get so lost in what is seen
You don’t have to be on stage to make an impact!
So what gifts does Paul list here?
prophecy
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