Worship Spectator or Participation

Theme: This message is to call us into worship, praise and intimacy with God through private and publicly expression .

This message is to call us into worship, praise and intimacy with God through private and publicly expression .

Goal: Why and How God calls us to worship

Goal: Why and How God calls us to worship

ME: ORIENTATION: FIND COMMON GROUND WITH THE AUDIENCE

ME: ORIENTATION: FIND COMMON GROUND WITH THE AUDIENCE

what is worship?

Worship is moving from entertainment to participation

Worship is not a spectator sport

We must be active in participation

To sing in worship is an expression of heart and life not a talent contest.

Are we as ready to meet God as we are?

Worship is action and behavior and not always just words.

WE: IDENTIFICATION (MAKE IT CLEAR THAT YOU STRUGGLE)

no flowing or running

stale or foul from standing

lack of development, advancement or progressive movement

WE: IDENTIFICATION (MAKE IT CLEAR THAT YOU STRUGGLE)

This message (series) is to call us into worship, praise and intimacy with God through private and publicly expression. Worship is not a spectator sport, we must be an active in. participation.

stagnant water: occurs when water stops flowing.

no flowing or running

stale or foul from standing

lack of development, advancement or progressive movement

Worship is not a spectator sport

We must be active in participation

To sing in worship is an expression of heart and life not a talent contest.

Are we as ready to meet God as we are?

Worship is action and behavior and not always just words.

GOD: ILLUMINATION (THE GOAL IS TO RESOLVE THE TENSION

I. Worship

Spectator: who watches at a show game, or event.

participant: a person who takes part in something

A. Worship: is praise, adoration reverence of God, both public and private

Modern people tend to restrict worship to what happens in church on Sunday. Ancient Israel had a much broader concept of worship, offering worship in the home as well as in the temple several times a day, not merely on the sabbath and at great festivals. Worship involved both the individual family and the whole nation.1

1 Elwell, W. A., & Beitzel, B. J. (1988). Worship. In Baker encyclopedia of the Bible (Vol. 2, p. 2164). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House.

Worship is the awed response to the saving acts and praiseworthy character of God.1

B. The forms of worship are diverse. Worship can take place in the context of confession, lament, praise, thanksgiving, and adoration.

a. Confession is a form of worship recognizing that people are sinners who stand in need of God’s grace ().

b. Lament is a type of worship that recognizes the distance between the world as experienced, and as it should be, given God’s goodness, power, and love (). It is a request for God to complete his project of making all things new.

c. Praise of God can be in response to his character or his saving acts ().

d. Thanksgiving functions as a means of showing gratitude for what God has done ()

e. Adoration involves contemplating and lauding God for who he is ().

C. Worship could manifest itself in many activities, including song, dance, ritual, preaching, and prayer. The people of Israel sang and played instruments in praise of God (); King David danced before the Lord (). God gave the Israelites a series of festivals that were meant as annual reminders of his saving deeds in the past and his continual provision in the present (e.g., ; ).

a. Physically, worship could involve bowing the knee, lying prostrate, or lifting hands before God (e.g., ; ; ; ; ; ; ).

D. Early Church worship: has long been . The church gathered to hear the apostles’ teaching, to fellowship, to break bread (observing the Lord’s Supper; compare ), and to pray.

a. Other accounts indicate that early Christian worship included offerings, songs, and the felt presence of the Holy Spirit (; ; ).

b. Worship encompassed the entirety of one’s life lived in obedience to God (). Every act of obedience to Christ, no matter how mundane, when done to his glory, is an act of worship (e.g., ).

c. This worship will find its consummation when people from every tribe, tongue, and nation join with the rest of creation in adoration before the throne of the Lamb ().1

II. Yada

Yada

To revere or worship with extended hands. To hold out hands. To throw a stone or arrow.

Is there any more natural expression of excitment, wonder, or awe then the raising of hands.

II.yādâ

ada

May the people Yada you

  (yādâ). vb. to give thanks, praise. Describes the act of giving thanks and praise to God.

This verb primarily refers to giving thanks; the majority instances of yādâ in the ot are in Psalms. Like other terms with similar meanings, yādâ is often accompanied by an explanation of the reason for the thanks or praise. Reasons for which people thank (yādâ) God include the birth of Leah’s son (), the righteous rules of God (), the righteousness of God (), the goodness of God (), and the great and holy name of God (). The verb can be used in an exhortation inviting people to thank (yādâ) God, as in : “Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous, and give thanks (yādâ) to his holy name” (see also ; ; ). The intent and act of praise and thanksgiving can also be declared by the worshiper in a statement like that in : “I will give thanks (yādâ) to you, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and glorify your name forever” (compare ). However, Sheol and the dead cannot praise God ().1

1 Frederick, J. (2014). Praise and Thanksgiving. D. Mangum, D. R. Brown, R. Klippenstein, & R. Hurst (Eds.), Lexham Theological Wordbook. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.

Psalm 97:12 ESV

12 Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous, and give thanks to his holy name!

a. We should love Him, obey him (“hate evil”), rejoice in Him, and give thanks to Him for all His mercies. After all, He protects His people, delivers them, gives them light for their path, and puts gladness into their hearts. What more could they want?

b. give thanks yada for his holy name

The verb can be used in an exhortation inviting people to thank (yādâ) God, as in : “Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous, and give thanks (yādâ) to his holy name” (see also ; ; ).

English Standard Version Psalm 86

12  I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,

and I will glorify your name forever

English Standard Version Psalm 86

12  I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,

and I will glorify your name forever.

I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever.

I will glorify your name forever.

c. The intent and act of praise and thanksgiving can also be declared by the worshiper in a statement like that in : “I will give thanks (yādâ) to you, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and glorify your name forever” (compare ). However, Sheol and the dead cannot praise God ().1

Psalm 7:17 ESV

17 I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.

Psalm 7:17

English Standard Version Psalm 7

17  I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness,

and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High.

 I will confess Yhwh for his faithfulness,

and I shall make music to the name of Yhwh as the Most High.

d. *Confess indicates the significance of the words offered, while the second verb refers to the *musical aspect without which praise would be incomplete confess and praise same word.

Praying over your food is a way of thanking God for your food. God is the provider.

In God e make our boast

active posture of praise.

( we are not a people of raised hands

III. Halal

(haaa Laaa)

Halal: To boast. To rave. To shine. To celebrate. To clamorously foolish. 150:

15And when Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into his palace.

25 In all Israel there was not a man so highly praised for his handsome appearance as Absalom. From the top of his head to the sole of his foot there was no blemish in him. 2 Samuel 14:25

הָלַל

הָלַל‎ (hālal). vb. to praise. Describes the act of praising God through prayer, instruments, and singing both corporately and individually.

‎ (hālal). vb. to praise. Describes the act of praising God through prayer, instruments, and singing both corporately and individually.

This verb usually refers to the act of praising but can also mean “to shine” or “to boast”

30 I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving. Psalm 69:30

30 I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving. Psalm 69:30

Baker Commentary on the Old Testament: Psalms 42–89, Volume 2 Interpretation

30 I will praise the name of God with a song,

I will exalt him with thanksgiving,

The appropriate response to an experience of deliverance is to *praise God’s *name for it. The first colon focuses on sound (hālal, šîr), the second on significance: the thanksgiving or testimony or *confession functions to magnify Yhwh in people’s eyes.

IV. You

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YOU: APPLICATION (TELL PEOPLE WHAT TO DO AND WHAT THEY HAVE HEARD)

Conclusion:

I want you to find time to worship God as part of your devotions daily.

If you only have 10 minutes use the first 8 to worship and the last two to sit in silence and listen. Then read your scripture.

I want you to find time to worship God as part of your devotions daily.

If you only have 10 minutes, use the first 8 to worship and the last two to sit in silence and listen. Then read your scripture.