Acceptable Worship
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28 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, 29 for our God is a consuming fire.
"Acceptable Worship"
I) Not All Worship is Acceptable
I) Not All Worship is Acceptable
A) Worship With Lip Service is Not Acceptable
A) Worship With Lip Service is Not Acceptable
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7 You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:
8 “ ‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
9 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”
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6 And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written,
“ ‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
7 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
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13 And the Lord said:
“Because this people draw near with their mouth
and honor me with their lips,
while their hearts are far from me,
and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,
B) Worship Offered With the Wrong Attitude is Not Acceptable
B) Worship Offered With the Wrong Attitude is Not Acceptable
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10 Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hand. 11 For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name will be great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts. 12 But you profane it when you say that the Lord’s table is polluted, and its fruit, that is, its food may be despised. 13 But you say, ‘What a weariness this is,’ and you snort at it, says the Lord of hosts. You bring what has been taken by violence or is lame or sick, and this you bring as your offering! Shall I accept that from your hand? says the Lord. 14 Cursed be the cheat who has a male in his flock, and vows it, and yet sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished. For I am a great King, says the Lord of hosts, and my name will be feared among the nations.
C) Worship Offered Apart From Obedience is Not Acceptable
C) Worship Offered Apart From Obedience is Not Acceptable
C) Worship Offered Apart From Obedience is Not Acceptable
C) Worship Offered Apart From Obedience is Not Acceptable
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3 In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground, 4 and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, 5 but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell.
II) Qualities of "Acceptable Worship"
II) Qualities of "Acceptable Worship"
A) Worship Offered "By Faith"
A) Worship Offered "By Faith"
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4 By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.
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13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” 17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
B) Worship "In Spirit and In Truth"
B) Worship "In Spirit and In Truth"
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20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.” 21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
C) Worship By Those In Christ
C) Worship By Those In Christ
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31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him.
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29 The Lord is far from the wicked,
but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
D) Worship By Christ's Authority
D) Worship By Christ's Authority
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16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
III) God Deserves Worship
III) God Deserves Worship
A) He is Our Maker
A) He is Our Maker
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6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!
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26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
27 So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
B) He Is Lord
B) He Is Lord
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11 and the king will desire your beauty.
Since he is your lord, bow to him.
C) He Had Given Us An Unshakable Kingdom
C) He Had Given Us An Unshakable Kingdom
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28 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,
D) He is a Jealous God
D) He is a Jealous God
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5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,
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14 (for you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),
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24 For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
E) He Sent His Son to Die For Us
E) He Sent His Son to Die For Us
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16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
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6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— 8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. 11 More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.