Why Worship 051805

Why Worship 05/18/05

It puts us in the right place before God

Without worship of The Father, we would think that we could do it on our own

The law of first mention, Genesis 22:1-12 with Abraham and Isaac, in verse 5 Abraham

            is going to WORSHIP, and then return

Worship was always meant to cost us something, and in Abraham’s case his own Isaac

Worship is not worship if it is free

In verse 5 the very act of worship, is done by faith, for Abraham said “that I and the lad

            would go yonder and worship, and then return to you.”

King James Bible Word Book & worship

He knew he was called to sacrifice the boy, and yet by faith Abraham said what he said

Word study of worship, in the Lexicon we see that worship can be false also, as before

            false Gods, or before idols…golf, hunting, your children as in Sunday hockey

The very act of worship is what Satan asked of Jesus in Matthew 4:8-11

This is the third and final temptation, and is what Satan really wants, and that is to be

            like God. It is worship of Satan that most thrills him, as this is a God quality

The enemy knows what true worship can do for the worshipper, and he wants to rob

            us of that, and steal it for himself

If worship is that important, we should covet it all the more

Pastor Al mentioned this in passing on Sunday, John 4:24-26 “true worshippers”

It is this true worship that God has called us to. It is a worship of him “in spirit and in

            truth.”

If there is true worship there is always a copy. Many worship in the way they were

            simply taught to worship from their childhood, and how much of that is wrong???

Behavior is mostly learned, and how much of what we do is religion, and not worship???

Is high church worship, or is it ritual??? Are we worshipping God, or our ritual???