Worship In Spirit

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Worship In Spirit Truth

• John 424

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What Is Worship

• Three Greek words are translated to worship.
• Each Greek word teaches us something about
  worship.
• Specifically it helps us to distinguish three
  levels or dimensions of worship.

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First Level of Worship to know who God is

• Yare fear, revere, see His greatness
• "Therefore the Lord said Inasmuch as these
  people draw near with their mouths And honor Me
  with their lips, But have removed their hearts
  far from Me, And their fear toward Me is taught
  by the commandment of men, " (Isaiah 2913, NKJV)

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Awareness

• Sebomai - "These people draw near to Me with
  their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But
  their heart is far from Me. And in vain they
  worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the
  commandments of men. (Matthew 158-9, NKJV)

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Foundation of Worship
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Fear or Awareness

• "And Moses said to the people, Do not fear for
  God has come to test you, and that His fear may
  be before you, so that you may not sin." (Exodus
  2020, NKJV)
• "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of
  knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and
  instruction." (Proverbs 17, NKJV)

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2nd Level of Worship to accept what God does

• Shachah means to bow down or stoop down before.
• "And Abraham said to his young men, Stay here
  with the donkey the lad and I will go yonder and
  worship, and we will come back to you." (Genesis
  225, NKJV)

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Accept What God Does

• Proskuneo to kiss the hand or to do obeisance
  submissive spirit
• "Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your
  name? For You alone are holy. For all nations
  shall come and worship before You, For Your
  judgments have been manifested." (Revelation
  154, NKJV)
• Used 24 times in the book of Revelation.

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Building on the Foundation
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3rd Level of Worshipto do what God says

• Abad translated worship but often translated as
  serve, work or labor. Emphasis on worship as
  service.
• "You shall fear the Lord your God and serve Him,
  and shall take oaths in His name." (Deuteronomy
  613, NKJV)

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• "And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God
  require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to
  walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve
  the Lord your God with all your heart and with
  all your soul," (Deuteronomy 1012, NKJV)
• "You shall fear the Lord your God you shall
  serve Him, and to Him you shall hold fast, and
  take oaths in His name." (Deuteronomy 1020,
  NKJV)

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Do What God Says

• Latreuo serve, work, labor, etc.
• " I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the
  mercies of God, that you present your bodies a
  living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which
  is your reasonable service." (Romans 121, NKJV)
• "how much more shall the blood of Christ, who
  through the eternal Spirit offered Himself
  without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from
  dead works to serve the living God?" (Hebrews
  914, NKJV)

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Do What God Says

• "Then Jesus said to him, Away with you, Satan!
  For it is written, You shall worship (proskuneo)
  the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve
  (latreuo)" (Matthew 410, NKJV)
• Emphasis here is that worship is not only
  something done in the building, but it is a
  lifetime of serving God.

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Building on the Foundation