THE IMPORTANCE OF WORSHIP

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THE IMPORTANCE OF WORSHIP
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GOD IS THE ONLY ONEWE ARE TO WORSHIP

• Devil - All these things I will give You if You
  will fall down and worship me." (Mt. 49)
• Jesus - "Away with you, Satan! For it is
  written, 'You shall worship the LORD your God,
  and Him only you shall serve.'"

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WE CAN WORSHIP GODIN ONE WAY ONLY

• John 424, "God is Spirit, and those who worship
  Him must worship in spirit and truth."
• must worship shows that this is the only way
  that we can worship God acceptably.

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5 KINDS OF WORSHIP

• VAIN WORSHIP
• Matthew 157-9, "Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah
  prophesy about you, saying '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.'
• Vain useless, empty, groundless, invalid.

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VAIN WORSHIP

• Vain Worship consisted of
• Drawing near to God with their mouth.
• Honoring God with their lips.
• But their heart far from God.
• Taught as doctrines the commandments of men.
• Does vain worship not take place today?
• This is why it is important
• TO FOLLOW THE NEW TESTAMENT!

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5 KINDS OF WORSHIP

• Vain worship.
• IGNORANT WORSHIP
• Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his
  spirit was provoked within him when he saw that
  the city was given over to idols. (Acts 176)

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IGNORANT WORSHIP

• Acts 1717-21 Therefore he reasoned in the
  synagogue with the Jews and with the Gentile
  worshipers, and in the marketplace daily with
  those who happened to be there. Then certain
  Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him.
  And some said, "What does this babbler want to
  say?" Others said, "He seems to be a proclaimer
  of foreign gods," because he preached to them
  Jesus and the resurrection.

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IGNORANT WORSHIP

• And they took him and brought him to the
  Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new
  doctrine is of which you speak? For you are
  bringing some strange things to our ears.
  Therefore we want to know what these things
  mean." For all the Athenians and the foreigners
  who were there spent their time in nothing else
  but either to tell or to hear some new thing.

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IGNORANT WORSHIP

• New Things
• New Testament worship is just not exciting
  enough.
• Suggest we make it more meaningful, more
  spiritual, more contemporary.
• We need dynamic speakers, praise groups,
  dancing, dramatic presentations, entertainment,
  Christian rock bands

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IGNORANT WORSHIP

• I just dont get anything out of worshipits
  boring
• The problem is not with the worship that God has
  set forth in His word.
• The problem is with the person making the
  statement.
• WE ARE HERE TO WORSHIP GOD!
• Not here to please ourselves
• Not here to be entertained
• Not here to get on an emotional high

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IGNORANT WORSHIP

• Then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and
  said, "Men of Athens, I perceive that in all
  things you are very religious for as I was
  passing through and considering the objects of
  your worship, I even found an altar with this
  inscription TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, the
  One whom you worship without knowing, Him I
  proclaim to you (Acts 1722-23).

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IGNORANT WORSHIP

• No justification for ignorant worship
• Acts 1730-31 "Truly, these times of ignorance
  God overlooked, but now commands all men
  everywhere to repent, because He has appointed a
  day on which He will judge the world in
  righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He
  has given assurance of this to all by raising Him
  from the dead.
• All we need to do is take our New Testaments, see
  what God teaches therein and follow that.

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5 KINDS OF WORSHIP

• Vain worship.
• Ignorant worship.
• SELF-IMPOSED WORSHIP

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SELF-IMPOSED WORSHIP

• Colossians 220-23 Therefore, if you died with
  Christ from the basic principles of the world,
  why, as though living in the world, do you
  subject yourselves to regulations "Do not touch,
  do not taste, do not handle," which all concern
  things which perish with the using according to
  the commandments and doctrines of men? These
  things indeed have an appearance of wisdom in
  self-imposed religion, false humility, and
  neglect of the body, but are of no value against
  the indulgence of the flesh.

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SELF-IMPOSED WORSHIP

• Self-imposed religion
• Voluntary worship, worship in which one goes
  beyond what God requires without any particular
  command. (Complete Word Study Dictionary).
• DOES GOD AUTHORIZE IT IN HIS WORD?

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5 KINDS OF WORSHIP

• Vain worship.
• Ignorant worship.
• Self-imposed worship.
• MOCK WORSHIP

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MOCK WORSHIP

• Mark 1519-20 Then they struck Him on the head
  with a reed and spat on Him and bowing the knee,
  they worshiped Him. And when they had mocked Him,
  they took the purple off Him, put His own clothes
  on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him.

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MOCK WORSHIP

• When you worship God any way you see fit you mock
  Christ.
• When your heart is not in your worship you mock
  Christ.
• crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and
  put Him to an open shame. (Hebrews 66)
• Our worship must be with a pure heart and
  sincerity of purpose.
• Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of
  my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my
  strength and my Redeemer (Psalm 1914).

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5 KINDS OF WORSHIP

• Vain worship.
• Ignorant worship.
• Self-imposed worship.
• Mock worship.
• TRUE WORSHIP

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TRUE WORSHIP

• John 424 "God is Spirit, and those who worship
  Him must worship in spirit and truth.
• Certain things must be done in worship.
• Nothing complex plain no excuse.
• Beauty of holiness (1 Chron. 1629).

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TRUE WORSHIP

• There are true worshipers.
• John 423 "But the hour is coming, and now is,
  when the true worshipers will worship the Father
  in spirit and truth for the Father is seeking
  such to worship Him...
• Seeking to seek after, look for, strive to
  find.

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TRUE WORSHIP

• New Testament Christians
• Partook of the Lords Supper (Acts 207 1
  Corinthians 1120ff).
• Sang psalms, hymns and spiritual songs (Ephesians
  519 Colossians 316 1 Corinthians 1415).
• Preached the word (Acts 207 242).
• Prayed (Acts 242 1 Corinthians 1415).
• Gave of their means (1 Corinthians 161-2).

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TRUE WORSHIP

• We worship to please God.
• If we do this, we will have no trouble receiving
  the benefits that God has placed in the worship
  that He has designed for us.

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THE IMPORTANCE OF WORHSIP

• How important is worshiping God to you?
• Our worship is not acceptable until we are
  faithful children of God.
• Are you a faithful child of God?

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GODS PLAN OF SALVATIONWHAT MUST I DO TO BE
SAVED?

• Hear the gospel (Romans 1017).
• Believe that Jesus is the Son of God (John 824).
• Confess your faith in Christ (Romans 109-10).
• Repent of your sins (Acts 238).
• Be baptized for the remission of your sins (Acts
  238).
• Live a faithful Christian life (Revelation 210).

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HAVE YOU BEENFORSAKING WORSHIP?

• Confess your sin (1 John 18).
• Repent and pray for forgiveness (Acts 822).
• Live a faithful Christian life (Revelation 210).