WHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT WORSHIP

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WHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT WORSHIP
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Proverbs 35 Trust in the LORD with all your
heart, And lean not on your own understanding 6
In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall
direct your paths. 7 Do not be wise in your own
eyes Fear the LORD and depart from evil.
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Ephesians 122 And He put all things under His
feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to
the church,
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Matthew 48 Again, the devil took Him up on an
exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the
kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 And he
said to Him, "All these things I will give You if
You will fall down and worship me." 10 Then
Jesus said to him, "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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Genesis 225 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."
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Because you may ascertain that it is no more than
twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to
worship (Acts 2411).
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Romans 121 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. 2 And do not
be conformed to this world, but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind, that you may prove
what is that good and acceptable and perfect will
of God.
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Matthew 151 Then the scribes and Pharisees who
were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying, 2
"Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition
of the elders? For they do not wash their hands
when they eat bread." 3 He answered and said to
them, "Why do you also transgress the commandment
of God because of your tradition? 4 "For God
commanded, saying, 'Honor your father and your
mother' and, 'He who curses father or mother,
let him be put to death.' 5 "But you say,
'Whoever says to his father or mother, "Whatever
profit you might have received from me is a gift
to God" -- 6 'then he need not honor his father
or mother.' Thus you have made the commandment of
God of no effect by your tradition. 7
"Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you,
saying 8 'These people draw near to Me with
their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But
their heart is far from Me. 9 And in vain they
worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the
commandments of men.' "
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Matthew 2124 But Jesus answered and said to
them, "I also will ask you one thing, which if
you tell Me, I likewise will tell you by what
authority I do these things 25 "The baptism of
John -- where was it from? From heaven or from
men?"
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Matthew 2125 And they reasoned among themselves,
saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say to
us, 'Why then did you not believe him?' 26 "But
if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude, for
all count John as a prophet." 27 So they
answered Jesus and said, "We do not know."
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John 420 "Our fathers worshiped on this
mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is
the place where one ought to worship."
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John 421 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me,
the hour is coming when you will neither on this
mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father.
22 "You worship what you do not know we know
what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.
23 "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. 24 "God is Spirit, and those who
worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."
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1 Corinthians 316 Do you not know that you are
the temple of God and that the Spirit of God
dwells in you? 17 If anyone defiles the temple
of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of
God is holy, which temple you are.
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Hebrews 114 By faith Abel offered to God a more
excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he
obtained witness that he was righteous, God
testifying of his gifts and through it he being
dead still speaks.
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Romans 1017 So then faith comes by hearing, and
hearing by the word of God.
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God is pictured as going up and down looking for
someone who is worshiping Him in spirit and in
truth. As you sit in the audience taking part, or
maybe not taking part, in the worship, God is
looking and trying to see if you are worshiping
in the proper spirit. Is the worship an ordeal?
Is there such hatred for someone in the service
that you cannot worship with the right attitude?
Are you listening to the prayers, and saying your
amen to them? Did you miss the Bible study? Are
you taking a part in the singing? Did you give
your smallest coin, or moldiest old bill? Is the
service something to criticize? How many real
worshipers did God see in this audience?
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24 "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must
worship in spirit and truth."
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John 1717 "Sanctify them by Your truth. Your
word is truth.
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Colossians 317 And whatever you do in word or
deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
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Proverbs 1412 There is a way that seems right to
a man, But its end is the way of death.
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From the idea that is frequently suggested about
singing, we gather that many in the church think
worship is to be entertainment. But this is far
from the truth. Worship is spiritual. It is to
help us gain control over the flesh, and to do
this the worship must be spiritual. If it appeals
to the flesh, it defeats its own purpose. How
foolish it is to add some novel attraction to
worship to draw a crowd, and cultivate a taste
that cannot be gratified, for more and more
entertainment. If we enter into competition with
the shows we are bound to fail, for the shows can
put on far better shows than the church can, and
so why go to church to see a show. Let us keep
worship spiritual, and not arrange it to appeal
to the flesh.
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5 basic things authorized for our worship
assembles 1. On the first day of every week, we
are to partake of the Lords Supper Acts 207 2.
On the first day of every week, we are to give of
our money 1 Cor. 161-2 3. Gods Word is to be
taught Acts 207 4. We are to pray together 1
Thes. 517 5. We are all to sing together from
our hearts without using musical instruments Eph.
519 Col. 316.
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John 1248 "He who rejects Me, and does not
receive My words, has that which judges him --
the word that I have spoken will judge him in the
last day.
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