The Lord Wants Worship (1 Corinthians 11:23-26)
Gary McManus, 08/24/2014Part of the DCC Basics series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
Get connected. Worship is connection CUBED!
--personal connection to the Lord
--personal connection to the body of Christ
--connection of the body to the Lord (the head)
Worship isn’t WHAT we believe.
Worship is an EXPRESSION of what we believe
It is important THREE ways.
--it is what we believe
--it is what we believe as found in God’s Word
--worship is also teaching us about what we believe
and God’s word
Bible. . .pulpit. . .lectern
Why worship: Exodus, ch 29: 42-46
Ever notice that MOST of the Bible is about worship?
Genesis 4:26
chapter 4. . Cain and Able brought offerings to the Lord.
Noah built an altar to God (Genesis 8).
Abraham built an altar to God.(Genesis 12)
Communicating with God. . .honoring God. . .
bringing gifts to God. . .building altars for the offerings
. . .humanity WORKING for God = leiturgos = liturgy
(Acts 13:2). When we are worshipping, we are serving God.
We bring an offering. . .not to save us
. . .we bring offerings of praise. . .sacrifices of praise
(Jonah 2:9, Hebrews 13:15, 1 Peter 2:5)
God DOES want these things. . .the Bible says so. God says so.
Ever notice that how much of the Bible is devoted to
describing what we need to do to worship God right?
The question is what does God want and (the answer)
the Lord wants people to worship the Lord.
. . .and here is how to do it. . .
Here is how: Acts 2:42-47
Here is the American problem . We think that we
were all built for speed. We WERE NOT built for SPEED.
God made us for service.
What the Lord wants from us is obedience. . .service.
Romans 6:17, Galatians 3:1, 5:7
[Pastor McManus takes as a key scripture to this point Jesus’
question about a son and his father; “which did the will of his father?”
Matthew 21:31. See also Matthew 7:21, 12:50.]
That you are HERE this morning= OBEDIENCE
You CAN EXPECT GOD to SHOW UP
WHEN YOU GO TO WORSHIP!
Disclaimer: we cannot decide ahead of time
how we expect God to show up, or when we
expect God to show up or in what way God
will show up. . .the Lord God decides all those things
Jesus emphasized that WE, his followers will
not only worship the Lord but we will worship the
Lord in Spirit and in truth (John 4:23)
Consider before coming to worship. . .
“What has the Lord already done for you?”
--universally
-- earlier in your life
--lately
Then you are much more ready to praise the
Lord and consider the Lord’s awesomeness
The Lord’s Supper [1 Corinthians 11:20]
Why do we do this. . .today’s scripture.
In this modern age, we are in less danger of mis-direction.
The Bible: if the Bible is NOT in the worship service,
we lose. We lose THE source of INSTRUCTION.
The Bible can CORRECT us when we stray.
We can worship and meet with the Lord as God intended.
Amen
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