Understanding Music and Worship Chapter 1: Why Study Worship and Music Exalt His Name Understanding Music and Worship Chapter 1: Why Study Worship and Music

Introduction

Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together! Large Picture Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together! Psalm 34:3

Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together! Large Picture Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together! Psalm 34:3 Magnify - Hebrew (gadal) means: To grow Make powerful Become great or important Praise Promote

Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together! Large Picture Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together! Psalm 34:3 Exalt - Hebrew (gabahh) means: Lifting upward Raising up Placing in a lofty position of honor

Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together! Large Picture Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together! Psalm 34:3 Name - Hebrew (shem) means: Honor the authority, character or reputation of a person

Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together! Large Picture Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together! Psalm 34:3 With me… together: Unity In agreement Not alone

Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together! Large Picture Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together! Psalm 34:3 We, a body of believers, join together in one accord to lift up and honor our God and Lord and Savior, so that his name can be known and his reputation proclaimed to all the world.

Why study Music and Worship? Worship is a way of living, a way of seeing the world in the light of God. To worship is to rise to a higher level of existence to see the world from the point of view of God. ~Abraham J. Herschel

Why study Music and Worship? We are created to worship God

Why study Music and Worship? We are created to worship God Every picture we have of heaven reveals angelic beings worshipping God (Isa 6:1-6)

Why study Music and Worship? We are created to worship God Every picture we have of heaven reveals angelic beings worshipping God (Isa 6:1-6) John’s vision of heaven unveils the majestic sight of those from every tribe, tongue, people and nation, gathered around the throne of God – worshipping (Rev 5:9-10)

Why study Music and Worship? We are created to worship God Every picture we have of heaven reveals angelic beings worshipping God (Isa 6:1-6) John’s vision of heaven unveils the majestic sight of those from every tribe, tongue, people and nation, gathered around the throne of God – worshipping (Rev 5:9-10) When Jesus triumphantly entered Jerusalem, the Pharisees asked Him to rebuke the disciples who were worshipping Him. Instead, Jesus rebuked the Pharisees: “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out!” (Luke 19:37-40)

Why study Music and Worship? We are created to worship God Every picture we have of heaven reveals angelic beings worshipping God (Isa 6:1-6) John’s vision of heaven unveils the majestic sight of those from every tribe, tongue, people and nation, gathered around the throne of God – worshipping (Rev 5:9-10) When Jesus triumphantly entered Jerusalem, the Pharisees asked Him to rebuke the disciples who were worshipping Him. Instead, Jesus rebuked the Pharisees: “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out!” (Luke 19:37-40) When ministering in the temple and healing the blind and lame, Jesus told the chief priests and the scribes that worship and praise come from the lips of children and infants (Matt 21:15-16)

Why study Music and Worship? John’s vision of heaven unveils the majestic sight of those from every tribe, tongue, people and nation, gathered around the throne of God – worshipping (Rev 5:9-10) When Jesus triumphantly entered Jerusalem, the Pharisees asked Him to rebuke the disciples who were worshipping Him. Instead, Jesus rebuked the Pharisees: “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out!” (Luke 19:37-40) When ministering in the temple and healing the blind and lame, Jesus told the chief priests and the scribes that worship and praise come from the lips of children and infants (Matt 21:15-16) Offering our bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God is true and proper worship (Romans 12:1)

Why study Music and Worship? When Jesus triumphantly entered Jerusalem, the Pharisees asked Him to rebuke the disciples who were worshipping Him. Instead, Jesus rebuked the Pharisees: “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out!” (Luke 19:37-40) When ministering in the temple and healing the blind and lame, Jesus told the chief priests and the scribes that worship and praise come from the lips of children and infants (Matt 21:15-16) Offering our bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God is true and proper worship (Romans 12:1) The study of worship is important because it is what believers will be doing for eternity (Rev 4)

What is the right way to worship God? John 4: Samarian woman at the well. “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet. Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.” “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

The “Anything is OK With Us” Church The Good The Bad Six Sample Churches The “Anything is OK With Us” Church

First Church of “Current Styles and Trends” The Good The Bad Six Sample Churches First Church of “Current Styles and Trends”

The “Only Our Brand of Worship is Right” Church The Good The Bad Six Sample Churches The “Only Our Brand of Worship is Right” Church

“Only The Best is Good Enough for Us” Church The Good The Bad Six Sample Churches “Only The Best is Good Enough for Us” Church

The “Multi-Generational One-Family” Church The Good The Bad Six Sample Churches The “Multi-Generational One-Family” Church

The First Church of “Blander is Better” The Good The Bad Six Sample Churches The First Church of “Blander is Better”

Which Approach is right?

Which Approach is right? None of them – and all of them

Which Approach is right? Three things that these churches did right:

Which Approach is right? Three things that these churches did right: They had a strong emphasis on Music and Worship Music and Worship play a large and important part in the life of a local church

Which Approach is right? Three things that these churches did right: They had a strong emphasis on Music and Worship Each of the worship leaders had an understanding of their approach to music and worship. They had a philosophy. It wasn’t just random They were trying to answer the “WHY” questions. Why do we worship the way we do? What goes into our song choices?

Which Approach is right? Three things that these churches did right: They had a strong emphasis on Music and Worship Each of the worship leaders had an understanding of their approach to music and worship. They had a philosophy. It wasn’t just random. Each of these churches recognize that there is not a perfect church/worship style The perfect church does not exist. What can we learn (positively and negatively) from the worship practices of the churches that I know about

Jesus on Worship Talking with the Samaritan Woman The perfect church does not exist. What can we learn (positively and negatively) from the worship practices of the churches that I know about

Jesus on Worship Talking with the Samaritan Woman 13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

Jesus on Worship Talking with the Samaritan Woman 21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.

Jesus on Worship What is the proper motive for worship?

Jesus on Worship Worship begins in the heart What is the proper motive for worship? Worship begins in the heart It is a spiritual activity. Without hearts that are overflowing with the living water that only Jesus can provide, it makes no difference at all how or where we worship.

Jesus on Worship What is the meaning of worship?

Jesus on Worship True worshipers seek to know God What is the meaning of worship? True worshipers seek to know God Jesus used the term “True Worshipers” (v23) Active meaningful expression of love to God 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

Jesus on Worship What is the proper method of worship?

Jesus on Worship What is the proper method of worship? God is spirit and wants us to worship him with our whole lives

Jesus on Worship What is the proper manner of worship?

Jesus on Worship We must worship him with our emotions and intellect. What is the proper manner of worship? We must worship him with our emotions and intellect.

Jesus on Worship We must worship him with our emotions and intellect. What is the proper manner of worship? We must worship him with our emotions and intellect. Spirit Subjective How we feel Our inner-self Our emotions Truth Objective Our intellect Our judgement Based on the truth of God’s Word Worshipping in Spirit and in Truth demands full commitment from our total being.

Jesus on Worship What is the proper manner of worship? Worship in the quickening conscience of His holiness the nourishment of mind with His truth; the purifying of imagination by His beauty; the opening of the heart by His love; the surrender of the will to His purpose -William Temple

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