Worship An Alternative Lifestyle

Worship- to declare worth or value

Christian Worship- to declare the worth or value of God as ultimate

Worship is the natural response of the redeemed to the revelation of God

Worship is the natural response of the redeemed to the revelation of God - Event - Lifestyle

Worship is a response My focus determines How I experience lifestyle worship

"So if you're serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides

"Don't shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ- that's where the action is. See things from his perspective" - Col. 3:1-2 (Message)

"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal" - 2 Corinthians 4:18

"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal" - 2 Corinthians 4:18 My focus determines My response

Huge for relationships…

Marriage is designed By God to be By the gospel and For the gospel

Gospel= Great News:

Gospel= Great News: - We are separated (God, each other)

Gospel= Great News: - We cause(d) the separation without the ability to fix it

Gospel= Great News: - Jesus paid for our sin And offers restoration of relationship Without shame, guilt or Payment on our part

Gospel= Great News: - We are reconnected to the Father And to one another in Christ

Marriage is designed By God to be By the gospel and For the gospel Marriage is unique among all human relationships Marriage is designed By God to be By the gospel and For the gospel Marriage is unique among all human relationships

The only relationship: - Changes the nature of every other - Two become one flesh - Is always covenant - Is a living picture of the gospel

And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh - Genesis 2:22-23

Jesus repeats Paul repeats

Marriage is designed By God to be By the gospel and For the gospel

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ Does that mean "obey each other"? Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ Does that mean "obey each other"?

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ Does that mean "obey each other"? Out of reverence for who? Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ Does that mean "obey each other"? Out of reverence for who?

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ Hypotasso: to yield, or defer out of respect, authority, affection, persuasion, or compulsion Defer to one another Out of reverence for Jesus Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ Hypotasso: to yield, or defer out of respect, authority, affection, persuasion, or compulsion Defer to one another Out of reverence for Jesus

Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.

Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

…that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.

…that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. What she becomes Is a reflection of his leadership

In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body.

“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. Separation becomes restoration

It's not on you To hold it together or To put it back together

Marriage is designed By God to be By the gospel and For the gospel

The gospel Sin separates Christ unites in himself Through his sacrifice for our sins As we confess and repent

By the gospel: Marriage: Sin separates people Jesus, not mere human effort, restores We confess and repent God changes our hearts

"I'm going to try to do better!" Fat chance…

"Jesus is changing my heart" I'll be more like Christ to you… I'll be more like the church to you…

For the gospel: This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it (marriage) refers to Christ and the church. - Leaving and Cleaving - Demonstrates Covenant - Unity through changed hearts

However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband - Ephesians 5:22-33

However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband - Ephesians 5:22-33 Love- he supplies her needs

However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband - Ephesians 5:22-33 Love- he supplies her needs Respect- she supplies his needs

He is an entrustment She is an entrustment From God, to encourage towards Becoming what God created him or her to be

"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal" - 2 Corinthians 4:18 My focus determines How I handle the marriage

How I handle my marriage Is how I worship Because they see me When no one else does As no one else does…

Worship: to declare God as ultimate

Worship: to declare God as ultimate Can I declare God as ultimate And treat my wife like garbage?

Husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered - 1 Peter 3:7

"If you aren't treating your spouse right… We're not on talking terms"

Worship is the natural response of the redeemed to the revelation of God If there are problems in the marriage The place to start is with a renewed heart

Is my marriage based on the gospel?

Does my marriage reflect the gospel?

Does my marriage reflect the gospel? How do I speak about My wife/husband around others?

Am I trying to do better? Or trusting God to change me?

Do I see my spouse as a gift To encourage, love and serve?

Do I see my spouse as a gift To encourage, love and serve? What would he or she say?

Marriage is designed By God to be By the gospel and For the gospel As an act of worship

Reflect Talk Pray together Repent often and well…