1. Guess Why You Should Worship?
Pastor Jon Fulton
August 6, 2017
Series: Guess?

3. All the nations you made will come and bow before you, Lord;
they will praise your holy name.
--Psalm 86:9 (NLT)

5. For everything comes from him and
exists by his power and is intended for his
glory. All glory to him forever! Amen.
--Romans 11:36 (NLT)

7. Why do we worship?

8. We worship because we were created to worship
Why do we worship?
We worship because we were created to worship

10. refined. Rather, I have refined you in the furnace
9 Yet for my own sake and for the honor of my name, I will hold back my anger and not wipe you out. 10 I have refined you, but not as silver is
refined. Rather, I have refined you in the furnace
of suffering. 11 I will rescue you for my sake— yes, for my own sake! I will not let my reputation be tarnished, and I will not share my glory with idols!
--Isaiah 48:9-11 (NLT)

12. what is written in this book. Worship only God!”
8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw all these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me. 9 But he said, “No, don’t worship
me. I am a servant of God, just like you and your brothers the prophets, as well as all who obey
what is written in this book. Worship only God!”
--Revelation 22:8-9 (NLT)

14. Why do we worship?

15. We worship because we are redeemed to worship
Why do we worship?
We worship because we are redeemed to worship

17. --John 4:21-25 (NASB95) 21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, an
hour is coming when neither in this mountain
nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
22 You worship what you do not know; we
worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 But an hour is... (cont’d)
--John 4:21-25 (NASB95)

18. --John 4:21-25 (NASB95) ...coming [in heaven itself], and now is [here
in Jesus], when the true worshipers will worship
the Father in spirit and truth; for such people
the Father seeks to be His worshipers. 24 God
is spirit, and those who worship Him must
worship in spirit and truth.”
--John 4:21-25 (NASB95)

20. The Greek word used for “worship” here in John 4 is the same Greek word used in Revelation.
The word is προσκυνέω (proskuneo) and Jesus is actually removing the localized and outward connotations.

22. 1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name goes all the glory for your unfailing love and faithfulness. 2 Why let the nations say, “Where
is their God?” 3 Our God is in the heavens,
and he does as he wishes. 4 Their idols
are merely things of silver and gold, shaped
by human hands. 5 They have... (cont’d)
--Psalm 115:1-8 (NLT)

23. --Psalm 115:1-8 (NLT) ...mouths but cannot speak, and eyes but
cannot see. 6 They have ears but cannot hear,
and mouths but cannot breathe. 7 They have hands but cannot feel, and feet but cannot
walk, and throats but cannot make a sound.
8 And those who make idols are just like them,
as are all who trust in them.
--Psalm 115:1-8 (NLT)

25. Why do we worship?

26. We worship because we need to worship
Why do we worship?
We worship because we need to worship