1. Braggs church Of Christ
The Act of Worship
Braggs church Of Christ
The Act Of Worship (handout for members)
Introduction --- The Meaning of Worship
1. A soul’s _________________ to God
Ps. 42:1-2
2. The central element of worship is _______________ God --- giving glory to God and to Jesus for what they have done for mankind
Ps. 50:23
3. Three elements of True worship: (Jn. 4:24)
a. Right object – God
b. Right attitude – In spirit
c. Right way - In truth
The Act of Worship
I. Acceptable Worship Requires Authority For What We Do
1. It is possible for our worship to be accepted or __________________ by God
2. The only acceptable worship is that worship which God has authorized
3. What we do must be taught in the _____________________________
Col. 3:17
4. Five acts or ingredients of acceptable worship
-“Worship is an act & it is correct to speak of ‘the acts of worship’…. The act of -worship is not confined to emotional and mental activity.” G. Workman
-In the assembly we are authorized to offer five acts of acceptable worship: Prayer, The Lord’s Supper, Preaching/teaching, Giving, and Singing
II. Acceptable Worship Is an Act (& not emotion alone)
1. Anna
Luke 2:36-37
2. Ethiopian eunuch
Acts 8:26-27
3. Jesus and the woman of __________________________
Jn. 4:19-24
III. Acceptable Worship Involves an Audience
1. ________________ is the object of our worship
Mt. 4:10
2. Whatever we reverence, love and obey becomes our object of worship – our god
3. __________________ are not the audience!
4. Eph. 5:19
-Although we teach and admonish one another in song – they are ultimately directed toward _____________________
IV. Acceptable Worship Requires the Proper Attitude
1. There is a lot of difference in the _____________________ of God as compared with the sinfulness of man
1 Jn. 1:5
2. When we offer our worship we do so as _________________ to the Creator
Gen. 1:1
3. Our worship is do be done with reverence and awe
-Reverence = a feeling or attitude of profound respect, usually reserved for the sacred or divine
-Awe = an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, dictionary.com
Ps. 89:7
References
“The Act of Worship”, by Rod Halliburton
“What is worship”, Gary Workman, Spiritual Sword, Vol. 24, #2
Worship

2. Braggs church of Christ
The Act of Worship
The Act Of Worship
Worship

3. Introduction --- The Meaning Of Worship
1. A soul’s approach to God
Ps. 42:1-2
“As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?”

4. Introduction --- The Meaning Of Worship
2. The central element of worship is praising God --- giving glory to God and to Jesus for what they have done for mankind
Ps. 50:23
“Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me”

5. Introduction --- The Meaning Of Worship
Braggs church of Christ
The Act of Worship
Introduction --- The Meaning Of Worship
3. Three elements of True worship: (Jn. 4:24)
A. Right object – God
B. Right attitude – In spirit
C. Right way - In truth
Worship

6. I. Acceptable Worship Requires Authority For What We Do
1. It is possible for our worship to be accepted or rejected by God
2. The only acceptable worship is that worship which God has authorized

7. I. Acceptable Worship Requires Authority For What We Do
3. What we do must be taught in the New Testament
Col. 3:17
“And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.”

8. I. Acceptable Worship Requires Authority For What We Do
4. Five acts or ingredients of acceptable worship
“Worship is an act & it is correct to speak of ‘the acts of worship’.. The act of worship is not confined to emotional and mental activity. G. Workman

9. Assembly
5 Acts of Worship
Hartville church of Christ

10. Prayer

11. The Lord’s Supper

12. Preaching

13. Giving

14. Singing

15. II. Acceptable Worship Is An Act (& not emotion alone)
1. Anna
Luke 2:36-37
“And there was one Anna, a prophetess….And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day”

16. II. Acceptable Worship Is An Act (& not emotion alone)
2. Ethiopian eunuch
Acts 8:27
“And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,”

17. II. Acceptable Worship Is An Act (& not emotion alone)
3. Jesus and the woman of Samaria
Jn. 4:19-24
“The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. [20] Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say,

18. Jn. 4:19-24
that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. [21] Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. [22] Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

19. Jn. 4:19-24
[23] But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. [24] God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”

20. III. Acceptable Worship Involves An Audience
1. God is the object of our worship
Mt. 4:10
“Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.”

21. III. Acceptable Worship Involves An Audience
2. Whatever we reverence, love and obey becomes our object of worship – our god
3. We are not the audience

22. III. Acceptable Worship Involves An Audience
4. Eph. 5:19
“Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord”

23. III. Acceptable Worship Involves An Audience
Although we teach and admonish one another in song – they are ultimately directed to God

24. IV. Acceptable Worship Requires The Proper Attitude
1. There is a lot of difference in the holiness of God as compared with the sinfulness of man
1 Jn. 1:5

25. 1 Jn. 1:5
“This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.”

26. IV. Acceptable Worship Requires The Proper Attitude
2. When we offer our worship we do so as creatures to the Creator
Gen. 1:1
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”

27. IV. Acceptable Worship Requires The Proper Attitude
3. Our worship is do be done with reverence and awe
Reverence = a feeling or attitude of profound respect, usually reserved for the sacred or divine

28. IV. Acceptable Worship Requires The Proper Attitude
Awe = an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, Dictionary.com
Ps. 89:7

29. Ps. 89:7
“God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.”

30. What Must I do to be Saved?F A I T H U L Be
Baptized
Confess
Repent
Believe
Hear

31. References
“The Act of Worship”, by Rod Halliburton
“What is worship”, Gary Workman, Spiritual Sword, Vol. 24, #2
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