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4. Worship Contents 1 Worship in Genesis: Two Classes of Worshipers 2 Worship and the Exodus: Understanding Who God Is 3 The Sabbath and Worship 4 Rejoicing Before the Lord: The Sanctuary and Worship 5 Happy Are You, O Israel! 6 Worship and Song and Praise 7 Worship in the Psalms 8 Conformity, Compromise and Crisis in Worship 9 “Trust Not in Deceptive Words”: The Prophets and Worship 10 Worship: From Exile to Restoration 11 In Spirit and in Truth 12 Worship in the Early Church 13 Worship in the Book of Revelation

5. Worship “And Worship Him…” {4} “AND I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth…saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters” (Rev 14:6, 7).

6. “And Worship Him…” Key Themes {4} everlasting gospel First, John sees an angel having the “everlasting gospel.” Foundational, then, to all our worship needs to be Jesus’ death in our behalf. Worship should center on our response to the substitutionary work of Christ, which includes not only the Cross but His ongoing ministry for us in the heavenly sanctuary (Heb 8:1).

7. “And Worship Him…” Key Themes {4} Next, John tells us to “fear God.” Worship should be permeated by a sense of reverence and awe for our God, an attitude that will give us the humility and surrender so needed for true worship. fear God

8. “And Worship Him…” Key Themes {5} God-centered We are also told to “give glory to Him.” We have to make sure that worship is not people-centered, culture-centered, or personal-needs- centered, but God-centered. Worship must be about Him, about giving glory to Him, and not about music, culture, or worship styles.

9. “The hour of his judgment [has] come.” As we worship, we need to do so with the sense of an accountability to God for what we do and a realization that we can hide nothing from Him, a fact that should drive us to the Cross, our only hope in this judgment. “And Worship Him…” Key Themes {5} his judgment

10. “And Worship Him…” Key Themes {5} worship the Creator Finally, we are told to worship the Creator. Creation is so foundational to all worship, because all that we believe, without exception, is based on the fact that God is Creator. We worship Him because He is Creator and because He is Redeemer and because He is Judge.

11. Worship Our Goal {5} WITH worship as such a central component of “present truth,” we would do well to learn what it means to truly worship the only One in all creation who, by virtue of who He is, is worthy of that worship.

12. Worship Lesson 1, July 2 Worship Lesson 1, July 2 Worship in Genesis: Two Classes of Worshipers

13. Genesis: Two Classes of Worshipers Key Text Genesis 28:16, 17 NKJV “ ‘SURELY the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.’ And he was afraid and said, ‘How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!’ ”

14. Genesis: Two Classes of Worshipers Initial Words {7} based on faith based on works IN the story of Cain and Abel, two kinds of worshipers appear. One is acceptable, one is not, and that is because one is based on salvation by faith and the other, as are all false forms of worship, is based on works. One type of worship is focused solely on God, on His power and glory and grace, the other on humanity and on self.

15. Genesis: Two Classes of Worshipers Quick Look 1. Worship in Eden (Genesis 2:1-3) 2. Worship Outside of Eden (Genesis 4:3, 4) 3. Two Lines of Worship (Genesis 6:1-4)

16. Genesis: Two Classes of Worshipers 1. Worship in Eden Genesis 2:1-3 NKJV “Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them were finished. And on the seventh day God ended His work…and rested on the seventh day…. Then God blesses the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

17. 1.Worship in Eden The Sabbath Day {8} GENESIS 1 records the story of Adam and Eve in their new home. The Creator of the universe had just designed and formed a beautiful new planet, crowning His work with the creation of the first family. The world came from Him perfect; in its own unique way, earth must have been an extension of heaven.

18. 1.Worship in Eden The Sabbath Day {8} Genesis 2:1–3 then adds another element: the setting apart and making holy of the seventh day, an act tied directly to His work of creating the heavens and the earth, the act that forms the foundation of the fourth commandment—a day set aside for worship in a special way.

19. Genesis: Two Classes of Worshipers 2. Worship Outside of Eden Genesis 4:3, 4 NKJV “CAIN brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the LORD. Abel also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat.

20. 2. Worship Outside of Eden Two Classes of Worship {10} CAIN and Abel represent two classes of worshipers that have existed since the Fall. Both of them built altars. Both came to worship God with offerings. But one offering was acceptable to God and one was not. What made the difference?

21. 2. Worship Outside of Eden Two Classes of Worship {10} Abel’s offering of an animal reveals the great truth that only the death of Christ, the One equal with God (Phil. 2:6), could make the sinner right with God. Cain’s salvation by works Cain’s offering represented the attempt at salvation by works, the foundation of all false religion and worship.

22. Genesis: Two Classes of Worshipers 3. Two Lines of Worshipers Genesis 6:1-3 NKJV “MEN began to multiply…and daughters were born to them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were beautiful; and took wives for themselves…..”

23. 3. Two Lines of Worshipers Began to Merge {12} Little by little, the two classes of worshipers began to merge. Yet, in spite of the great wickedness in the earth, there were holy men of giant intellect who kept alive the knowledge of God. “All through the ages God had faithful witnesses, truehearted worshipers.” —Patriarchs and Prophets 84.

24. The first thing Noah does is worship. And central to that worship is the sacrifice. 3. Two Lines of Worshipers First Patriarch {12} This is the first record of the patriarchs building a place of worship, an altar on which to offer their sacrifices. Thus, before doing anything else, Noah acknowledges his total dependence upon the Lord and upon the coming of the Messiah.

25. The plan of salvation centers on the death of Jesus, God’s Son, and from the start this death was symbolized by the sacrificial system of worship. While the Lord wanted people to use only animals, in the pagan cultures folk actually sacrificed their own children, something that God said He hated (Deut. 12:31). 3. Two Lines of Worshipers The Faith of Abraham {14}

26. Jacob and Esau, like Cain and Abel, represent two classes of worshipers. Esau’s bold, adventuresome spirit appealed to his quiet, retiring father. Jacob, on the other hand, appeared to have a more spiritual nature. 3. Two Lines of Worshipers Bethel, the House of God {16}

27. 3. Two Lines of Worshipers Bethel, the House of God {16} Here Jacob worshiped the God of his fathers. Here he made a vow of faithfulness to Him. And here, like Abraham, he promised to return to God a tithe—as an act of worship. the house of God This is the first mention in Genesis of “the house of God.” Though for Jacob it was only a pillar of stone, Bethel became a significant place in sacred history.

28. Genesis: Two Classes of Worshipers Final Words {16} Fear Reverence awe The next thing he does is worship. Here, we see a principle regarding the attitude we should have in worship, an attitude that is revealed in Revelation 14:7, in the call to “fear God.” Notice Jacob’s sense of fear and awe because of the presence of God. Thus the Bible records his attitude of fear, reverence, and awe.