1. A BELIEVER’S GREATEST DANGER

2. Their sin was so bad that God referred to them as Sodom and Gomorrah in verse 10!

3. List what you think are the top 5 sins.

4. I. THE SIN THAT TOTALLY UPSETS GOD.

5. Isaiah 1:11-15: “The multitude of your sacrifices-- what are they to me?" says the Lord. "I have more than enough of burnt offerings, of rams and the fat of

6. fattened animals; I have no pleasure in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. When you come to appear before me, who has asked this of you, this trampling of my courts?

7. Stop bringing meaningless offerings! Your incense is detestable to me. New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations-- I cannot bear your evil assemblies.

8. Your New Moon festivals and your appointed feasts my soul hates. They have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them.

9. When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide my eyes from you; even if you offer many prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood”

10. Christianity began as an experience but it has become a performance. Dr. John Phillips

11. II. ARE YOU GUILTY?

12. III. WHAT WE NEED TODAY!

13. Do you come to this place and draw near him with your mouths and lips but your heart is far from Him?

14. The most important thing in worship is what happens in your heart!!!!!

15. Isaiah 1:16-20-“wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight! Stop doing wrong, learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the

16. oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow. "Come now, let us reason together," says the Lord. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they

17. shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land;

18. but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword." For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

19. A. Be cleansed. In Salvation. In Sanctification.

20. B. We need to reason with God

21. True worship focuses on one thing-God. Its purpose is to honor and to praise the greatness of God.