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“Encounter With the Risen Christ”. John 20:11-23. “ A Worshipping Heart”. Acts 2: 46-47.
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“Encounter With the Risen Christ” John 20:11-23 “AWorshipping Heart” Acts 2:46-47
“So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people.” Acts 2:46-47a
II. Understanding the Critical Question of Worship “So when David was old and full of days, he made his son Solomon king over Israel. And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and above; and the number of individual males was thirty-eight thousand.
II. Understanding the Critical Question of Worship “Of these, twenty-four thousand wereto look after the work of the house of the Lord, six thousand were officers and judges, four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand praised the Lord with musical instruments, “which I made,” said David,“for giving praise. ” 1 Chronicles 23:1-5
II. Understanding the Critical Question of Worship “Furthermore King David said to all the assembly: “My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, is young and inexperienced; and the work is great, because the temple is not for man but for the Lord God. Now for the house of my God I have prepared with all my might: gold for thingsto be made of gold, silver for things of silver, bronze for thingsof bronze, iron for things of iron,
II. Understanding the Critical Question of Worship “wood for things of wood, onyx stones, stones to be set, glistening stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and marble slabs in abundance. Moreover, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, I have given to the house of my God, overand above all that I haveprepared for the holy house, myown special treasure of gold and silver:
II. Understanding the Critical Question of Worship “three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses; the gold for things of gold and the silver for things of silver, and for all kinds of work to be done by the hands of craftsmen. Whothen is willing to consecratehimself this day to the Lord?” 1 Chronicles 29:1-5
III. Unwrapping the Central Components of Worship The consecration of God’s servants
III. Unwrapping the Central Components of Worship The consecration of God’s servants “And it came to pass when the priests came out of the Most Holy Place (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves…).” 2 Chronicles 5:11
III. Unwrapping the Central Components of Worship The consecration of God’s servants “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.” Romans 12:1
III. Unwrapping the Central Components of Worship The consecration of God’s servants Beware of counterfeit consecration
III. Unwrapping the Central Components of Worship The consecration of God’s servants Beware of counterfeit consecration Beware of intermittent consecration
III. Unwrapping the Central Components of Worship The celebration of God’s praise
III. Unwrapping the Central Components of Worship The celebration of God’s praise “and the Levites who were the singers, all those of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, stood at the east end of the altar, clothed in white linen,having cymbals, stringedinstruments and harps, and withthem one hundred and twentypriests sounding with trumpets -
III. Unwrapping the Central Components of Worship The celebration of God’s praise “indeed it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord, and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals andinstruments of music, andpraised the Lord…” 2 Chronicles 5:12-13a
III. Unwrapping the Central Components of Worship The celebration of God’s praise “… praised the Lord, saying: ‘For He is good, For His mercy endures forever,’” 2 Chronicles 5:13b
III. Unwrapping the Central Components of Worship 3. The revelation of God’s presence
III. Unwrapping the Central Components of Worship “and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the Lord, saying: ‘For He is good, For His mercy endures forever,” that the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud, so that the priests could notcontinue ministering because of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.” 2 Chronicles 5:13b-14
III. Unwrapping the Central Components of Worship “Therefore if the whole church comes together in one place… if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an uninformed person comes in, he is convinced by all, he is convicted by all. And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed; and so, falling down on his face, he will worship God and reportthat God is truly among you.” 1 Corinthians 14:23a, 24-25