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SERIES: CLARITY
MESSAGE: Why Do We Go To Church? - Part 1
John 13:34-35 & selected scriptures
November 5. 2006
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/"A new command I give you: Love one another.
As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."
/*John 13:34-35**/ /*
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*Our Mission*
“The Mars Hill Baptist Church of Chicago exists to turn the Unchurched into fully devoted followers of Christ.”
! Guiding Question
/What does a fully devoted follower of Christ look like?/
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A Radically Transformed Life!
*When a person has an authentic relationship with Christ, a radical transformation takes place.
The change is characterized by a departure from the former life (old way of thinking) to a new life (A way of thinking is a transformed mind – The Mind of Christ).*
/Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus/: *Philippians 2:5** *
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*Fully Devoted Followers of christ*
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*A fully devoted follower of christ worships god individually and corporately.*
/Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind/.'
*Matthew 22:37*
*To be radically transformed means that the believer views worship, both individually (private) & corporately (with other believers) as a way of life.
We encourage our members to attend one of our weekend worship services.*
*“Expressing my love to God” is called WORSHIP*
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§ *The essence of the Christian life can be summed up in two words “love affair”.
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§ *God wants to have a love affair with you.*
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§ *We’re Objects of God’s Love*
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§ *God made you to love you.*
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§ *He wants to have a relationship with you.
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§ *We are created** for the purpose of having a relationship with God.*
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§ *The most important thing we can know in life is that God loves us.*
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§ *The most important thing that we can do in life is to love Him back.*
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§ *If we do this we will fulfill our primary purpose in life.
TO LOVE GOD!*
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!!!! Worship is not a ritual or routine.
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§ *Not something we “JUST” do at church.
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§ *Worship simply means expressing love to God. *
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§ *Any time we’re expressing love** to God, we’re worshipping.*
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§ *That could be anywhere*
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§ *When you express love to God in any way you are worshipping.
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!!!! It’s Hard to Express Love (esp.
MEN)
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§ *Sometimes we feel it; we just don’t know how to get it out, how to say it.
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§ *So we don’t know how to express our love to our children*
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§ *To our wives~/husbands*
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§ *To our friends and neighbors~/Co-workers*
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§ *Even to God – It’s difficult.
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*I'm going to encourage you to take a self-test on each of these 3 and *
*evaluate yourself**.*
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· *By the end of this message I pray you will feel loved by God more than you ever have in your life.
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*How Do I Express My Love to God?*
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**BY SINGING TO HIM*
/“Sing out your thanks to Him; sing praises to our God…”/ Psalm 147:7 (Living Bible)
/Sing to the Lord a new song//; sing to the Lord, all the earth.
Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day.
For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods/.
*Psalm 96:1-2*
*A. **Music and Love Go Together*
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MOST music *comes from THE HEART*.
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It’s not intellectual.
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It’s *something that comes out of your soul*, your emotions.
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There are *many love songs* in the world.
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**Radio Stations Dedicated to the love song format.
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More songs have been written about Jesus Christ than any other topic in the world?
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Nothing even comes close in second place.
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Over the last 2000 years there have been more love songs and songs written to Jesus Christ than any other subject.
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**Christianity is a singing religion, a singing faith.
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Why? It’s not about religion.
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It’s about a love affair.
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It’s about a relationship with God.
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God loves you so much that *He sent His Son* to die for you and *He wants you to love Him back*.
“Sing out your thanks to Him; sing praises to our God…” Psalm 147:7 (LB)
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**SINGING MAKES Us Aware of God’s Love & Presence in our Lives.*
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“I don’t sing.”
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The Bible says, “/make a joyful noise/.”
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Basketball Game – “we make joyful noises.”
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Weddings – “we make joyful noises.”
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You *don’t have to hit the right note* – make a joyful noise.
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**Some Intentionally Come Late*
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“I’ll miss the warm-up”
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“I’ll miss all of the preliminaries.”
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I’m coming for “THE WORD.”
We need the Word for our heads and music for our hearts.
Music */inspires/*, it */refreshes/*, it */rejuvenates/*, it */revitalizes/*.
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*If you’re depressed*, you need a song!
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Worship has a healing element in it!
When I *least feel like singing* that’s when I need to do it the most.
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**Can you worship God more than just at church? *
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*YES you can* !
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Worship is just simply expressing your love to God.
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*Wherever God is* you can worship.
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth.
Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day.
For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods.
*Psalm 96:1-2*
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