Servanthood and worship of God
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· 23 viewsThe biblical understanding of servanthood has its foundation in people serving God in worship. The terms for “service” and “worship” are often interchangeable.
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Worship is a central aspect of serving God
Worship is a central aspect of serving God
He answered, “I will certainly be with you, and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: when you bring the people out of Egypt, you will all worship God at this mountain.”
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Worship entails total obedience, not merely correct religious observances
Worship entails total obedience, not merely correct religious observances
“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you except to fear the Lord your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, and to worship the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul? Keep the Lord’s commands and statutes I am giving you today, for your own good.
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Worship and service to God must be exclusive
Worship and service to God must be exclusive
Then Jesus told him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written:
Worship the Lord your God,
and serve only Him.”
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Serving false gods
Serving false gods
Worshipping false gods forbidden
Worshipping false gods forbidden
Do not have other gods besides Me.
Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth. You must not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the fathers’ sin, to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
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Warnings against serving false gods
Warnings against serving false gods
However, if you turn away and abandon My statutes and My commands that I have set before you and if you go and serve other gods and worship them, then I will uproot Israel from the soil that I gave them, and this temple that I have sanctified for My name I will banish from My presence; I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.
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Examples of idolatrous service
Examples of idolatrous service
Then, as if following the sin of Jeroboam son of Nebat were a trivial matter, he married Jezebel, the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and then proceeded to serve Baal and worship him.
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Refusal to serve false gods
Refusal to serve false gods
There are some Jews you have appointed to manage the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men have ignored you, the king; they do not serve your gods or worship the gold statue you have set up.”
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Judgment for serving false gods
Judgment for serving false gods
The Lord said to the Israelites, “When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines, Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you, and you cried out to Me, did I not deliver you from their power? But you have abandoned Me and worshiped other gods. Therefore, I will not deliver you again.
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The service of the Levites and the priesthood
The service of the Levites and the priesthood
Consecration of the priesthood
Consecration of the priesthood
“This is what you are to do for them to consecrate them to serve Me as priests. Take a young bull and two unblemished rams,
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Service in the Tent of Meeting
Service in the Tent of Meeting
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Service in the temple
Service in the temple
Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, the priests, and the Levites. The Levites 30 years old or more were counted; the total number of men was 38,000 by headcount. “Of these,” David said, “24,000 are to be in charge of the work on the Lord’s temple, 6,000 are to be officers and judges, 4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the Lord with the instruments that I have made for worship.”
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The promise of restored service in the new temple
The promise of restored service in the new temple
“But the Levitical priests descended from Zadok, who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, will approach Me to serve Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.
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Examples of priestly service
Examples of priestly service
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The true service of Jesus Christ as high priest
The true service of Jesus Christ as high priest
Hebrews sees the OT priesthood and its services as superseded by Jesus Christ.
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The Christian’s life as an act of worship
The Christian’s life as an act of worship
Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual worship.
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