Sermon Tone Analysis

What is Worship?

We’re gonna see in the Bible a 2-fold aspect of worship.

‘Well, surely that’s not the fullness of worship.

That is just 1 verse.’

What worship is -

NKJV7 Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying: 8 ‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. 9 And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”So we are going to look at scriptures throughout the Bible about worship.

What exactly it is, and what it isn’t, when it started, what it was composed of, etc.

For starters, the definition of worship.

So we see 2-fold worship here: Spirit and truth.

With our hearts and our lips.

It can even be viewed as backwards and forwards, Old Testament and New Testament.

We look back to find the truth of who God is and how He has revealed Himself, and we look ahead to one day when we will see Him face to face and the mysteries of Spiritual things will be fully revealed.

Spirit and Truth.

We talk in our affirmations about how necessary it is to make both spirit and truth a priority, and not one or the other.

This is true in all areas of our walk, therefore also, in our worship.

So we are going to look at scriptures throughout the Bible about worship.

What exactly it is, and what it isn’t, when it started, what it was composed of, etc.

For starters, the definition of worship.

English definition - the feeling or expression of reverence & adoration of a deity.

Hebrew - several Hebrew words that translate as worship:

to bow down; prostrate

to serve; to work for; in service of someone or something

to pay homage.

bow down not as a sign of service, or not as an action of serving, but just as a sign of respect.

to bow into; to bow towards or away from something; to bow about someone or something.

This word pulls in the motive, not just the action.

This and the words meaning ‘to bow’ are the 2 that are used the majority of the time.

Greek - Proskyneo - to fall down in worship, give reverence to, to prostrate oneself before.

English definition - the feeling or expression of reverence & adoration of a deity.

Hebrew - several Hebrew words that translate as worship:

What do we think of when we hear the word worship, and what does it mean when we start to think a little deeper about it?

to bow down; prostrate

John

to serve; to work for; in service of someone or something

to pay homage.

bow down not as a sign of service, or not as an action of serving, but just as a sign of respect.

to bow into; to bow towards or away from something; to bow about someone or something.

This word pulls in the motive, not just the action.

This and the words meaning ‘to bow’ are the 2 that are used the majority of the time.

Greek - Proskyneo - to fall down in worship, give reverence to, to prostrate oneself before.

Greek - Proskyneo - to fall down in worship, give reverence to, to prostrate oneself before.

Dueteronomy 6:13

Now I’m wanting us at briefly look at worship as we do as a church, and where we get what that is supposed to look like.

We’ve done that with the concept of being a missionary, church leadership, etc., I thought it would be good for us to have a common understanding on what worship is, and what it is not.

So we all know that worship is much more than song, but I’m specifically wanting us to look at worship through song because it is such an integral part of how and when we meet together.

So Paul is preaching Spirit here, addressing how Jews were telling people that they had to follow these laws in order to be saved, and Paul points it back towards Spiritual revelation of what Christ did for us.

Make no mistake, comprehending Christ is a work of the Spirit.

(  Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.)

16 Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

17 Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.)

Now I’m wanting us at briefly look at worship as we do as a church, and where we get what that is supposed to look like.

We’ve done that with the concept of being a missionary, church leadership, etc., I thought it would be good for us to have a common understanding on what worship is, and what it is not.

Now I’m wanting us at briefly look at worship as we do as a church, and where we get what that is supposed to look like.

We’ve done that with the concept of being a missionary, church leadership, etc., I thought it would be good for us to have a common understanding on what worship is, and what it is not.

The New King James Version.

(1982).

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Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

-1st, we’re gonna look at O.T & N.T. Worship.

15-16

OLD TESTAMENT

- Moses and Miriam’s songs after crossing the Red Sea

- They sang when God gave them water from the rock.

, The Israelites sang upon the return from Babylonian Exile.

-2nd, we’re gonna look at the nature of worship in 2 aspects.

For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above; 28 because their duty was to......30 to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at evening;

1 Chronicles 23:27 For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above; 28 because their duty was to......30 to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at evening;

1 Cronicles 25:1

1 Chron 25:1-5

, Nehemiah 12

2 Chronicles 29:25-30

- Moses and Miriam’s songs

- They sang when God gave them water from the rock.

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-Then, we’re gonna define what worship is in the life of the believer and what it’s purpose is.

Worship & Warfare - , ,

Worship & Warfare - , ,

We often don’t “get the Psalms” because we often choose not to live on the front lines of the spiritual war like David and Moses did.

We therefore miss out on the exhilarating highs and dejecting lows of the battle as it rages on.

The Psalms are set in a culture rife with opposition and dangerous enemies, where opting out of the battle wasn’t an option (no police officers, no court systems…even these would be laughably insufficient remedies for the ruthlessly implacable armies overrunning the region).

If we want our worship to be a God-glorifying feast of celebration, we need to enlist in the battle (), accept its risks, and let our praise arise out of the thrill of Yahweh’s endless string of victories, just as it does in the Psalms.

For starters, let’s look at how worship comes to be in the Bible.

The first we see worship with song in the Bible is in the book of Exodus.

OLD TESTAMENT

Worship, in the context of singing, is even used as a form of warfare in the Bible (see ).

They put a chorus of singers, musicians, and worshippers at the front of the army to sing, worship, and declare God’s glory as they advanced!

When we divorce worship from the reality of warfare, the result can be an apathetic, neutered, “me-centered” worship, not worship focused on God’s glory as the ultimate goal.

The Israelites Journey:

(The Psalms Project)

Praise in the Psalms is mostly cultivated from the soil of triumph.

It should be the same way in the church today.

Life is not a playground, despite the tacit claims of an idolatrous and distracted culture.

It’s a battleground, where exhilarating worship springs up from our shared experience of victory alongside the One who is victorious over all things.

(The Psalms Project)

Psalm 100:4

- Moses and Miriam’s songs after crossing the Red Sea

- They sang when God gave them water from the rock.

– The song of Deborah the prophetess

In the Kingdom Years: Here we see the institution of music under King David, the man after God’s own heart.

Here we see the Levites appointed to pray through song day and night.

What’s interesting here is that this was not a command from God.

This was something David did for the Lord, out of love, adoration and service to his King.

(We’ll come back to that)

eph 5:18-19