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Title: Worship that Reflects the Character of God
Text:
Series: Let's be a Christ-Centered Church
What does it mean that God is the Author of Peace in all of the Churches?
“peace” - freedom from worry;
- It is what God has given us
- It is what God has called us to
In Romans, Paul points out the fact that this is the peace we have received with God in the Person of Jesus Christ.
Speaks to harmonious relationship between God and man
5365 Thoreau’s Ignorance
When Thoreau, the naturalist, was close to death, he was visited by a very pious aunt who asked, “Henry, have you made your peace with God?” “I didn’t know,” was Thoreau’s answer, “that we had ever quarreled.”
And in his answer he revealed his profound spiritual ignorance.
Too many people are like him.
They are utterly unconscious of the fact that they have sinned against God and so have “quarreled” with Him, and are really lost and separated from God.
The first step in coming to Christ is to realize one is a sinner, a lost sinner.
Thoreau’s answer revealed that he still was a lost man: he didn’t know he was lost and so he had never come to Christ to get saved.
Here is the truth about man’s sin and lost condition by nature.
—Christian Victory
Speaks to harmonious relationships between men
For the Christian, it is the supernatural ability to live in peace with others because we are at peace with God.
The usage in this passage implies that it is not just a passive peace, but a peace that happens because we devote ourselves to the edification of believers.
This is how we received peace with God by the proactive work of Jesus Christ.
He did not sit back and sit at peace.
We are not called sit back and be at peace.
This peace requires the proactivity of God’s people.
And why would Paul say this here?
It is because God has gifted believers for specific reasons, and worship is to be a reflection of the character of God:
Christian worship is to reflect the character of God.
The Holy Spirit is not like a Ping-Pong ball careening from one person to another and creating mass confusion.
- Garland, David E.
Garland, David E.. 1 Corinthians (Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament) (Kindle Locations 15204-15205).
Baker Publishing Group.
Kindle Edition.
Proposition:
We should yearn for the corporate assembly to worship God in a manner that shows for the character of God!
(1) Because of who God is, our worship is commanded to be for edification (v.
26)
Explanation:
Though we do not see the character of God spoken about until later, this command is given with this character of God in mind.
Explain: psalm, teaching, tongue, revelation, interpretation
Application:
Principle: an individual who is at peace with God is free to obediently seek peace with other believers at church.
This means that whether singing, teaching, or speaking the character of God is manifested as we pursue peace.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
What prevents people from this principle application?
An individual who is exhibiting the opposite of this, who exhibits a critical spirit, who is using his platform to promote his anger is one who (this application is for outside the assembly times too…i.e.
social media):
Is not at peace with God
Has forgotten that he’s at peace with God
Illustration:
ILLUSTRATION 83
GOING TO THE MAKER
Topics: Bible; Consequences; Disobedience; Guidance; Happiness; Obedience; Renewal
References: Psalm 119:105; John 10:10
My old laptop simply would not run the MacBible software anymore.
Though I had experimented with it for hours, nothing worked.
My wife, wise woman that she is, suggested that I call the owners of the software for help, but no, I knew what I was doing.
That morning, after having exhausted every last idea, I gave in and called the MacBible Corporation.
After speaking to a friendly voice, I was assured that the person to whom I was being referred would know exactly what to do.
I wasn’t convinced, but I called him anyway.
The name I had been given sounded familiar, and I soon learned why.
The person on the other end of the line was none other than the man who had written the MacBible software.
He gave me a brief set of instructions, which I wrote down.
In minutes, my computer software program was up and running.
I just had to go to the man who wrote the program.
How many times in life don’t we try to work out our problems our own way?
Finally, when all else has failed, we go to the one who designed us.
Soon, if we obey, we find ourselves once again at peace with God and functioning as he planned.
—Tim Quinn, Holland, Michigan
(2) Worship that reflects the character of God uses tongues in these specific ways (v.
27 - 28):
Explanation:
Limited number (v. 27)
Orderly (v.
27)
Interpretation (v.
27)
Keep silence (v.
28)
Keep private (v.
28)
Application:
Principle: Christian worship is to
Illustration:
(3) Worship that reflects the character of God uses prophecy in these specific ways (v.
29 - 30):
Explanation:
Limited number
Limited number
Let others weigh carefully
Consideration for other speakers
Application:
Principle: Christian worship at GBC is to be characterized by the proactive use of gifts in an orderly and self-restrained manner.
Pride
As C.S. Lewis indicates: Pride is essentially competitive—is competitive by its very nature—while the other vices are competitive only, so to speak, by accident.
Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.
We say that people are proud of being rich, or clever, or good-looking, but they are not.
They are proud of being richer, or cleverer, or better looking than others.
If everyone else became equally rich, or clever, or good looking, there would be nothing to be proud about.
It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest.
Once the element of competition has gone, pride has gone.
Gary Inrig, “A Call to Excellence,” Victor Books, Wheaton, ILL, 1985, pp.
33-45
What prevents us from this?
Our pride does not like to be judged or for people to weigh what are saying.
(v.
29)
We absolutely despise being wrong.
Why?
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