Worship: Giving Ourselves to God
Worship, Learn, Serve, Care…and Give! (January 5-26) • Sermon • Submitted
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Series: Why are we here? What is our purpose?
Series: Why are we here? What is our purpose?
Worship, Serve, Learn and Care
Bible gives perspective - dust in the wind
Only one life will soon be past - only what’s done for Christ will last. Overall series: What are we doing? How do we know we are doing the right things?
Who are they for?
Bible gives perspective - dust in the wind
Do they have eternal significance?
Worship
Worship
Word doesn’t mean what we think it means: prostrate, to kiss one’s feet
Too busy to enjoy - irony of planing worship, or getting family together, or fitting worship into schedules - keeps us from enjoying worship
NOT - all about our personal satisfaction - a product to be compared, shopped for, and consumed.
IS - enjoying God for who HE is. He hasn’t promised personal satisfaction (
When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them. When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner.” Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” “Tell me, teacher,” he said. “Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?” Simon replied, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven.” “You have judged correctly,” Jesus said. Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.” Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” The other guests began to say among themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
1. God is to be enjoyed - lifting up holy hands; lost in worship; tears, spiritual experience - formality
extremes: a process you go through v. personal experience, no God
God is to be enjoyed
Too busy to enjoy - irony of planing worship, or getting family together, or fitting worship into schedules - keeps us from enjoying worship
but...didn’t enjoy this week - did enjoy it this week
2. NOT - all about our personal satisfaction - a product to be compared, shopped for, and consumed. advertising: this style of worship; - a product?
How do we know if
IS - enjoying God for who HE is. He hasn’t promised personal satisfaction
Our Actions in Worship Reflects Our Beliefs -
Our Actions in Worship Reflects Our Beliefs -
called to worship
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
2 extremes: one leads to casual attitude towards worship - I see this more
other leads to keeping our distance from God; bringing guilt into the sanctuary
Example of worship? Barriers to worship - she overcomes
Barriers to Worship - Guilt (forgiving); Casual Attitude (holy); Lies (God forgets, people remember)
Barriers to Worship - Guilt (forgiving); Casual Attitude (holy); Lies (God forgets, people remember)
1 - How We Approach God 2- How we listen to others; 3 -
God’s Unconditional Love - guilt - entering a roomBib
God’s Unconditional Love - guilt - entering a roomBib
confusing human conditional love v. God
why is she there in the first place? she wouldn’t be there if he wasn’t gracious
God removes condemnation
God is approachable
Our Sinfulness - casual attitude
Our Sinfulness - casual attitude
Knowing who we are - kissing and weeping
Knowing who we are - kissing and weeping
authority
Knowing who we are
Knowing who we are
Knowing who we are - kissing and weeping
- Holy, Holy, Holy
awareness of our sin (Pharisee not aware)
holy fear v. casual approach
Holy;
Knowing who God is - there to begin with
Knowing who God is - there to begin with
God judges our actions
Holy; Rightenous
Ignoring Lies - self (shame) others (gossip)
Ignoring Lies - self (shame) others (gossip)
Ignoring Lies
Ignoring Lies
When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner.”
shame; remembering your past; God remembers no more
why would you let that person...
problem with gossip, rumor: people know you by your mistakes; leaving behind lies; people don’t know you by your change or your reconciliation
problem with excessive self - criticism
Our actions reflect our worship.
Our actions reflect our worship.
Holiness / Fear
Worship is everywhere - excuse to sleep in on Sunday?
Worship is everywhere - excuse to sleep in on Sunday?
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.