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Last week I began talking about the purpose of the church, and I suggested a 5 fold purpose for the Church of Jesus Christ based on the Great Commandment and the Great Commission:
The Purpose of the Church is:
Worship             Fellowship                              Ministry         Evangelism        Education.
Tonight I want to focus on the first purpose of the church: /worship.
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            Let me begin with a question: what’s the most important thing you did last week?
You did a lot of important things last week.
You went to work- that’s important if you want to eat, and pay your bills.
You ate some important meals like  breakfast, lunch, supper- that’s important if you want to stay healthy.
Maybe you went to the doctor, or visited a friend, or helped somebody who needed you.
Out of all your activities, which one do you think rank as the most important thing you did last week?
Let me offer you some possible answers.
The most important thing you did last week was come to church.
The most important thing you did last week was pray.
The most important thing you did last week was put your offering in the plate.
The most important thing you did last week was read your Bible.
The most important thing you did last week was tell someone else about Jesus.
/The most important thing you did last week was to worship God.
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            These were the most important things you did because they are specific ways you obey the greatest commandment, which Jesus gave us in
*Mk 12:30* /And you shall// love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’
This is the first commandment./
/            /They were most important because they were focused on the purpose of our existence.
*Re 4:11* /You are worthy, O Lord, To receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, And by Your will they exist and were created./
The church exists as a community dedicated first and foremost to glorifying God.
*Eph 3:21* …to Him /be/ glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever.
Amen.
Tonight I want us to talk about what true worship is, and how worship fulfills the purpose of the church.
To do this, let’s look at the words of Jesus in *John 4:19-24* which deal specifically with worship.
Begin in *vs.
19-23*.
*PRAYER*
            These verses are part of a longer conversation Jesus has with a Samaritan woman at a well.
He is trying to help her find her way to God, but she’s dodging the issue.
The subject of worship comes up, and Jesus explains 3 very important aspects of true worship.
Each of these aspects of worship touch on the purpose of the church
*I.              **TRUE WORSHIP IS FOCUSED ON GOD, NOT US (v.
19-23)*
A wife remarked to her husband after the church service: "Did you see     the hat Mrs. Jones was wearing?"
"No," said her husband, "I didn't."
"Did you see the new dress Mrs. Smith had on?"
she asked.
"I'm afraid I didn't," said her husband.
“Surely you noticed the ugly tie Mr. Brown was wearing!”
“No dear, I didn’t notice it!”
"Well a fat lot of good it does YOU to go to church!"
*            *Sometimes it’s easy to get distracted about why we come to church.
When they come to church, they are so focused on other people, or other things, or even on themselves, they forget true worship focuses on God.
The lady at the well certainly has her share of distractions.
When the conversation starts to hit too close to home, she goes off on a tangent about religious controversies between the Samaritans and the Jews.
The Jews worshipped at the Temple in Jerusalem.
But because the Samaritans were not considered to be pure blooded Jews, they were excluded from worshipping there.
So the Samaritans built a Temple on Mt.
Gerazim.
There was a long standing argument over who were God’s people and where was the proper place to worship God.
In fact they were so focused on all these secondary matters they often lost sight of /Who /they were supposed to be worshipping!
/ /Jesus explains in *vs.
21* that /who/ we are, or /where /we are is not as important as /Who/ we worship.
Worship is not focused on us, or our location, but on God.
/True worship focuses on God, not us.
That is so easy to forget, even in church.
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Max Lucado tells a story in his book /The Applause of Heaven:/
The favorite wife of the emperor Sha Jahan died.
Devastated, he resolved to honor her by constructing a temple that would serve as her tomb.
Her coffin was placed in the center of a large parcel of land and construction of the temple began around it.
No expense would be spared to make her final resting place magnificent.
But as the weeks turned into months, the Shah’s grief was eclipsed by his passion for his project.
He no longer mourned her absence.
The construction consumed him.
One day, while walking from one side of the construction site to the other, his leg bumped a wooden box.
The prince brushed the dust off his leg and ordered the workers to throw the box out.
Shah Jahan didn’t know he had ordered the disposal of the coffin of his once beloved bride-now forgotten- hidden beneath layers of dust and time.
The one the temple was intended to honor was forgotten, but the temple was built anyway.
Worship is not about nice buildings or nice people getting together with one another.
Worship is not real unless it is focused on God Himself.
The church is supposed be a gathering of people who are focused on God above all else.
Everything we do should be focused on Him.
It’s not about just going to church- it’s about gathering together to worship God.
It’s not about just making music; it’s about singing our hearts out of love for Him.
It’s not about just teaching lessons—it’s about helping people know God better.
It’s not about throwing money in the offering plate- it’s about giving to the Lord Who gave His life for us.
In other words, worship is not about you—it’s all about Him.
When a church ever forgets to focus on the Lord, it loses its purpose.
True worship is all about Him, not all about us.
At the same time, it is important that as we focus on God, we remember:
*II.
**TRUE WORSHIP IS IN SPIRIT  (v.
24a)*
Three-year-old Mark, accidentally spilled his fruit punch on the floor one day.
He decided to clean up the mess himself and dashed to the back porch to get the mop.
Suddenly realizing it was dark outside, he got a little scared.
His mother reminded him Jesus is everywhere--even in the dark.
Mark thought for a minute.
Then, putting his face to the door, he said, "Jesus, if you're out there, will you hand me the mop?"[i]
*    * One of the challenges of focusing on God is /He is an invisible Spirit/.
This is what Jesus means when He reminds this lady /God is Spirit= /God is invisible.
Because God is Spirit, Jesus says in *vs.
24*, /those who worship Him must worship in *s*pirit…/
He does not have a physical body.
He cannot be seen by your eyes, nor touched by your hands, and yet you can see His work throughout the universe.
*Colossians 1:15* He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
\\ *1 Timothy 1:17* Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever.
Amen.
\\ *Hebrews 11:27* By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.
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