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Introduction:
What is worship?
Sometimes we have a tendency to pigeon hole our definition of worship to just singing unto the Lord.
We have a worship set that we sing before the sermon.
We call certain music praise and worship music.
And because of this, we have neglected to see the other forms of worship that we are to lift up to the Lord.
Although worship music is most certainly worship, we can worship God in many other ways.
Today we are going to learn more about how we can worship in not only singing but also in other ways.
Join me as we read God’s Word:
Let us pray.
Prayer
Today we are going to discuss two ways that we should worship God.
The first is...
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You Should Worship God...Through the Way That You Love (14-15)
Put on.
There is that word again.
We have seen it a few times.
We have seen what to put on and what to put off.
Like dirty clothes we are to put off sinful things.
Yet, the greatest of things to put on is love.
Here Paul echos this same sentiment regarding love in his first letter to the church in Corinth:
This word love in both 1 Corinthians 13:13 and in Colossians 3:14 is the word agape.
We have discussed this before but it is always good to remind ourselves of the true meaning of this word.
It isn’t the way we use the word love in our culture today.
We toss around the word love all of the time.
I love pizza.
I love that car.
I love vacation.
As my son Zane said a couple of days ago - I love gummy worms as he smears them over his face.
Or as my lovely wife texted me recently, I love Goodwill.
Now I’ll give her that one.
She has quite the affinity for that establishment.
I don’t think it quite reaches agape sacrificial love but it most certainly is stronger than brotherly love!
This Greek word for love here means sacrificial love.
It is a love that only comes from Christ.
And it is only something we can do if we have Christ.
That is why Paul moves on in verse 14 to say that love binds everything together.
Three weeks ago we talked about being charged to follow Christ and forgive others.
We discussed patience and dealing with strife among the church.
My friends, trying to bear with one another and forgive one another is hard work.
If you recall, I mentioned that patience was the fruit of the Spirit most akin to skinny jeans.
Boy is it hard to put on!
But what is the glue that Paul states binds us together even after we have conflict and struggles as a family of believers?
Love is the glue that binds us together.
Not just any love.
Our society preaches a false Gospel that love and acceptance and tolerance of every form of sin brings unity.
Our culture also preaches that love is more of an emotional feeling that can change at any moment and that you can fall out of love and just walk away from relationships.
Yet, the Bible teaches that those definitions fall far short of the true definition of agape love.
The true love of Christ is what unifies us and is sacrificial in nature.
We can be united in Christ and we can love one another because He first loved us.
And we can love one another by His power who works in and through us to love our brothers and sisters.
Moving forward we see that through the love of Christ we can live in perfect harmony.
Jesus mentioned this as well in John 17:23
Our oneness in Christ glorifies God and helps the world see their need for the Savior.
Living in harmony with one another is paramount to living the Christian life.
Sadly, many churches in America have grown a reputation of being exclusive, clicky, judgmental, and unwelcoming.
How do we combat the default of human flesh which is selfishness and pride?
We must put on love each and every day.
The church is an interesting place with people that come from all different walks of life.
We all have different backgrounds.
We have different interests and hobbies.
We have different preferences.
But through loving one another by the power of Christ, we can maintain harmony and exude hospitality to our fellow believers and others that come visit our church.
I pray that we continue to be a church that exudes hospitality and kindness.
I have been blessed to see that our church is one that excels in this very well.
May we continue to live in harmony through the love of Christ.
Moving forward in verse 15 we come to the peace of Christ.
The peace of Christ is a glorious blessing.
We have a promise from God that if we are in Christ we can have peace.
It is one of the fruits of Spirit mentioned in Galatians 5:22-23.
It also is mentioned in Philippians 4:6-7.
We live in a world that is desperately looking for peace.
Whether it is pleasure or substances - men and women daily try to find peace in all the wrong places.
We also live in a world that is trying to find peace in uniting around causes.
These causes are sometimes good and sometimes bad but each of them is not a cause that can ever fully unite people.
Only Christ can fully unite people and give true peace.
He is the only one in whom perfect peace and unity can be found.
Colossians 3:15 (ESV)
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And be thankful.
I love his short sentence at the end of verse 15.
And be thankful.
Thankfulness leads to joy and peace.
I love how Paul, guided by the Holy Spirit, adds this phrase.
Thankfulness includes both public thanks and private thanks.
We can be outwardly thankful to others and we can be inwardly thankful to others.
We can also be both outwardly and inwardly thankful to God.
Thankfulness is the cure for jealously and coveting.
When we are thankful for what the Lord has given us - love, joy, peace, salvation, our belongings, our family etc - then we are much less likely to covet other things or people or other situations.
In my own life, I can attest that some of the most peaceful and worshipful times I have had with the Lord have been in times of thankfulness.
When walking in the dark and looking up at the sky with the stars and moon - I sometimes spend time in praise and worship of God in regards to His creation.
I express thankfulness for making things so beautiful and making things to magnify His glory.
Also in times of reflection of thankfulness for my wife and children - I am reminded of how great God is and worship Him for that.
If we want to have love, unity, and peace, we must be thankful to the Lord first and foremost - for His great love for us.
And because of is great love for us we should worship Him through the way that we love.
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Scripture References: 1 Corinthians 13:13, John 17:23, Galatians 5:22-23, Philippians 4:6-7
II.
You Should Worship God...Through the Way That You Live (16-17)
This Word of Christ is both the Gospel and the Word of God written as the Scripture.
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