LESSON 16
Worshipping God’s Way
Many of us have
worshipped God our own way. We are going
to learn how to worship God His way. We
are going to stop doing what we do, just because that is what everyone else
does. We are going to start doing as the
scriptures teach us, so we can please God.
Before we can worship
God His way, we need to look at what the Bible teaches us about worshipping
Him.
1 Chr.
16:23 Sing
unto the LORD, all the
earth; shew forth from day to day his
salvation.
God requires everyone in
the earth to sing to Him day after day.
This verse is not a suggestion.
It is a command.
Psa. 91:1-6 He that dwelleth in the secret
place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, [He is] my refuge and
my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, [and] from
the noisome pestilence. He shall cover
thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt
thou trust: his truth [shall be thy] shield and buckler. Thou shalt
not be afraid for the terror by night; [nor] for the arrow [that] flieth by day; [Nor] for the pestilence [that] walketh in darkness; [nor] for the destruction [that] wasteth at noonday.
Only the person who
dwells in the presence of the Lord can receive this promise.
Psa. 32:11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout
for joy, all [ye that are] upright in heart.
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This verse doesn’t say
to shout when you feel like it. It just
says to shout. It is a command.
Psa. 47:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto
God with the voice of triumph.
We have a hard time
shouting because we are still trying to do it our way, not God's way. Our pride
still stands in the way. We don't do it
with all our heart, soul, and strength.
Mark
The word love is an
absolute commitment of your will to act on the truth. Therefore act on the truth with all of your
strength.
Heb. 12:4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against
sin.
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Paul is saying to resist
sin with all of your strength.
If someone says they
love the Lord and don't act on the truth, they are a liar. If they just occasionally act on truth when
they feel like it they are just a ‘Cain’.
You act on the truth
with all of your strength. Every time
you worship God you must do it with all of your strength.
We wonder why we aren't
getting the breakthrough. You can do
what everyone else is doing and not get the breakthroughs, because you are doing
it like Cain and not like Abel.
Psa. 150 Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him
in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him
according to his excellent greatness. Praise
him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with the timbrel
and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him
upon the high sounding cymbals. Let every thing that hath breath praise the
LORD. Praise ye the LORD.
The Bible tells us to
play instruments skillfully before the Lord in worship. That means we must practice so we can play
skillfully.
We are also commanded to
dance. It comes down to the question,
are you dancing because others are, or are you dancing to please God? It doesn't matter how you feel. You must act to please the Lord.
Most of us are extremely
selfish in our worship. We do it how we
want and to what intensity we feel like, for the purpose of what we get out of
it. Instead, we should worship for what
HE gets out of it. We should worship to
minister to the Lord.
Right action without
right motive is not acceptable before God.
1Sam. 15:22b Behold, to obey [is] better than sacrifice,
[and] to hearken than the fat of rams.
It is more than right
action. It is right motive. If we do not worship God His way, with a
right motive, we will not walk in strength and victory in our lives.
Psa. 149:6-7 [Let] the high [praises] of God [be] in
their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; To execute vengeance upon the heathen, [and]
punishments upon the people.
Psa. 119:48 My hands also will
I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
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A Hebrew word for
praise, Yadah, means to extend your arms
fully, almost violently.
Psa. 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow
down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
The word ‘worship’ here
means to lay prostrate. The Bible
commands us to bow down and kneel before the Lord. Something happens when we bow or kneel before
the Lord and publicly humble ourselves.
Jam. 4:10 Humble yourselves
in the sight of the Lord,
and he shall lift you up
Psa. 46:10 Be
still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
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At times we need to just
be still before the Lord.
Psa. 34:1 - 3 I will bless the LORD at all times:
his praise [shall] continually [be] in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast
in the LORD: the humble shall
hear [thereof], and be glad. O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name
together.
The word ‘bless’ here
means to kneel. The word ‘praise’ here means
to sing hymns.
The word ‘boast’ here
means to act clamorously foolish. The
word clamorous means to shout loudly or make a great noise. You are to rave about God at ALL TIMES.
There is a time to be
still and quiet, and there is a time to be loud. The key is obedience.
Psa. 118:24 This [is] the day [which] the LORD hath made; we will rejoice
and be glad in it.
The word ‘rejoice’ here
means to leap and spin under violent emotion.
There is a war between
the spirit of religion and the spirit of Christ. The religious spirit says to harden your
heart to the Word. It tells you that you
don't have to do it God's way, that you can do it your
own way. The choice is this. Will you be like Cain and do it your
way? Or will you be like Abel and do it
God's way?
In Review:
1.
Describe God’s way of worship?
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2. What
is God looking for in those who worship Him?
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3. What
is the right motive for worship unto God?
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4.
Complete this sentence.
Right _______________ without right
_______________ is not acceptable before God.
5.
Define the Hebrew word, Yadah.
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6.
Define worship.
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7.
Define boast (referring to Psalms 34:3).
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8. Define rejoice (referring to Psalms 118:24).
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