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4. Worship Contents 1 Worship in Genesis: Two Classes of Worshipers 2 Worship and the Exodus: Understanding Who God Is 3 The Sabbath and Worship 4 Rejoicing Before the Lord: The Sanctuary and Worship 5 Happy Are You, O Israel! 6 Worship and Song and Praise 7 Worship in the Psalms 8 Conformity, Compromise and Crisis in Worship 9 “Trust Not in Deceptive Words”: The Prophets and Worship 10 Worship: From Exile to Restoration 11 In Spirit and in Truth 12 Worship in the Early Church 13 Worship in the Book of Revelation

5. Worship Our Goal {5} WITH worship as such a central component of “present truth,” we would do well to learn what it means to truly worship the only One in all creation who, by virtue of who He is, is worthy of that worship.

6. Worship Lesson 10, September 3 Worship Lesson 10, September 3 Worship: From Exile to Restoration

7. Haggai 1:6 “YE have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.” Worship: From Exile to Restoration Key Text

8. Worship: From Exile to Restoration Initial Words {115} THE temple was the apex of worship, the center of their ethnic and religious identity. It was where the Lord said He would dwell and rule in the midst of Israel. It was where the follower of YHWH found cleansing, forgiveness, grace, and reconciliation.

9. Worship: From Exile to Restoration Quick Look 1. “Son of Man, Have You Seen…?” (Ezekiel 8:12) 2. “Consider Your Ways” (Haggai 1:5-9) 3. “Your Fathers, Where Are They?” (Zechariah 1:4-6)

10. Worship: From Exile to Restoration 1. “Son of Man, Have You Seen…?” Ezekiel 8:12 NKJV “SON of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the room of his idols? For they say, ‘The L ORD does not see us, the L ORD has forsaken the land.’ ”

11. 1.“Son of Man, Have You Seen…?” Apostate Spiritual Leaders {116} THE secret sins, indulged by priests and elders, were the abominable and repulsive worship practices of their culture. Those who should have been leading in true worship were adapting that worship to the sinful and corrupt customs of their time and environment.

12. 1.“Son of Man, Have You Seen…?” Worshiping the Image {118} Even now, all the world is divided into two camps: those who are faithful to the Lord and those who are not. There is no middle ground. worship the Creator the beast, his image The final test deals with the question of worship. All humanity will be split into two camps: those who worship the Creator, and those who worship the beast and his image.

13. Worship: From Exile to Restoration 2. “Consider Your Ways” Haggai 1:5-7 NKJV “ ‘ CONSIDER your ways! You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but do not have enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you cloth yourselves, but no one is warm; and who earns wages to put into a bag with holes.’ … ‘Consider your ways!’ ”

14. 2. “Consider Your Ways” Rebuilding the Temple {120} THE work of rebuilding the temple did not go as smoothly or as quickly as it should have. Forces, internal and external, got in the way, and the work was delayed. How easy it is to let worldly toils, worldly desires, even worldly needs get in the way of our spiritual responsibilities.

15. 2. “Consider Your Ways” Rebuilding the Temple {120} true satisfaction devotion to Him work given them The Lord let them know that they would never have true satisfaction apart from their devotion to Him and the work He had given them to do. All too often we can make the same mistake, getting so caught up in the ways of the world that we neglect what should be first and foremost in our lives: our relationship with God.

16. Worship: From Exile to Restoration 3. “Your Fathers, Where Are They?” Zechariah 1:4-6 NKJV “ ‘DO not be like your fathers…. ‘Turn now from your evil ways and your evil deeds. But they did not heed Me,’ says the L ORD. Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?”

17. 3. “Your Fathers, Where Are They?” Learning From Their Mistakes {122} “YOUR fathers, where are they?” In other words, learn from the mistakes of those who came before you; do not do what they did; learn from the past, learn from what happened before you.

18. 3. “Your Fathers, Where Are They?” Learning From Their Mistakes {122} Zechariah is saying: repent, turn from your evil ways, learn from the past, and put your hope in the Lord and the promises of the Lord for the future. In the same way, today, we should come to the Lord and worship Him in an attitude of faith, repentance, and obedience.

19. 3. “Your Fathers, Where Are They?” Learning From Their Mistakes {122} Again, though obedience cannot save us (it is way too late for that), there is no such thing as salvation without it, regardless of how flawed our obedience tends to be.

20. 3. “Your Fathers, Where Are They?” Nehemiah’s Prayer {124} Despite all the promises of restoration, things were not going well. The people faced obstacle after obstacle, many of them as a result of their own disobedience. The prophet Nehemiah, received word about the situation there and responded with fasting, mourning, and prayer.

21. Worship: From Exile to Restoration Final Words {126} WHILE there is always the danger of compromising ourselves in an attempt to be relevant, there is also the danger of locking ourselves in beliefs or practices that, perhaps, need refining or changing.