2. God-centered Worship

3. God-centered Worship Mt. Sinai (Heb. 12:18-21)
Godly fear and awe (Exo. 19)
Another prophet (Deut. 18:15-17)
Mt. Zion (Heb. 12:22-24)
Acceptable worship (Heb. 12:25-29)

4. God-centered Worship Nadab & Abihu (Lev. 10:1-2)
Be careful (Deut. 5:32)
King Saul (I Samuel 15)
Jeroboam (I Kings 12:27-33)
Punishment (I Kings 13:33-34; 14:9-11)
Occupants of Samaria (II Kings 17:22-41)
Jews in the temple (John 2:13-16)

5. God-centered Worship Things all of these examples had in common:
They didn’t fear God
God did not have to specifically forbid something for it to be wrong
Men thought they could improve upon God’s ideas
None were accepted by God
How do we know what God wants?
Worship in spirit and truth (John 4:23)
God’s word is truth (John 17:17)

6. God-centered Worship God wants us to sing Ephesians 5:18-20
“psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing”
Colossians 3:16-17
“singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs”
I Corinthians 14:15, 26
“I will sing praise with my mind”

7. God-centered Worship God wants us to pray Acts 12:5, 12
“prayer for him was made to God by the church”
I Thessalonians 5:25
“Brothers, pray for us”
Colossians 4:2
“Continue steadfastly in prayer”
Pray for each other (Acts 12:5; I Thess. 5:25)
Communicate our requests (Philip. 4:6)
Praise and give thanks (Psa. 86:10; Col. 1:3)
Pray for forgiveness and strength (Matt. 6:9-13)

8. God-centered Worship
God wants us to remember His Son in the Lord’s Supper on Sunday
Luke 22:19-20
“Do this in remembrance of me”
Unleavened bread (Exo. 12)
I Corinthians 11:17-34
“let a person examine himself”

9. God-centered Worship God wants us to give on Sunday.
I Corinthians 16:1-2
“put something aside and store it up”
II Corinthians 9:7
“God loves a cheerful giver”
Supporting preachers (I Cor. 9; II Cor. 11:8-9)
Supporting needy saints (Acts 11:27-30; Rom. 15:25-26)

10. God-centered Worship God wants us to study and teach His word.
I Corinthians 14:26
“each one has a hymn, a lesson...”
Colossians 4:16 (also I Thess. 5:27)
“When this letter has been read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and see that you also read the letter from Laodicea.”
I Timothy 4:13
“devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching”

11. God-centered Worship God’s law is not too difficult (Deut. 30:11-14)
“this commandment… is not too hard for you”
“you can do it”
We’re in the kingdom purchased by Christ’s blood! (Acts 20:28)
“Let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire” (Heb. 12:28-29)

12. God-centered Worship