1. WORSHIP CHURCH LIFE: FUNCTION 5

2. THE FATHER SEEKS TRUE WORSHIPPERS... But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. John 4:23

3. WORSHIP REQUIRES PURITY OF HEART I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Romans 12:1

4. ENGAGES THE WHOLE PERSON; BODY, SOUL, SPIRIT And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” Matthew 22:37

5. JESUS COMES TO MEET WITH AND WALK AMONG THE BELIEVERS 15 If you love me, you will keep my commandments. … 21 Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him. John 14:15, 21

6. THE OLD TESTAMENT ACCOMMODATES 3 STAGES OF WORSHIP: the outer court the inner court (the holy place) The Holy of Holies.

7. WORSHIP DIFFICULTIES? CHURCH LIFE: FUNCTION 5