WHY SACRIFICE IS NECESSARY FOR REAL WORSHIP (4 OF 5)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: 2 Samuel 24:18-26
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Why Sacrifice is Necessary for Real Worship (4 of 5)
Series: His Worship Matters
Scott Maze
2 Samuel 24:18-25
We continue to examine the subject of worship - why do we worship and how can we improve our worship. Worship is about who and what we love more than anything else. Christians worship with a conviction that we are in the presence of Almighty God. Worship is giving attention to the living God who rules, who saves us, and who made us.
Open your Bibles open to 2 Samuel if you will, page 326 in your pew Bibles.
I want us to examine an ancient story that will teach us so much about worship. This account is given twice in your Bible. Actually, it's given in 1 Chronicles 21 with a little bit more detail there as a parallel account Let David, the ancient king of Israel, teach us how to worship for the next few moments.
Today's Scripture
And Gad came that day to David and said to him, ''Go up, raise an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.'' 19 So David went up at Gad's word, as the Lord commanded. 20 And when Araunah looked down, he saw the king and his servants coming on toward him. And Araunah went out and paid homage to the king with his face to the ground. 21 And Araunah said, ''Why has my lord the king come to his servant?'' David said, ''To buy the threshing floor from you, in order to build an altar to the Lord, that the plague may be averted from the people.'' 22 Then Araunah said to David, ''Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him. Here are the oxen for the burnt offering and the threshing sledges and the yokes of the oxen for the wood. 23 All this, O king, Araunah gives to the king.'' And Araunah said to the king, ''May the Lord your God accept you.'' 24 But the king said to Araunah, ''No, but I will buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God that cost me nothing.'' So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shek ...
Series: His Worship Matters
Scott Maze
2 Samuel 24:18-25
We continue to examine the subject of worship - why do we worship and how can we improve our worship. Worship is about who and what we love more than anything else. Christians worship with a conviction that we are in the presence of Almighty God. Worship is giving attention to the living God who rules, who saves us, and who made us.
Open your Bibles open to 2 Samuel if you will, page 326 in your pew Bibles.
I want us to examine an ancient story that will teach us so much about worship. This account is given twice in your Bible. Actually, it's given in 1 Chronicles 21 with a little bit more detail there as a parallel account Let David, the ancient king of Israel, teach us how to worship for the next few moments.
Today's Scripture
And Gad came that day to David and said to him, ''Go up, raise an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.'' 19 So David went up at Gad's word, as the Lord commanded. 20 And when Araunah looked down, he saw the king and his servants coming on toward him. And Araunah went out and paid homage to the king with his face to the ground. 21 And Araunah said, ''Why has my lord the king come to his servant?'' David said, ''To buy the threshing floor from you, in order to build an altar to the Lord, that the plague may be averted from the people.'' 22 Then Araunah said to David, ''Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him. Here are the oxen for the burnt offering and the threshing sledges and the yokes of the oxen for the wood. 23 All this, O king, Araunah gives to the king.'' And Araunah said to the king, ''May the Lord your God accept you.'' 24 But the king said to Araunah, ''No, but I will buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God that cost me nothing.'' So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shek ...
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