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WHEN \E WORSHIP WELL
MATTHEW 6:1-6
THROUGH THE YEARS THERE HAS DEVELOPED A HISTORY OF
WORSHIP. HISTORIANS HAVE OBSERVED A SERIES OF STAGES
BEGINNING WITH PRIMATIVE PEOPLE WHO WORSHIPPED AS THOUGH THEY
WERE TRYING TO PLACATE AND PLEASE AN ANGRY GOD, THEN WORSHIP
BECAME A TIME OF SIMtPLY DOING SOMETHING FOR GOD OUT OF THE
GOODNESS OF THE HEART. AFTER THIS STAGE WORSHIP BECAME A
RITUAL, A TIME WHEN THE PERSONALITY OF GOD WAS FORGOTTEN AND
LOST IN THE FORM OF WORSHIP. HISTORIANS SAY WORSHIP HAS NOVI
BECOME A TIME OF LOVING GOD.
IT COULD WELL BE THAT EACH OF THESE STAGES OF WORSHIP ARE
A PART OF OUR INDIVIDUAL HISTORY, HOW WE WORSHIP REFLECTS OUR
OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH GOD. A WORSHIP SERVICE COULD BE
ANY ONE OF THOSE FOUR STAGES TO YOU. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT UP IN
DEEP FEELINGS OF GUILT YOU COULD BE HOPING WHEN YOU WORSHIP
THAT THE THINGS YOU DO, OR SAY, OR GIVE, WILL PLEASE OR PLACATE
GOD AND MAYBE HE'LL GO EASIER ON YOU1 ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU
MAY FEEL SO GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF THAT'YOU HAVE A-KIND OF FATH;ERLY
OR MOTHERLY ATTITUDE TOWARD GOD AND YOU FEEL YOU ARE DOING
SOMETHING FOR HIM BY BEING HERE AND HE SURE OUGHT TO APPRECIATE
IT. OR YOU MAY BE PERFECTLY WILLING TO COME TO A SERVICE AND
TALK ABOUT GOD, SING SONGS ABOUT GOD AND HEAR A SERMON ABOUT
GOD, BUT YOU ARE NOT UP TO A PERSONAL CONFRONTATION WITH HIM1
2
YOU LIKE TO KEEP HIM REMOVED AND IN THE ABSTRACT. THESE ARE
THE FOLKS WHO PIOUSLY INTONE THEIR BELIEF IN A "SUPREME
BEING." THE SPIRITUALLY HEALTHY HAS COME THE ROUTE OF
CONFESSION OF SIN, REPENTANCE, AND SALVATION, HE MET AT THE
CROSS A CHRIST WHO CONTINUALLY PRAYED, "FATHER, FORGIVE THEM."
AND HIS WORSHIP IS A LOVE RESPONSE TO THAT LOVE. 'WE LOVE
Him, SAYS THE WORD, "BECAUSE RE FIRST LOVED US.'
WHEN WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE MEANING OF THE WORD "WORSHIP"
IS "TO SHOW THE WORTH OF SOMETHING," THEN TO WORSHIP GOD IS TO
SHOW WHAT GOD IS WORTH TO US. THAT BEING THE CASE, WORSHIP IS
MUCH MORE THAN GOI ...
WHEN \E WORSHIP WELL
MATTHEW 6:1-6
THROUGH THE YEARS THERE HAS DEVELOPED A HISTORY OF
WORSHIP. HISTORIANS HAVE OBSERVED A SERIES OF STAGES
BEGINNING WITH PRIMATIVE PEOPLE WHO WORSHIPPED AS THOUGH THEY
WERE TRYING TO PLACATE AND PLEASE AN ANGRY GOD, THEN WORSHIP
BECAME A TIME OF SIMtPLY DOING SOMETHING FOR GOD OUT OF THE
GOODNESS OF THE HEART. AFTER THIS STAGE WORSHIP BECAME A
RITUAL, A TIME WHEN THE PERSONALITY OF GOD WAS FORGOTTEN AND
LOST IN THE FORM OF WORSHIP. HISTORIANS SAY WORSHIP HAS NOVI
BECOME A TIME OF LOVING GOD.
IT COULD WELL BE THAT EACH OF THESE STAGES OF WORSHIP ARE
A PART OF OUR INDIVIDUAL HISTORY, HOW WE WORSHIP REFLECTS OUR
OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH GOD. A WORSHIP SERVICE COULD BE
ANY ONE OF THOSE FOUR STAGES TO YOU. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT UP IN
DEEP FEELINGS OF GUILT YOU COULD BE HOPING WHEN YOU WORSHIP
THAT THE THINGS YOU DO, OR SAY, OR GIVE, WILL PLEASE OR PLACATE
GOD AND MAYBE HE'LL GO EASIER ON YOU1 ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU
MAY FEEL SO GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF THAT'YOU HAVE A-KIND OF FATH;ERLY
OR MOTHERLY ATTITUDE TOWARD GOD AND YOU FEEL YOU ARE DOING
SOMETHING FOR HIM BY BEING HERE AND HE SURE OUGHT TO APPRECIATE
IT. OR YOU MAY BE PERFECTLY WILLING TO COME TO A SERVICE AND
TALK ABOUT GOD, SING SONGS ABOUT GOD AND HEAR A SERMON ABOUT
GOD, BUT YOU ARE NOT UP TO A PERSONAL CONFRONTATION WITH HIM1
2
YOU LIKE TO KEEP HIM REMOVED AND IN THE ABSTRACT. THESE ARE
THE FOLKS WHO PIOUSLY INTONE THEIR BELIEF IN A "SUPREME
BEING." THE SPIRITUALLY HEALTHY HAS COME THE ROUTE OF
CONFESSION OF SIN, REPENTANCE, AND SALVATION, HE MET AT THE
CROSS A CHRIST WHO CONTINUALLY PRAYED, "FATHER, FORGIVE THEM."
AND HIS WORSHIP IS A LOVE RESPONSE TO THAT LOVE. 'WE LOVE
Him, SAYS THE WORD, "BECAUSE RE FIRST LOVED US.'
WHEN WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE MEANING OF THE WORD "WORSHIP"
IS "TO SHOW THE WORTH OF SOMETHING," THEN TO WORSHIP GOD IS TO
SHOW WHAT GOD IS WORTH TO US. THAT BEING THE CASE, WORSHIP IS
MUCH MORE THAN GOI ...
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