“As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God.” Ps.42:1

Men worship someone or something

“true worshippers” – Jn.4:23

“God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

John 4:24

I. Thoughts about Worship

1. The need to worship God

God is worthy to be worshiped because of who HE is“I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised:” Ps.18:3

“Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.” Ps. 90:2

God is worthy of our WORSHIPBecause of Who HE is !

2. In Job – God is Worthy to be served

God – Job is upright man

Devil – You have bribed him

Job lost all ....

“The Lord gives and the Lord takes away”

3. Human worship is useless

*If God is self sufficient then he does not need worship.

*God is self sufficient.

*Therefore he does not need human worship.

The error of this argumentThe error of this argument

God has commanded worship

Not because He needs it

God is perfect in all attributes

Power

Knowledge

“Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;” Acts 17:25

“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.” Eccl. 12:13

“for this is man’s all.” NKJV

II. Conduct and Worship

~ No Morality apart from GodNo Morality apart from God

“If there is no God everything is permitted.” Atheist

“Ethics is autonomous and situational” – Humanist Manifesto

Connection between human Connection between human conduct and belief in God.conduct and belief in God.

“The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.”

Psalms 14:1

Connection between human Connection between human conduct and belief in God.conduct and belief in God.

Romans 1:20-32

Moral bankruptcy

Did not believe in God

Turned away from God

III. Is Everything Worship ?

Some say Yes !

So they can do what they want!

Everything is not WORSHIP !!

God has set time and things we do as we worship.

“And Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you.“

Gen. 22:5

1 Sam. 1:3 “to worship”

Jer. 26:2 “come to worship”

“Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.”

Matt. 2:2

Acts 8:27 - had been to Jerusalem to worship

“God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

John 4:24

God’s PatternGod’s Pattern

1. Worship God

2. Worship in Spirit

3. Worship in Truth

Sermon by Arthur Pigman

Evans Church of Christ

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Evans, Ga. 30809

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Sunday Evening March 22, 2009