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Ezekiel Ezekiel 33:32,3333:32,33
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Worship as Worship as EntertainmentEntertainment
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Does Not Motivate to Does Not Motivate to ActionAction
• Ezekiel 33:32 “but they do not do them”
• Only wanted to come and listen• More Problem when those who
Lead in Worship Try to Entertain rather than Lifting up Praises to God
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Does Not Produce Does Not Produce Good FruitGood Fruit
• Acts 17:11 “to tell or to hear some new thing.”
• Some didn’t like his message• Others were willing to give it
another try since it was unique• Acts 17:32-34 “some men
joined him & believed”
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Problem for Speaker Problem for Speaker & Listener& Listener
• Blame the one leading worship• Not always true – Ezekiel was
not at fault• It was the heart of the people• Must examine our Purpose for
Coming to the Assemblies of the church.
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Problem for Speaker Problem for Speaker & Listener& Listener
• Methods used in Worship• Are leaders trying to build
entertainment driven church or a God driven church?
• Is worship designed to appeal to the Flesh or the Spirit?
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Problem for Speaker Problem for Speaker & Listener& Listener
• Depends on Attitude of Hearer as well as the Speaker
• Being “stone-faced” not superior to being “emotional”
• Being “soft” not superior to being “harsh”
• Being “monotone & boring” not superior to being “engaging & energetic.
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Some of Jesus’ Some of Jesus’ Illustrations were Illustrations were
AmusingAmusing• Matthew 7:1-5• “the plank in your own eye”
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Be Committed to the Be Committed to the Biblical Pattern of Biblical Pattern of
WorshipWorship• Don’t come looking for a concert• Don’t come looking for a laser
light show• Don’t come looking for a
Broadway production• ALL of these are outside the
spectrum of the worship God expects from His children today
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Be Committed to the Be Committed to the Biblical Pattern of Biblical Pattern of
WorshipWorship• Coming to Participate in
Biblical, Beneficial, Enjoyable Worship offered to God
• You are NOT an Audience – you are Active Participants
Worship must be:Biblical – Acts 2:42Beneficial- 1 Corinthians 14:3
Colossians 3:16
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Be Committed to the Be Committed to the Biblical Pattern of Biblical Pattern of
WorshipWorshipWorship must be:Biblical – Acts 2:42Beneficial- 1 Corinthians 14:3
Colossians 3:16 Appropriately Enjoyable - Philippians
4:4Worship- “to do reverence to, or adore.”Nothing to do with what makes you
FEEL GOOD or what PLEASES you
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A Word to Those A Word to Those Who Lead in Public Who Lead in Public
WorshipWorshipMust be:Must be:Reverent – Ecclesiastes 12:13Reverent – Ecclesiastes 12:13Balanced – Acts 20:27; Balanced – Acts 20:27; 2 Timothy 4:22 Timothy 4:2
Fruitful – John 15:8; Romans Fruitful – John 15:8; Romans 7:47:4
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John 4:24 NKJV 24 "God is Spirit, and
those who worship Him must worship in spirit
and truth."
We are to worship We are to worship Him & Him aloneHim & Him alone