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Bible Baptist ChurchBallincollig, Cork

Celebrating 12 Years

Today is the Lord’s Day Sunday, 17th of September,

2006

September’s Memory Verse

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

John 4:24

Announcements Lord’s Supper this morning Church Tonight at 7pm – Questions and

Answers Joel Ledbetter’s Birthday on Tuesday (18

years old) Wednesday evening Prayer meeting and

Bible Study at 7pm – Matthew 26 Teen Bible Study this Friday evening Joshua Ledbetter’s Birthday Saturday (13

years old) Hymnspiration Next Sunday Evening

How to Worship God in Truth

Continuing Study on

Worshipping GodJohn 4:20-24

Review – Worshipping God in Spirit

It is An Inner Worship It is An Attitude It is Consuming

What is Worship?

True worship, real devotion does not consist in the performance of certain religious duties at set times, but in the spirit in which the ordinary duties of common life are performed.

William Law

Most People Have a Problem with the Truth

Pilate did (John 18:33-38) Christianity is not a “cunningly devised”

fable we are following(2 Peter 1:16-19)

God’s Word “IS” truth (John 17:17) The Bible is proven by the fact that so

many work so hard at corrupting it (2Corinthians 2:17)

The Two Sides of Worship

Worshipping in Spirit – internal, right attitude, consuming

Worshipping in Truth – worshipping according to God’s way, the true way

Both are related – both are two vital halves of worship that must be balanced

The Meaning of Worshipping in Truth

It is God’s way of worship – How He expects us to approach Him

To worship God in truth means to worship Him in sincerity, in reality – not faking it, or just going through some traditional motions or rituals

It means: no hypocrisy, no guile, not something that is guessed at, but obeyed from the heart!

Our worship is limited strictly to how the Bible says to worship God – any other way is of the devil!

The Truth About Right Worship

True Worship is Simple (2Corinthians 11:2-4) True Worship is Real (Matthew 15:25). True Worship is of the Saviour (Philippians 2:5-

11) True Worship is Serious (Psalm 2:10-12) True Worship is Humbling (Micah 6:8) True Worship is Clean (Psalm 29:2) True Worship is Tested (1John 4:1) True Worship is Thankful (Psalm 100)

Conclusion

Worship for too long has been the domain of… “It’s just how we do it” “Whatever feels good, do it” “Whatever works for you”

That’s not what Jesus is promoting in John 4:24 – there most definitely is a right way and a wrong way to worship God

There are limits placed on how we are to worship Those “limits” are what make worship real, and

effective – which is what God deserves!