Micah 6:6 ‘With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high?
Micah 6:7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
Micah 6:7 Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”
Micah 6:8 He has told you, O mortal, what is good;
Micah 6:8 He has told you, O mortal, what is good;
Micah 6:8 and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice,
Micah 6:8 and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
1 Corinthians 14:40 but all things should be done decently and in order.
John 4:23 But the hour is coming, and is now here,
John 4:23 when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth,
John 4:23 for the Father seeks such as these to worship him.
Why does worship matter?
Whose Worship Service Is it?
Do we mean “who is doing the worship”? OR Do we mean “who is receiving the worship”?
Let’s go from REFLECTIVE to ACTIVE
I need six volunteers for this illustration…
Soren Kierkegaard Observation of Worship
Another Perspective of Worship
Whose Worship Service Is it? My Worship? God’s Worship? Our Worship?
Yes, it’s all three, but the order must be understood.
1 Corinthians 14:40 but all things should be done decently and in order.
God’s Worship-Primary Our Worship-Secondary My Worship-Third
If it is God’s Worship Service, then we need to ask not, “What do I (or we) want from our worship service?” We should be asking…
“What does GOD want from our Worship Service?”
Micah 6:6 ‘With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high?
Micah 6:6 Shall I come before him with burnt- offerings, with calves a year old?
Micah 6:7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
Micah 6:7 Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”
Micah 6:8 He has told you, O mortal, what is good;
Micah 6:8 and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice,
Micah 6:8 and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
If this is what God wants and expects of us, as a faith community, how shall we respond?
1 Corinthians 14:40 but all things should be done decently and in order.
If this is what God wants and expects of us, as a faith community, how shall we respond?
Perhaps we should respond “…in spirit and in truth.”
John 4:23 But the hour is coming, and is now here,
John 4:23 when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth,
John 4:23 for the Father seeks such as these to worship him.
The Tension in the Conversation.
A proof texting of “in spirit and truth.”
Why the new UM worshipping communities?
Contextual Worship.
“Both…And” not “Either…Or”
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