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“ThenPaulstoodinthemidstoftheAreopagusandsaid,‘MenofAthens,Iperceivethatinallthingsyouareveryreligious;forasIwaspassingthroughandconsideringtheobjectsofyourworship,Ievenfoundanaltarwiththisinscription:TOTHEUNKNOWNGOD.Therefore,theOnewhomyouworshipwithoutknowing,HimIproclaimtoyou:God,whomadetheworldandeverythinginit,sinceHeisLordofheavenandearth,doesnotdwellintemplesmadewithhands.NorisHeworshipedwithmen’shands,asthoughHeneededanything,sinceHegivestoalllife,breath,andallthings…’”
Acts17:2228
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“‘AndHehasmadefromonebloodeverynationofmentodwellonallthefaceoftheearth,andhasdeterminedtheirpreappointedtimesandtheboundariesoftheirdwellings,sothattheyshouldseektheLord,inthehopethattheymightgropeforHimandfindHim,thoughHeisnotfarfromeachoneofus;forinHimweliveandmoveandhaveourbeing,asalsosomeofyourownpoetshavesaid,‘ForwearealsoHisoffspring’”(NKJV).
Acts17:2228
Quotesafriendheknewtenyearsearliertosay:
“IcannotacceptaGodwhoissoinfatuatedwithHimselfthatHemakesawholeuniversejusttopraiseandworshiphim!Howselfcenteredcanyouget?!TheChristianreligionsaysinoneofitscreedsthatthe“chiefgoalofmanistoglorifyGod”whyisGodsuchagloryhog?IcannotrespectaGodthatcreatesaraceofpeoplejusttogrovelbeforeHim,andtoconstantlyfillhisearswithsycophantic(andthreatinduced!)praise!Thislooksmorelikeaninsecureindividual,withahorribleNapoleoniccomplex!”
GlennMillerAugust30,1997
BlogChristianthinktank.comhttp://christianthinktank.com/l083097.html
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WhatisWorship?Heb.shachah “tobowdown”
GOD?WHY
Gestureofhonorandrespect
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WhatisWorship?Heb.shachah “tobowdown”
Gr.proskuneo lit.“kisstowards”
GOD?WHY
Gestureofaffectionand
honor
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WhatisWorship?Heb.shachah “tobowdown”
Gr.proskuneo lit.“kisstowards”
MuchofwhattheBiblesaysaboutworshipconcernswhatweshouldNOTworship(Deut.4:1519;Isa.2:89).
GOD?WHY
“Ievenfoundanaltarwiththisinscription:TOTHEUNKNOWNGOD.Therefore,theOnewhomyouworshipwithoutknowing,
HimIproclaimtoyou.”
Acts17:23
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HumansWILLworshipsomething!
WhatisWorship?Itisnotadorationwithoutrelationship.Itisnotmindlessdevotion(John4:2024).ItistheconsciousdecisiontoappreciateGodforwhoHeis.
GOD?WHY
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“…InHimweliveandmoveandhaveourbeing.”
Acts17:28a
WhatisWorship?Itisnotadorationwithoutrelationship.Itisnotmindlessdevotion(John4:2024).ItistheconsciousdecisiontoappreciateGodforwhoHeis.
ItistheresponseofthosewholoveandrespectHim.
GOD?WHY
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HeisourCreator(Psa.95:610).WeweremadetoworshipHim.
GOD?WHY
“…Hehasmadefromonebloodeverynationofmentodwellonallthefaceoftheearth…sothattheyshouldseektheLord,inthehopethattheymightgropeforHimandfindHim,thoughHeisnot
farfromeachoneofus.”
Acts17:2627
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HeisourCreator(Psa.95:610).WeweremadetoworshipHim.
Hehasallpower (Job42:12;Psa.33:69).
GOD?WHY
“God,whomadetheworldandeverythinginit,sinceHeisLordof
heavenandearth...”
Acts17:24a
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HeisourCreator(Psa.95:610).WeweremadetoworshipHim.
Hehasallpower (Job42:12;Psa.33:69).OnlythosewithproperreverencemayenterHispresence(Psa.24:35).
GOD?WHY
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HeisourHeavenlyFather.
GOD?WHY
“…wearealsoHisoffspring”
Acts17:28b
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“…thehouriscoming,andnowis,whenthetrueworshiperswillworshiptheFatherinspiritand
truth;fortheFatherisseekingsuchtoworshipHim”
John4:23
HeisourHeavenlyFather.OurFatherdeservesrespect(Heb.12:9).
Helovesus(Rom.5:810;Eph.2:47).Inwayswecannotevencomprehend,Hehaslovedusfromthebeginningoftime.
GOD?WHY
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“NorisHeworshipedwithmen’shands,asthoughHeneeded
anything,sinceHegivestoalllife,breath,andallthings.”
Acts17:25
WeOweGodOurWorship!
GOD?WHY
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