21st Century Worship –

by the BookJohn 12: 21-24

Review

“worship is one of the most

misunderstood doctrines in all the Scriptures”

John MacArthur, The Ultimate Priority

A ConfusingCacophony

Does it Matter

What is Worship

WhyWhyWorship?Worship?

GodGod

AudienceAudience

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Most middle-class Americans tend to:

• worship their work• work at their play • and play at their worship.

--Gordon Dahl

The ProblemConsumerism

Acknowledge His

Presence

Psalm 43:3 3 Send out your light and your

truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling!

(ESV)  

Psalm 95:2 2 Let us come into his presence

with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!

Psalm 100:1-3 1 Make a joyful noise to the

LORD, all the earth! 2  Serve the LORD with gladness! Come into his presence with singing!

Psalm 100:1-3 3  Know that the LORD, he is

God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Abdicate the Throne

Abdicate the Throne

• Psalm 86:8-13• Psalm 95:1-7

Come, let us worship and bow down;Let us kneel before the Lord our God, our Maker.Come, let us worship and bow down;Let us kneel before the Lord our God, our Maker.

For He is our God,And we are the people of His pastureAnd the sheep of His hand,And the sheep of His hand.

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Words & Music: Dave DohertyCopyright © 1980 Maranatha Praise, Inc. (Admin. By The Copyright Company, Nashville, TN)All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Used by permission. © 2004 The Paperless Hymnal™

1 – Come, Let Us Worship and Bow Down

© 2004 The Paperless Hymnal™

1 – Come, Let Us Worship and Bow Down

© 2004 The Paperless Hymnal™

1 – Come, Let Us Worship and Bow Down

© 2004 The Paperless Hymnal™

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Ascribe His Worth

Ascribe His Worth

• Psalm 29:1-2• Psalm 96:6-18

Admit Your Need

Psalm 63:1-5

"We’re not just human beings having a temporary spiritual experience. But we’re spiritual beings having a temporary human experience."

God is the Audience

• Acknowledge• Abdicate• Ascribe• Admit