The Discipline of Authentic Worship in the 21st Century

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Authentic Worship in the 21st CenturyEdmond Sanganyado

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It is imperative that the

Christian, at the beginning of

his pursuit to understand what

true worship is, gets it clear

that the object of our worship

is to be God and God alone.

-R.C. Sproul


What is worship?

God is not only the object of worship, but He

is also the subject of our worship.

Worship is a heartfelt expression of the depths of a broken heart reaching out to the mysterious

depths of God’s heart through embracing the glorious truth of God’s love.

Authentic worship is an

expression of the knowledge of

God’s love.


Interview with Kelvin Tinashe Mutize

Can you teach someone how to

worship?

Is intimacy something that can be

taught?

Is worship only through actions and not

words?

Is there a relationship between

experiencing God’s presence and

personal righteousness?

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Can you teach someone how to worship?

• A child is not taught the four basic emotions of happiness, sadness, fear/surprise, and anger/disgust

• If worship is only an emotional response, then you cannot teach someone how to worship.

• Worship is more than emotions, it includes wisdom, understanding and knowledge of God

• God is both the object and the subject of worship

• Thus, worship is theological

The foundation of worship in the heart is not

emotional...it is theological.- Sinclair B. Ferguson

Indeed, I count everything as loss

because of the surpassing worth of

knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his

sake I have suffered the loss of all

things and count them as rubbish, in

order that I may gain Christ.

Philippians 3:8


Matt Chandler on Worship

Worship is the way of life for those

entranced by and passionate for the glory

of God.


Is intimacy something that can be taught?

• An intimate relationship is an interpersonal relationship that involves physical or emotional intimacy.

• Emotional intimacy cannot be taught, it is a direct response to a revealed attitude of the heart.

• Spontaneous worship is often a result of emotional intimacy.

• The Bible warns against settling for emotional intimacy (Parable of the Sower).

• Physical intimacy is best only when taught.

• The Book of Leviticus is a witness at the importance of teaching worship.

• Prayer

• Bible study

• Communion etc.

It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;—

it is disposition alone. – Jane Austen

Study to show yourself

approved to God, a workman

that needs not to be ashamed,

rightly dividing the word of

truth.

2 Timothy 2:15


J.I. Parker on Intimacy

There is, however, equally great incentive

to worship and love God in the thought

that, for some unfathomable reason, He

wants me as His friend, and desires to be

my friend, and has given His Son to die for

me in order to realize this purpose. not

merely that we know God, but that He

knows us.


Is worship only through actions and not words?

• Authentic worship encompasses the mind, the body and the spirit.

• Romans 12:1 invites us to offer our bodies as a reasonable sacrifice

• Romans 12:2 invites us to worship with a renewed mind

• John 4:24 invites us to worship God in the spirit

• True worship stems from the abundance of the heart, the words spoken are crafted from am honest desire for

God and the ensuing actions are a testimony of His Glory.

• Authentic worship requires words, but also demands actions

Worship is not only in word, but also in

actions.

And they have conquered him

by the blood of the Lamb and

by the word of their testimony,

for they loved not their lives

even unto death.

Revelation 12:11


R.C. Sproul on Expressing Worship

The very heart of worship, as the Bible

makes clear, is the business of expressing,

from the depths of our spirits, the highest

possible honor we can offer before God.


Is there a relationship between experiencing God’s presence and personal righteousness?

• God’s manifest presence is dependent wholly on his will

• God’s love is greater than our sins

• Does God’s presence flee when a worship leader has sinned or lives in sin?

• If the object and subject of our worship is God, then sin will not limit God’s glory, but will be reigned over.

• The obsession of a worshipper should be on God.

• However, if the worshiper fail to draw nearer to God, then no worship will ensue.

How do you change your behavior? Change

what you worship. – Timothy Keller

Now the law came in to

increase the trespass, but

where sin increased, grace

abounded all the more,

Romans 5:20


Timothy Keller on Worship and Sin

The secret to freedom from enslaving

patterns of sin is worship. You need

worship. You need great worship. You need

weeping worship. You need glorious

worship. You need to sense God’s

greatness and to be moved it — moved to

tears and moved to laughter — moved by

who God is and what he has done for you.


Acknowledgements

Kelvin Tinashe Mutize &

Tehillah Worship

Thank You

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