ACCEPTABLE WORSHIP
[This Bible study grew out of a
Ladies' Bible Class in Parkersburg , WV
God’s Love in Jesus Christ is the basis of our Worship to
Him!
“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for
us, who can be against us? 32 He
who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He
not with Him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It
is God who justifies. 34 Who
is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is
also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession
for us. 35 Who
shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or
distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written: "For
Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for
the slaughter." 37 Yet
in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that
neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things
present nor things to come, 39 nor
height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us
from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:31-39 (NKJV)
“The four living creatures, each having six wings,
were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying:
"Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!"
9 Whenever the
living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne,
who lives forever and ever, 10 the
twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him
who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying: 11 "You are worthy, O Lord,
To receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, And by Your
will they exist and were created." Rev
4:8-11 (NKJV)
1. God is Spirit! We worship Him in spirit and truth by the
power of His Holy Spirit.
John 4:22-24; 17:15; Romans 5:1-5; 2 Cor. 3:17-18
2. God is Holy! From a life that is holy and pure, we worship
Him in a spirit of humility.
Isaiah 1:15-18; Romans 6:1-4; 1 Peter 1:13-21
3. God is Benevolent! Every good and perfect gift is from Him
(James 1:17-18). We thank Him and praise
Him in a spirit of gratitude and happiness!
Psalm 100:1-5; 121:1-2
4. God is King! We honor Him in a spirit of respect,
reverence, and godly fear.
Isaiah 6:1-5; Revelation 1:12-18; 4:1-11
5. God is Intelligence! We use our minds which He has given us, to
believe and to trust Him and to worship with undivided attention.
Matt. 15:7-8; 22:37-38
6. God is Invisible! Faith is the victory as we believe
and walk in faith, trusting in those things we cannot as yet see with our
eyes. But we see Jesus with the eye of
faith and see the Father through Him.
2 Cor. 5:6-9; Eph. 5:19-20
7. God is Love! We love Him because He first loved us! We worship Him out of this love which He made
real in Jesus Christ. We love our fellow
man - our neighbor - as He taught us.
1 John 4:8,11,20,21; Matt. 5:23-24
8. God Forgives!
We worship with forgiveness in our heart toward others.
Zechariah
3:1-5. "See, I have removed your iniquity from you, and I will clothe you
with rich robes."
Matt. 6:14-15; 18:21-35; Hebrews 8:12
9. God is our Father! As His child, we worship Him and call Him
“Abba, Father.” In a childlike spirit,
we are trustful and dependent.
Matt. 6:9-13; 18:1-5; Romans 8:14-17
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