Jesus IS WORTHY OF WORSHIP – September 27, 2020

LOVE HIM!

SERVE HIM!

WORSHIP HIM!

LOVING THE LORD

• Those who truly love the Lord are delighted to WORSHIP HIM & give Him praise!

WORTHY IS THE LAMB!

• Revelation 5:12  “WORTHY is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom, and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
• REVELATION 5:13 And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying: “Blessing and honor and glory and power be to Him who sits on the throne, and TO THE LAMB, forever and ever!”
• REVELATION 5:14 Then the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the twenty-four elders fell down and WORSHIPED Him who lives forever and ever.
• REVELATION 4:11 “YOU ARE WORTHY, O Lord, To receive glory and honor and power; For YOU CREATED all things, And by Your will (for your pleasure) they exist and were CREATED.”
• 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 WE ARE A NEW CREATION!
• PSALM 102:18  This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be CREATED shall praise the Lord.
• HEBREWS 3:3 For this One (JESUS) has been counted WORTHY of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as He who built the house has more honor than the house.
• 2 Samuel 22:4 / Psalm 18:3 I will call upon the Lord, who is WORTHY to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.

WORSHIPERS

• John 4:23,24 – But the hour comes, and now is, when the TRUE WORSHIPPERS shall WORSHIP the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeks such to WORSHIP HIM. God is a Spirit: and they that WORSHIP HIM must WORSHIP HIM in spirit and in truth.
• I PETER 2:5 …you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

PRIESTLY PRAISE & WORSHIP

• The ministry of PRIESTLY WORSHIP AND PRAISE is the most practical thing today’s church can learn… Our foremost task is to become people of MUCH WORSHIP!

(Jack Hayford)

“HOSANNA”

• save! (Hoshia-na) – an exclamation of adoration:
• Matthew 21:9 And the multitudes that went before and that followed, cried, saying, HOSANNA to the Son of David: Blessed is he that comes n the name of the Lord; HOSANNA in the highest.
• MATTHEW 4:9 And he (Satan) said to Him (JESUS), “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and WORSHIP me.”
• MATTHEW 4:10 Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”

WORSHIP GOD

• Revelation 19:10 WORSHIP GOD! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
• REVELATION 14:7 “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and WORSHIP HIM who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”
• I CORINTHIANS 10:31 … do ALL to the glory of God!

ALL NATIONS WORSHIP

• Psalm 66:4  ALL THE EARTH (Nations) shall WORSHIP…
• Revelation 5:9 (new song) – you… have have redeemed us to God by your blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation…
• Revelation 7:9-12 (a great multitude which no man could number)… WORSHIPING and PRAISING God!
• Psalm 67 Vs. 2-4 …That your way may be known upon earth, your saving health among ALL NATIONS. Let the people praise you, O God; let ALL THE PEOPLE praise you… Let the NATIONS be glad… you – GOVERN THE NATIONS upon earth.
• Psalm 67:5-7 Let all the people praise you, O God; let ALL THE PEOPLE praise you. Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God even our own God, shall bless us. God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.

WHOLE-HEARTED

• Deuteronomy 6:5 You shall love the Lord your God with ALL YOUR HEART, with ALL YOUR SOUL, and with ALL YOUR STRENGTH.
• Mark 12:30  And you shall LOVE the Lord your God with ALL YOUR HEART,  with ALL YOUR SOUL, with ALL YOUR MIND, and with ALL YOUR STRENGTH.’ This is the first commandment. (JESUS)

LIFE-STYLE WORSHIP

• We need to learn to live out a LIFE-STYLE of praise and worship!

ALL SPHERES OF INFLUENCE

•  RELIGION
•  FAMILY & MARRIAGE
•  EDUCATION
•  BUSINESS
•  GOVERNMENT
•  MEDIA
•  SPORTS / ARTS / ENTERTAINMENT

BIBLICAL SACRIFICES

• Thanksgiving
•  Praise
•  Life-style -“Beauty of holiness”
•  Faith
•  Obedience
•  Singing
•  Kneeling
•  Standing
•  Clapping        
•  Shouting
•  Dancing…

SHARING

• Hebrews 13:16 But to do good and to communicate (SHARE) forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

PHYSICAL BODIES

• Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you PRESENT YOUR BODIES a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

SERVICE

• Philippians 2:7 If I am being poured out as a drink offering on the SACRIFICE & SERVICE of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.

SUBSTANCE

• Philippians 4:18 … having received from Epaphroditus the THINGS sent from you, a sweet smelling aroma, an acceptable SACRIFICE well pleasing to the Lord.

I CHRONICLES 16:29

• WORSHIP WITH OFFERINGS
• Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: BRING AN OFFERING, AND COME BEFORE HIM: worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
• Psalm 138:1 I will praise You with my WHOLE HEART;… I will worship… And praise Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth;…
• Psalm 9:1 I will praise You, O Lord, with my WHOLE HEART; I will tell of all Your marvelous works.
• Psalm 111:1 Praise the Lord! I will praise the Lord with my WHOLE HEART, in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.
• 2 Samuel 6:14 And David danced before the Lord WITH ALL HIS MIGHT;…
• Psalm 119:2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, Who seek Him with the WHOLE HEART!
• Jeremiah 29:13 And you shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with ALL YOUR HEART.
• 2 Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose HEART IS LOYAL to Him.

LET’S BE WORTHY OF JESUS!

WHAT KIND OF LOVE?

•  WHOLE-HEARTED LOVE (Mark 12:30)
•  OBEDIENT LOVE (John 14:21,23)
•  FAITHFUL LOVE (Revelation 2:4)

FRUITS WORTHY OF REPENTANCE

• Matthew 3:8 …bear fruits WORTHY of repentance…

LIVE WORTHY OF JESUS

• Matthew 10:37,38 He who loves father or mother more than Me is not WORTHY of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not WORTHY of Me.

WE BECOME LIKE WHO WE WORSHIP

• Let’s live a life-style of worship & praise!
• Let’s love and worship Him whole-heartedly!
• Let’s become like Him!
• Let’s be worthy of Jesus!

Jesus is worthy of worship!

EPHESIANS 4:1 I (Paul)… beseech you to WALK WORTHY of the calling with which you were called…

PHILIPPIANS 1:27 …let your conduct be WORTHY of the gospel of Christ… 

COLOSSIANS 1:10 …that you may walk WORTHY of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

I THESSALONIANS 2:12 that you would walk WORTHY of God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

2 THESSALONIANS 1:11 …that our God would count you WORTHY of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power,

I TIMOTHY 5:17 Let the elders who rule well be counted WORTHY of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine.

MATTHEW 22:8 Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not WORTHY.

LUKE 21:36 Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted WORTHY to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

ACTS 5:41 …rejoicing that they were counted WORTHY to suffer shame for His name.

REVELATION 3:4 You have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white, for they are WORTHY.

ROMANS 8:18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are NOT WORTHY to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

DON’T LOVE THE WORLD

• Do not be conformed to this world, – but be conformed to the will of God!
• (Romans 12:1-2;
• I John 2:15-17)

THE IMAGE OF GOD

• Genesis 1:27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created he them.
• 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18 We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are CHANGED INTO THE SAME IMAGE from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

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