This Mornings complete notes. Proskuneō - or “Worship” means “to give honor, homage, reverence, respect, adoration, praise, or glory to a superior being, by falling prostate or kneeling on the knees, and bowing the forehead to the ground. God demands worship because He and He alone is worthy of it. He and He alone truly deserves worship. He requests that we acknowledge His Glory, His power and His awesomeness. Rev 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. He is the One True God who will not be used and discarded like a piece of throwaway Utensils or a Plastic plate.. Exo 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Exo 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Exo 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; We must understand that God’s jealousy is not the sinful envy that we experience, born out of pride and Lust. No, It is a holy and righteous jealousy that cannot allow the glory due only to Him to be given to another. God expects us to worship Him as an expression of reverence and thanksgiving to Him. But God wants even more than that. God also expects us to be obedient to Him. He wants not only for us to love Him; In this way, we present ourselves to Him as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to Him. This glorifies God and is our “reasonable service” (Romans 12:1). When we worship with an obedient heart and an open and repentant spirit, God is glorified, Christians are purified, the church is edified and the lost are evangelized. These are all the elements of true worship as seen in these following examples. 1. In Gen 24:52 Abrahams servant Worshiped God when the task of seeking out Rebecca to Be Isaacs wife was Completed. Question Do you fall down on your face and Worship God when The Task Your Boss has assigned you is completed? Why not the For fathers of Our faith did!!! 2. In Ex. 4:31 When the Children of Israel perceived God had visited them and was aware of their Poverty and slavery, and perceived God was going to do something about it, they didn’t wait for Moses to Part the Red sea, No, they fell down on their face prostate before God, and then God sent Moses. Understand People of Faith don’t wait upon the answer to Worship God they do so when The Problem begins to form!! What about You? 3. In Ex 12:27 when the death angel passed over the Children of God, they didn’t wipe their heads and Tlk about how that was a close one, no, they fell prostate before God with bent knees and their Foreheads on the ground and WORSHIPPED GOD!!!! 4. In Ex 33:10 When Gods Presence was in the Tabernacle visiting the Shepherd, Moses. Understand the congregation wasn’t waiting around to hear the message but they were prostate on their faces praising God. And the majority of the churches today, think showing up before Church to pray for the service is to much time and effort. No wonder We here more complaints about the services today then we do about the miracles that should be happening. The Church starts at 9:45 and 6 pm on Sundays, that means the alters should begin to fill around 8:45 and 5pm on Sundays. And I’ll promise you this, when these things begin to happen in the churches again, the church services will once again be anointed with the Holy Ghost and Fire of God. 5. In 2nd Samuel 12:20, When David’s Prayer and Fasting were not answered, and his child died, David dint get up cursing God and shaking his fist at Him, no Instead David cleaned Himself up, anointed Him self with oil, Put on His Kingly apparel and came to church and fell his face and Worshipped God!! 6. In Matt. 8:2 the Leper Worshiped Jesus, while making the request for Healing. 7. Jarius the ruler who had the dead daughter, instead of Mourning came to Jesus and Worshipped Him, while making a request for the healing of his dead daughter. When every one was telling Him you should be taking time to grieve, Jarius refused and instead worshipped Jesus, How many lives might be resurrected, diseases cured, and marriages saved, if instead of mourning the demise of our loved ones we simply fell down upon our knees and begin to Worship Jesus. Mat 15:22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. Mat 15:23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. Mat 15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Mat 15:25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. Mat 15:26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the childrens bread, and to cast it to dogs. Mat 15:27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters table. Mat 15:28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. 1. The First request for Healing was denied, why? She Came Mourning instead of Worshipping in VS. 22 Her 1st request she was crying and mourning as if the Child was already lost to the devil. Well if her emotions were in full mourn then her faith said the child is already lost and Jesus can’t do anything anyways. In Verse 25 She had a change of Faith, 1. She came worshipping at the second request, and asked for help. The Very action of Her now worshipping Jesus, put Satan and the World on Notice that she believed that Jesus had the Power and the Answer, and this time when Her Request Jesus tested Her with a question, it is not meet(worthy) to take the children’s bread and cast to the dogs( those who are not worthy) But her Answer was Yet the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters table. Or other Words (1.) She acknowledged Jesus was Her MASTER, and the (2.) He was the source of her nourishment. God adesires that we worship Him because our eternal destiny depends on our worship of the true and living God. Php 3:3 describes the true church, the body of believers in Jesus Christ whose eternal destiny is heaven. “For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.” In other words, the church is identified as God’s people. The church is made up of those who worship God, and in their spirit they are found rejoicing in Christ, and not trusting in themselves for salvation. Those who will not, refuse to, or be bothered by, the worship of the true and living God are none of His, and their destiny is hell. But the true worshippers will be known by their worship of God, and their eternal home is with the God, For they are already found Worshipping the God whom they Love and desire, No they are not waiting to Get to heaven, but they are worshipping now. Understand if you wait to get to heaven to become a worshipper of God, you probably never will. God demands, seeks for and requests our worship because (1.)He deserves it, (2.)because it should be the nature of a Christian to worship God, and (3.)because our future destiny depends upon it.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 13:17:29 +0000