THE ITEMS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT WORSHIP.

THE ITEMS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT WORSHIP.

GREETINGS.

REVIEW:  (HOW DOES ONE BECOME A CHRISTIAN?).

WHAT IS WORSHIP?

A TIME TO PAY DEEP, SINCERE, AWESOME RESPECT, LOVE, AND FEAR TO GOD, WHO CREATED US. ACTS 17:24-25.

WE MUST WORSHIP GOD ONLY. MATTHEW 4:10; JOSHUA 24:14.

THE PURPOSE OF WORSHIP. TO GLORIFY; HONOUR; PRAISE; EXALT; AND TO PLEASE GOD.

PRELUDE TO WORSHIP; A. WHO WORSHIPS?; B. WHAT TO WORSHIP?

KINDS OF WORSHIP?

WORSHIP NOT INSPIRED BY GOD. (UNINSPIRED WORSHIP), NOT COMMANDED BY GOD.

WORSHIP INSPIRED BY GOD. (INSPIRED WORSHIP), COMMANDED BY GOD.

UNINSPIRED KIND OF WORSHIP:

VAIN WORSHIP. MATT. 15:8-9, 14.
WILLFUL WORSHIP. COL. 2:20-23.
IGNORANT WORSHIP. ACTS 17:21-31; HOSEA 4:6.
IDOL WORSHIP. LEV. 17:7; DEUT. 32:17; PSALM 106:37; REV. 9:20; 1COR.10:20.
                 THE FEATURES OF THIS KIND OF WORSHIP:

WORSHIPERS HAVE NO REGARD FOR THE AUTHORITY OF GOD, THE ALMIGHTY.
HONOURS, WORSHIPS, ADORATIONS, SACRIFICES ARE MADE TO THE DEVILS, NOT TO GOD.
THE DOCTRINES OF WORSHIP FROM THE DEVILS, NOT FROM GOD.
WORSHIP, UNACCEPTABLE TO GOD.

INSPIRED KIND OF WORSHIP:

WORSHIP BEFORE THE LAW OF MOSES:

CAIN & ABEL IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN. GEN. 4:3-8.
NOAH. GEN. 8:20.
ABRAHAM. GEN. 12:8; 13:18.
ISAAC. GEN. 26: 25.
JACOB. GEN. 33:20.
MOSES. EXODUS 17:15.
                  THE FEATURES OF THIS KIND OF WORSHIP:
PRIESTHOOD OF THE FATHERS. HEADS OF THE HOMES, ARE THE PRIESTS.
ANIMAL SACRIFICES, AND ALTAR WORSHIPS, ARE PROMINENT.
NO PUBLIC GATHERING, BUT FAMILY WORSHIP.
WORSHIP ON SPECIAL DAYS NOT COMMANDED.
NO COLLECTION OF MONEY, SINGING, DANCING, TITHE, INSTRUMENTAL MUSICS, ETC.
DESIGNATED PLACE OF WORSHIP NOT COMMANDED.
THIS PERIOD WAS CALLED PATRIACHAL PERIOD.
THIS PERIOD ENDED WHEN GOD GAVE THE OLD TESTAMENT LAW TO MOSES. NUMB. 1: 51; 18: 22-23.
FOLLOWS THE RULE OF “SPIRIT AND TRUTH”

WORSHIP DURING THE LAW OF MOSES:

SABBATH DAY WAS GIVEN. EXOD. 20:8
LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD WAS INSTITUTED. EXOD. 29: 1-49; LEV. 8
TEMPLE WORSHIP WAS INSTITUTED, JERUSALEM WAS DESIGNATED THE PLACE OF WORSHIP. DEUT.12:5-6; 2CHRON.6:6; 1KING 9: 1-3.
TITHE OF THE LAND OF CANAAN WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE WORSHIP. LEV. 27:30-34; DEUT. 14: 22-29.
THE MANNER OF SINGING WAS AS IN THE PSALM 150. READ ALSO 149:6-9.
FEASTS WERE COMMANDED:
FEAST OF PASSOVER. LEV. 23:4-8.
FEAST OF FIRSTFRUITS. LEV. 23: 9-14.
FEAST OF WEEKS. LEV. 23: 15-21.
FEAST OF TRUMPETS. LEV. 23: 22- 25.
DAY OF ATONEMENT. LEV. 23: 26-32.
FEAST OF TABERNACLE. LEV. 23: 33-44.
                   
  THE FEATURES OF THIS KIND OF WORSHIP:

ANIMAL SACRIFICES, ON THE DESIGNATED ALTARS, AT JERUSALEM WAS COMMANDED.
SATURDAY SABBATH WAS FOR THE NATION OF ISRAEL ONLY. DEUT. 5:12-15; NEH. 9: 13-14.
THE LAW OF MOSES WAS MADE WITH THE FATHERS OF THE NATION OF ISRAEL ONLY. DEUT. 5:1-3; 1KING 8:9, 21.
FOLLOWS THE RULE OF “SPIRIT AND TRUTH”

WORSHIP AFTER THE LAW OF MOSES:

SINGING. NOW, WITHOUT THE INSTRUMENT OF MUSIC. HEB. 13:15; EPH. 5: 18-19; COL. 3: 16; MATT. 21:15-16; ACTS 2:47; EPH.5:19; COL. 3:16; HEB. 2:12; 13:15; 1PETER 2:5,9
PRAYERS NOW TO GOD, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. JOHN 16:23; EPH. 2; 18; MATT. 6:9; 1TIM. 3:15; ACTS 12:5; EPH. 6:18; 1TIM. 2:8; JAMES 5:16; JOHN 9:31; REV.5:8B
COLLECTION OF MONEY. 1COR.16:1-2; 2COR. 8: 12; 9:6-8.
WEEKLY COMMUNION, TO REMEMBER THE DEATH OF CHRIST. MATT. 26:26-29; LUKE 22:19-20; 1COR. 11: 20-29.
TEACHING/ADMONITION. 1PETER 4:11; 2JOHN1: 9-11; ACTS 2:41-42; 2Tim 2:15; 3:16-17;            1 THESS. 2:4.

      THE GENERAL FEATURES OF THE NEW TESTAMENT WORSHIP:

LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD NOW CANCELED. HEB.7: 11-12; 1PETER 2:5.
TEMPLE WORSHIP NOW CANCELED. JOHN 4: 20-24.
PRIESTHOODOF ALL CHRISTIANS.
FOLLOWS THE RULE OF “SPIRIT AND TRUTH”: JOHN 4:20-24; GENESIS 4:3-5; LEVITICUS 10:1-4; 1 SAM. 13: 8-14; 15: 3-26; 2 SAMUEL 6: 1-6; PSALM 24:3-5; 15.

            PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE WORSHIP. 

EARLY ATTENDANCE. HEB.10:25.
DRESSING TO THE WORSHIP. 1TIMOTHY 2:2-10; MATTHEW 5:28; 1 THESSALONIANS 5:22; ROM. 12:1-2; MATTHEW 18:20.
WORSHIPPING GOD IN TRUTH: OBEDIENCE TO THE SUPREME AUTHORITY; STUDY GOD’S WORD; BE SOBER.
WORSHIPPING GOD IN SPIRIT: BODILY PARTICIPATION; ATTENTIVENESS; ALERTNESS; COMPREHENSION; FAITHFULNESS.
WE MUST WORSHIP GOD, ONLY: MATT. 4:10.
BE A SOURCE OF GLORY, AND HONOUR TO GOD, IN THE WORSHIP: ORDERLY CONDUCT, AND DECENT CONDUCT: 1COR.14:40.
THE WORSHIP OF THE ALMIGHTY FATHER CANNOT BE THROUGH A SOCIAL ENTERTAINMENT.

         ADMONITION TO SALVATION.

         CONCLUSION.

            TEACHING BY BENSON OMOLE Min., AT THE INDOOR LECTURESHIP OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST, OMUARAN, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA. 02-11-2019

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