Important New Testament Worship Passages (Part 3)

Christ and Worship, Christmas, Glory of God, Heart Worship, Music, Praise, Psalms, Revelation and Response

WORSHIP NOTES Volume 8, No. 7 (July 2013) 3. WORSHIP SONGS, ATTITUDES AND ACTS IN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE  a.     Christmas Canticles (Luke 1–2) A canticle is defined by the dictionary as “a song or chant, esp. a hymn containing words derived from the Bible.” These four inspired and poetic psalms of praise, uttered by different figures in Luke’s account of the birth of Christ, have been set to music […]

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Important New Testament Worship Passages (Part 2)

False Worship/Idolatry, Heart Worship, New Testament

WORSHIP NOTES Volume 8, No. 6 (June 2013) 2. INCISIVE PERSPECTIVES ON WORSHIP IN THE GOSPEL OF MARK a. God’s Priority: Heart Worship And Jesus said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me;in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’” (7:6-7) Jesus quotes from Isaiah

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Important New Testament Worship Passages (Part 1)

Heart Worship, Lifestyle Worship, New Testament, Priority of Worship, Revelation and Response

WORSHIP NOTES Volume 8, No. 5 (May 2013) 1. GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF WORSHIP IN THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW a.   Exclusive worship Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory; and he said to Him, “All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go, Satan! For

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The Supremacy of God’s Name in the Old Testament

Faith, Glory of God, Name(s) of God, Old Testament, Praise, Prayer

Worship in the Old Testament, 18th and last in the series WORSHIP NOTES Volume 8, No. 4 (April 2013) You have exalted above all thingsYour name and Your word. (Psalm 138:2)  “I am the LORD; that is My name;I will not give my glory to another.” (Isaiah 42:8) 1. THE NATURE OF GOD’S NAME As is well known, names in Scripture carry much more weight than mere appellation or identification: they

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Important Old Testament Worship Passages (Part 4)

Glory of God, Heaven, Holiness, Old Testament, Praise, Revelation and Response

THEME: Worship in the Old Testament, 17th in the series  WORSHIP NOTES Volume 8, No. 3 (March 2013) 18. Isaiah 6:1-8 Revelation and Response In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up. “The earthly throne was empty, but not the heavenly one!” (Joseph Lee) A. W. Tozer observed: Every glimpse of heaven shows [God’s creatures] worshiping: Ezekiel 1:1-5, the creatures

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Important Old Testament Worship Passages (Part 3)

Old Testament, Praise, Priority of Worship, Psalms

THEME: Worship in the Old Testament, 16th in the series  WORSHIP NOTES Volume 8, No. 2 (February 2013) 12. Job 1:20-12 Worship in the face of profound suffering Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be

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Important Old Testament Worship Passages (Part 2)

Glory of God, Heart Worship, Music, Old Testament, Tabernacle/Temple

THEME: Worship in the Old Testament, 15th in the series  WORSHIP NOTES Volume 8, No. 1 (January 2013) 4. Exodus 3:12; 4:23; 7:16; 8:1,20; 9:1,13; 10:3 (see also 10:7,8,11,24; 12:31) God redeems the nation of Israel so that they may worship Him. (The translation in these verses is sometimes “serve” Him/Me, with the sense of worship; as in Exodus 23:24: “you shall not bow down to their gods nor serve them.”)

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Important Old Testament Worship Passages (Part 1)

Creation, Fall, False Worship/Idolatry, Music, Old Testament

THEME: Worship in the Old Testament, 14th in the series  WORSHIP NOTES Volume 7, No. 12 (December 2012) 1.  Genesis 1–3   Worship in Creation and the Fall Man was created with the unique ability to worship his Creator. Actually, all created things are called to give Him praise—i.e, testify to His greatness (see Psalm 148). But man is to lead the way: God made man in His own image to

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