Worship in Eden: What We Had, What We Lost, What Was Restored (Turkish)
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WORSHIP IN EDEN: What We Had, What We Lost, What Was Restored
WORSHIP NOTES Volume 14, No. 10 (October 2019) WHAT WE HAD God’s own assessment of His creative work was that it was “good” (9 times in Genesis 1:4–2:12), and that after man was added it was all “very good” (1:31). God placed Adam and Eve in the Garden, where they had direct, unfettered access to God— unmediated worship: Although the Scriptures do not specifically say so, worship of God
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ETERNAL PRAISE: Reflections from Revelation (5)
WORSHIP NOTES Volume 13, No. 9 (September 2018) ETERNAL PRAISE AND HUMAN HISTORY(Revelation 4 & 5) (part 2) EVERYBODY WORSHIPS It has often been pointed out that the problem is not that there are people in this world who do not worship; rather the problem is that so many people worship the wrong thing. Everybody worships. Everything gives their heart loyalty to something or someone. Depending on where you come
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ETERNAL PRAISE: Reflections from Revelation (4)
WORSHIP NOTES Volume 13, No. 8 (August 2018) ETERNAL PRAISE AND HUMAN HISTORY(Revelation 4 & 5) (part 1) In Revelation chapter 4 John gets a look into the very throne room of God in heaven, where we see Eternal Praise going on: After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven!… At once I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with One seated
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The Worship of All Creation
WORSHIP NOTES Volume 12, No. 1 (January 2017) “The meaning of the universe is God going public for the glory of God.”(John Piper) CREATION’S PRAISE Then shall the trees of the forest sing for joy before the LORD,for He comes to judge the earth. (1 Chronicles 16:33) The heavens declare the glory of God,and the sky above proclaims His handiwork. (Psalm 19:1) Let heaven and earth praise Him,the seas and
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Important New Testament Worship Passages (Part 14)
WORSHIP NOTES Volume 9, No. 8 (August 2014) 19. SCENES OF WORSHIP IN REVELATION (Part 1) In A.D. 987, Vladimir, Prince of Kiev . . . sent embassies to the neighboring states of Bulgaria, Khazar, and Byzantium to examine their beliefs. The ambassadors return, declaring that the Islam of Bulgaria is too unhappy a religion to adopt. . . . Vladimir himself rejects the Judaism of his Khazar neighbors, for he
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Important New Testament Worship Passages (Part 6)
WORSHIP NOTES Volume 8, No. 10 (October 2013) 5. PAUL AS THEOLOGIAN AND WORSHIPER (Romans 11:33-36) Paul’s explanation of the ramifications of the fall (1:18-32; see last month’s Worship Notes) and the ensuing blackness of sin that has engulfed the human race (3:9-18,23) makes the gospel shine all the more brightly as he expounds on it in the ensuing chapters. He shows how the gospel is indeed “the power of
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Important Old Testament Worship Passages (Part 1)
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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Worship in Old Testament History (Part 1)
THEME: Worship in the Old Testament, 4th in the series WORSHIP NOTES Volume 7, No. 1 (January 2012) For the next several months we will survey the practice and themes of worship found in Israel’s history as recorded in the pages of the Old Testament. As Steven Hawthorne points out: The Bible is the astounding drama of God’s love drawing the worship of the nations. . . . God reveals
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