How Are We to Worship?

We gather in this facility every first day of the week to worship God. We do this because of passages like Acts 20:7 and 1 Corinthians 16:1. Yet, have you ever truly considered why we do all that we do during the worship service? What is the purpose of worship? Exactly how are we supposed to worship?

The Bible gives us the answer. Everything we do in worship is for the purpose of bringing honor, glory, recognition, and respect to God (Psalm 29:2). He is worthy to receive all praise because it is by His will that all things exist and were created, (Revelation 4:11). As we gather here, we must recognize that the worship of the church is not for our own entertainment – we are not the audience in worship, God is our audience! Everything we do is for His glory! Everything we do is directed toward Him, not to us.

We are to worship God “in spirit and truth,” according to John 4:24, which means we are to have the right attitude (within our heart) and do it according to His will (in doctrine – Matthew 7:21). The will and commandments of God, along with the examples of worship of first century disciples, is easily discerned in the Bible and clearly teaches us what we must do in our worship to Him. It is through this method that we are able to identify five, specific elements of worship.

Click on the link to view a simple graphic that outlines those necessary elements and gives the Biblical support for each action. A worship service based upon the Bible must include these five elements with nothing more being added, or nothing taken away. We must do each of these with God as our focus. “Oh come, let us worship and bow down,” (Ps 95:6)

We gather in this facility every first day of the week to worship God. We do this because of passages like Acts 20:7 and 1 Corinthians 16:1. Yet, have you ever truly considered why we do all that we do during the worship service? What is the purpose of worship? Exactly how are we supposed to worship?

The Bible gives us the answer. Everything we do in worship is for the purpose of bringing honor, glory, recognition, and respect to God (Psalm 29:2). He is worthy to receive all praise because it is by His will that all things exist and were created, (Revelation 4:11). As we gather here, we must recognize that the worship of the church is not for our own entertainment – we are not the audience in worship, God is our audience! Everything we do is for His glory! Everything we do is directed toward Him, not to us.

We are to worship God “in spirit and truth,” according to John 4:24, which means we are to have the right attitude (within our heart) and do it according to His will (in doctrine – Matthew 7:21). The will and commandments of God, along with the examples of worship of first century disciples, is easily discerned in the Bible and clearly teaches us what we must do in our worship to Him. It is through this method that we are able to identify five, specific elements of worship.

A worship service based upon the Bible must include these five elements with nothing more being added, or nothing taken away. We must do each of these with God as our focus. “Oh come, let us worship and bow down,” (Ps 95:6)

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