Worship (Part 2)

-Worship should never be about reaching an emotional high.

Psalm 100:4 " Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name."

When people seek an "emotional high" from worship and don’t get it, they are disappointed and start blaming the song service, the preacher, or something or somebody else.  Where in the Bible can we go to show that our worship is designed to please the worshipper more than please God? The desire to have an experience or an encounter of emotionalism only gives little regard to what God says in the Bible about giving Him the praise and thanksgiving.

-Worship should never be offered without commitment.

Psalm 100:5 " For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations."

-Our worship to God requires a personal commitment on our part.  

Deuteronomy 6:5 "And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might."

People had rather worship Christ as a babe in a manger than Christ as their crucified savior.  Their worshipping Christ as a babe in a manger requires no commitment on their part.  They feel they can put Him in a box and live the rest of the year as they please.  

-Worshipping Christ as our crucified Savior requires more than just a personal commitment. It requires a complete change of our lifestyle and a willingness to do all that He says. 

Matthew 10:37 " He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me."

-Our commitment to worship means we understand that Jesus has forgiven all of our sins, past, present, and future. 

Colossians 2:13-15 " And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it."

-Our commitment to worship means God has given you His Spirit to enable you to live in a way that pleases Him. 

Galatians 5:25 “If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”