Title Are you a true worshiper?
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Are you a true worshiper?
(Romans 12:1-2)
1 Therefore, brethren, I beseech you by the mercies of God.
Present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God.
This is your spiritual worship.
2 Do not be conformed to this generation.
be transformed only by renewing the mind
Let us discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
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As Aiden Tozer said, there is nothing we lack today. The era has come when we can celebrate and sing, “We are rich, we lack nothing.” The church chapel was also well built, raised tall, and many people gathered. So today's church is a time to celebrate and enjoy each other's times of wealth. But guys, we have one big question for you. “Everyone, what kind of worship is our worship today?” I'm sure. God will speak of our faith in this worship of ours today.
Ⅰ. Text Commentary
1. I was born as a worshiper.
2. It should be the most ‘pure dedication’.
Ⅱ. Worship in the narrow and broad sense
1. Worship in a narrow sense: Public worship
Worship in a narrow sense is a public worship service that is held at a set time. Believers praise God and give glory to God during public worship. In that public worship, you will hear what God's will is, the object of worship. And by examining ourselves with the words we heard, we seek the grace to repent and live in obedience in the future. In this way, we glorify God through public worship, and at the same time we truly repent and repent with a new awareness of ourselves, this worship is of vital importance to all of us. If this worship is dead, you need to know that either you were not spiritually alive in the first place, or that the worshiper is now living a near spiritually dead state. The number one priority for all of you is the restoration of this worship. I pray that your worship will be a true worship service.
2. Worship in the broad sense: the life of a believer
At the end of the worship service, the believer returns as a 'covenant people' with an awareness of the Lord's love and clear duty. So, a believer's week-long life goes on to worship in a broader sense that embodies the knowledge of the Word received from public worship and love for God. In other words, the believer's life immediately becomes worship again. We must live in these two spirits of worship until the day we die. This is the duty and privilege of the believer. This is the life of worshipers. There is no other life for believers.
I hope that the life we will live for the next week will not just be a life of waiting for Sunday worship, but live in the spirit of worshiping God entirely. While we live without this truth, we cannot find the life of a living believer.
What problems are you struggling with today? At the heart of your problem lies this worship. Creator God, may you restore the worship of the Holy Trinity, the object of our holy worship forever. May we restore the spirit of worship throughout our lives with public worship. I wish you so.
Ⅲ. Evangelical Integration: Spiritual Worship
1. Old Testament: Offerings and offerings
Worship in the Old Testament was a form of sacrifice. Through the sacrifice, we thanked God and our sins were forgiven. And I asked God for mercy. However, in the sacrifice that is truly acceptable to God, there was a unity in the spirit of the sacrifice and the sacrifice. I needed this. As we can see in Genesis 4, God testifies that Abel and Abel's sacrifice were acceptable. All the disciples' offerings were received with the offering disciples.
Just as the animals completely died on the altar, the sacrificers had to die completely and completely in the same way. When the offering worship service is obedient with a broken heart and a broken heart, God accepts the sacrifice together. Whether all the people of Israel worshiped in this way and lived in the spirit of the sacrifice was the greatest concern of the prophets. It was God's concern.
2. New Testament: mind and body
What about in the New Testament? It is the unity of the worshiper's mind and body. Most of the reason why we cannot worship with a progressive heart is because we do not have the spirit of worship in our lives. He was tired and lived like a wheel, but he lived according to his own desires regardless of God. Those who have struggled before God for a week gather more hearts and give thanks through worship, and those who disobey will be forgiven and have a fresh start during worship. True worship is worship with all the heart.
Do you worship God with all your heart? You must risk your life for this worship.
IV. For true spiritual worship
The apostle offers us three things for true worship.
The first is not to imitate this generation.
To imitate is to be framed. A person is either stamped into the image of Jesus or the world's desires are framed. There is no middle ground. Therefore, believers come to worship and are to be taken without realizing it. So, we need to reflect on imitation of this world and repent by relying on the Word. At that time, even if he is weak and falls, he will be conformed to the image of Jesus even a little. So we live by faith. We who deal with this world are objects of mission. If you love the world according to your desires, you will surely be stamped into the world and become a person of the same world. To become a child of this world. I know too many believers today are at a crossroads at this critical juncture. They have already turned their backs on God and are die-casting to the world. Like a casting, it becomes a casting of the same world. To become a living worshiper, you must repent and return to your existence as a casting in this world.
Second, you must undergo a spiritual transformation against the strong forces of the world.
Because the soul is essentially a guiding force, it affects our mind and spirit and becomes our nature when our mind feels that power.
Ultimately, these forces of nature influence thoughts, thoughts, and emotions, dictating them into action. The problem is the direction of the force. When the soul is corrupt, it always flows in the direction of lust. So what we worship and expect of God is a real transformation of the soul that is only possible with the truth and the Holy Spirit.
Third, renew your mind.
Spiritual change mostly occurs in the soul through the mind. The soul itself cannot be changed by us. But the heart is where God and we meet together. So, God is also the master of my heart, and I am also the master of my heart. For this reason, the Bible says, “Above all things that are worth keeping, guard your heart.” Therefore, in a broad sense, God is prepared with grace, but in a narrow sense, it is necessary for human beings to make their own efforts with a heart suitable for change. I pray that you will be “transformed by the renewing of your heart”.
Ⅴ. conclusion ; Be a true worshiper
Worship is the “why” and “purpose” of all our lives. We must return to the spirit of true worshipers. If it collapses, everything rots. You must love the Word, get down on your knees and pray earnestly, and come to God knowing that you are nothing. We must not be shaken in worship as we are thrilled with salvation. I pray that you will become people of true worship.