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Christ-Exalting Worship Series
Contributed by Michael Stover on Oct 20, 2000 (message contributor)
Summary: For a church to be effective, there must be Christ-exalting worship.
Christ-Exalting Worship
Psalm 96; s.s.
I. Foundation of Biblical Worship
A. Music (Psalm 96:1-2)
B. Ordinances (Psalm 96:2b)
C. Witnessing (Psalm 96:3,10)
D. Prayer (Psalm 96:4)
E. Giving (Psalm 96:8)
F. Scripture (Psalm 96:13)
II. Fundamental Worship at Antioch
A. Acts 11:27-30 (Offering for Judea)
B. Acts 13:2 ‘ministering’ – English ‘liturgy’ (worship)
C. Fasting & Prayer
D. Result – 1st Missionary enterprise
III. Fashion of Scripture
A. 2 Chron. 5:13-14
B. Acts 2:42-47
C. Zephaniah 2:11, “The LORD will be terrible unto them:
for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men
shall worship him, every one from his place, even all
the isles of the heathen.”
D. Romans 14:11, “For it is written, As I live, saith the
Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue
shall confess to God”
E. Philippians 2:10-11, “That at the name of Jesus every
knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in
earth, and things under the earth; And that every
tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the
glory of God the Father”
Definition of worship by Warren Wiersbe:
“Worship is the believer’s response with all that he is – mind,
emotions, will and body – to all that God is and says and does.”