Mission Statement:
The Redeeming River Church is a family of believers committed to preaching the cross with conviction, reaching the lost with compassion, and equipping the saints with the Word!
Our Vison:
The Word tells us in Proverbs 29:18 “Where there is no vision, the people perish”. Therefore, we know that where there is a God breathed vision the people have life. It is because of God’s specific plan for us that we can clearly see where we are going.
7 We Will Be’s
· We will be a life giving church whose waters flow from the River of God through all cultures and generations!
· We will be a life sustaining church where the heartbeat of God will keep our families spiritually healthy.
· We will be a life birthing church where new ministries are conceived, delivered, nurtured, and sent out.
· We will be a people of faith and expectancy who are not moved by what we see, but stand in the God who we know!
· We will be a people of devotion who are committed to the work of the Lord through the local church!
· We will be a people of worship who honor the Lord for who He is and not what He will do for us!
· We will be a growing church whose walls will not contain us!
I. INTRODUCTION
A. WHAT IS WORSHIP
1. Is Worship when you come into a building like this...
2. Is Worship when the instruments are tuned perfectly and all voices are on key
3. Is Worship when you get down on your knees and cry out for God to help you at your time of need
4. When you have no one else to turn to and you have tried everything else and then you come to God at your lowest point
B. THE DEFINITION
1. Worship - To show respect to pay homage to something that is worthy of honor
C. MANY PEOPLE
1. You see many people like to show respect to God when the timing is right
2. When everyone else is watching
3. When we need something from God
4. When we feel like giving respect
D. THE SCRIPTURE
1. John 4:23-24
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
2. The hour is here - It’s Time
2. True worshippers - To seperate true means there must be false
3. The Father Seeketh Such - seeketh (zeteo) - crave, demand something
II. SOME TRUE WORSHIPPERS
A. NOAH AND HIS ARK
1. Genesis 6:13
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
2. Every piece of gopher wood was handcrafted in respect of what God had told Him
3. Worship takes action!
B. ABRAHAM AND HIS SON
1. Genesis 17:5-7
5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
2. There is a problem Saraiah is old
3. There is a miracle Saraiah conceived
4. I have figured out the promise
5. Genesis 22:2-3
2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
6. Worship goes past what you can figure out!
C. JOB AND HIS TRIAL
1. Job 13:15
15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
2. Worship believes in the heart of God!
D. THE SINNER WOMAN AND HER ALABASTER BOX
1. Luke 7:37-38
37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
2. She was a sinner...most believe that she was harlot that had been forgiven
3. Alabaster was very expensive - maybe a few years wages
4. Can you see the picture? Tears, Hair, Expense, Crowd of Pharisees
5. Worship will pay whatever the price!
III. GOD IS A SPIRIT
A. OUT OF THIS WORLD
1. Have you ever ate a meal and made the comment.."This is out of this world"
2. Folks that means it taste good!
3. You have never tasted anything like it
4. You can’t quite place a word on it that will do it justice
5. John 4:24 " God is a spirit"
6. Colossians 3:1-4 - My Life Is Out Of This World
1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
B. I CAN’T SEE HIM BUT I KNOW HIM
1. Just because I can’t see Him doesn’t mean I don’t know Him!
2. Everybody in this world you can question their sincerity
3. There are no sincerity questions with my God!
4. I can’t see Him but I know Him
5. I don’t just know of Him, but I know Him!
6. I know His embrace - Psalm 40:2
2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
7. I know His mercy - Hebrews 4:16-17
15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
8. I know His healing power - Psalm 147:1-5
1 Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
Exodus 15:26
26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
9. I know His handywork - Psalm 19:1
1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
10. I know His heart - 1 John 4:16
16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
11. I know His Word - Matthew 24:35
35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
12. I can’t see Him but I know Him!
13. I said I can’t see Him but I know Him!
C. HE IS
1. My friend
2. He is my hope
3. He is my peace
4. He is my rock
5. He is my salvation
6. He is my everything
7. When I get up in the morning He is there
8. When I lay my head to rest He is there
9. He is here right now
10.His power is available right now!
IV. THE FATHER IS SEEKING FOR A TRUE WORSHIPPER
A. HE LAID IT ALL ON THE LINE
1. For our healing - Isaiah 53:5
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
2. For our peace - Epesians 2:14
14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
3. For our needs - Phillipians 4:19
19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
5. For our eternity - John 3:16
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
B. WILL YOU?
1. John 4:23-24
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
