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Ecclesiastes: SatisfiedTrue WorshipMay 19, 2013Please turn in your Bibles to Ecclesiastes 5:1-7:What does true worship look like? (ref. Exodus 33:15-18)“…a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and His worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.” John 4:23-244 Imperatives in Approaching God: Imperative 1 (vs. 1): Guard your steps “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” Exodus 3:5The offering of a fool: to bring an unacceptable gift to God“But you ask, ‘How have we shown contempt for your name?’7 “By offering defiled food on my altar. “But you ask, ‘How have we defiled you?’“By saying that the LORD’s table is contemptible. 8 When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice lame or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you?” says the LORD Almighty. Malachi 1:6b-8“To obey is better than sacrifice.” 1Samuel 15:22bApp: Give careful thought to how you approach God. Imperative 2 (vs. 2): Guard your mouthAnd when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Matthew 6:7-8 App: Approach God anticipating Him speaking into your life.Imperative 3 (vs. 4): Keep your promisesAnd she made a vow, saying, “LORD Almighty, if you will only look on your servant’s misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the LORD for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head.” 1Samuel 1:11App: Fulfill a vow quickly or don’t make it at all.Imperative 4 (vs. 4b-7): Keep good intentions from becoming sinThe fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom… Proverbs 9:10a(ref. Matthew 21:12-13, Romans 12:1-2)What is God’s Spirit speaking into your life today? How must you respond?
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By Summit FellowshipEcclesiastes: SatisfiedTrue WorshipMay 19, 2013Please turn in your Bibles to Ecclesiastes 5:1-7:What does true worship look like? (ref. Exodus 33:15-18)“…a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and His worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.” John 4:23-244 Imperatives in Approaching God: Imperative 1 (vs. 1): Guard your steps “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” Exodus 3:5The offering of a fool: to bring an unacceptable gift to God“But you ask, ‘How have we shown contempt for your name?’7 “By offering defiled food on my altar. “But you ask, ‘How have we defiled you?’“By saying that the LORD’s table is contemptible. 8 When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice lame or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you?” says the LORD Almighty. Malachi 1:6b-8“To obey is better than sacrifice.” 1Samuel 15:22bApp: Give careful thought to how you approach God. Imperative 2 (vs. 2): Guard your mouthAnd when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Matthew 6:7-8 App: Approach God anticipating Him speaking into your life.Imperative 3 (vs. 4): Keep your promisesAnd she made a vow, saying, “LORD Almighty, if you will only look on your servant’s misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the LORD for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head.” 1Samuel 1:11App: Fulfill a vow quickly or don’t make it at all.Imperative 4 (vs. 4b-7): Keep good intentions from becoming sinThe fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom… Proverbs 9:10a(ref. Matthew 21:12-13, Romans 12:1-2)What is God’s Spirit speaking into your life today? How must you respond?