To you know what worship is? No, really? Do you know what the bible calls worship? Spoiler alert: it’s not just singing. In fact, it’s not even primarily singing. It’s way more than that! Check it out!

Romans 12:1

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Podcast Title: From Doxology to Life: Understanding True Worship

Episode Date: May 5, 2024

Scripture: Romans 12:1

Speaker: Pastor Brian Smith

Church: Wildwood Church, East Moline, Illinois

Introduction:

• Missionary update: Sending missionaries to Southeast Asia.
• Church commitment to sending missionaries to unreached people groups.
• Goal of sending 50 church members to the nations in the next 20+ years.
• Transition from doxology to living out the gospel.

Main Points:

1. An Apostolic Appeal:

• Paul's heartfelt plea to believers to present their bodies as living sacrifices.
• Appeal rooted in God's mercy and believers' identity as co-heirs with Christ.
• Emphasis on laying down lives for God's will, not just following commands.

2. From Doxology to Life:

• Right doctrine leads to right worship, which leads to right living.
• Worship defined as offering one's body as a living sacrifice, not just singing.
• True worship involves total commitment and faithful living for God.

3. Understanding Worship:

• Worship is more than singing; it's offering oneself wholly to God.
• Idolatry defined as trusting in created things over the Creator.
• True worship is giving life to God in service, finding hope and happiness in Him.

4. Shallow Theology Replaces God:

• Shallow thinking about God leads to idolatry of self-made gods.
• Danger of forming a god to fit personal preferences rather than true worship.
• Worship not about rituals or piety, but submitting to God's will.

5. Our Living Sacrifice, Imitating the Supreme Sacrifice:

• Christ's sacrifice on the cross as the model for believers.
• Offering bodies as living sacrifices includes sexual purity, wise stewardship of time, and sober-mindedness.
• True worship extends beyond Sunday gatherings to daily living.

6. From Time to Time, We're Going to Blow It:

• Acknowledgment of human imperfection and need for repentance.
• Assurance of God's acceptance despite failures.
• Commitment to gather with contrite hearts, offering imperfect worship with gratitude and repentance.

Conclusion:

• True worship involves offering our lives to God daily, not just singing on Sundays.
• Understanding worship as total commitment and faithful living for God's glory.
• Encouragement to live as living sacrifices, imitating Christ's example in daily life.