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| Worship |
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| Gathered together . . . |
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as a group |
Acts 2:46 |
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on Sunday - not the Sabbath |
Acts 20:7 |
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even in a house |
Rom. 16:5 |
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| Has included . . . |
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Reading, teaching & preaching |
Acts 2:42; 20:7; 1 Tim. 4:13 |
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Communion |
Acts 2:42; 1Cor. 11:23-26 |
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Prayer |
Acts 2:42 |
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Fellowship |
Acts 2:42 |
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Singing, hymns, thanks |
Neh. 12:45-46 |
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Voluntary giving |
1 Cor. 16:2 |
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| Responses . . . |
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Fall to their knees |
1 Cor. 14:25; Rev. 19:10 |
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Just lip service |
Isa. 29:13 |
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Tradition or ritual |
Isa. 29:13 |
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False Teaching |
Matt. 15:19 |
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He ignored those issues. He did not talk about hymns or worship songs. He did not talk about organs, pianos, trumpets, drums, or flutes. The stained glass windows, or the cracks in the wall were not His interests.
True Worship. Jesus knew man's heart. Men and women often do not worship God in truth or in spirit. We often worship in the flesh. We enjoy the worship music and think we have worshiped God. We like the ritual of the service and believe God delights in precise form. We love to hear the Word of God taught with power and feel the Holy Spirit has spoken to us.
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Because this people draw near with their words And honor Me with their lip service, But they remove their hearts far from Me, And their reverence for Me consists of tradition learned by rote . . . (NASB) Isaiah 29:13
And behold, you are to them like a sensual song by one who has a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they do not practice them. (NASB) Ezekiel 33:32 |
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