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Recap of 11/1/09:
1. “Worship is the missing jewel of the evangelical church. The purpose of God in sending His Son to die and rise and live and be at the right hand of God the Father was that He might restore to us the missing jewel … of worship; that we might come back and learn to do again that which we were created to do in the first place—worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness, to spend our time in awesome wonder and adoration of God, feeling and expressing it, and letting it get into our labors…” (A. W. Tozer)
2. Observations about worship:
-worship is not confined to a place or an action—it’s an attitude. (Malachi 1)
-you can’t worship while being disobedient to the Word of God (1 Samuel 15:1ff; 2 Samuel 6:1ff)
-worship should engage the mind not just the emotions (1 Corinthians 14:1-5)
3. Two key words for worship in the New Testament are:
-proskuneo, “to kiss, to fall down, to adore on one’s knees” An attitude of reverence, it’s found 24 times in the Book of Revelation in relation to God’s sovereignty, power, provision, etc.
-latreo, “ to serve, to worship” (Romans 12:1) Paul calls us to worship in response to what Jesus has done for us (Romans 1-11), then applies worship to the whole life (Romans 12-15).
