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Hallelujah• Question: What is on our minds as
we come to church on Sundays?
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Hallelujah• Do we have this word written on
our hearts as come to meet God:
Worship
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Hallelujah• Let’s think about “worship”.
– The “worship” team leads worship.– A Sunday morning at church is called
“worship service”, or “service” in short.– What do we do during a service?
And more…
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Hallelujah• What is at the heart of all that we
do on any given Sunday morning?
Worship = Worth + ship“Give back to God His due worth”
BUT HOW???????
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Hallelujah• Summing up in the title for the m
essage:
ה לו-י� ל� ה�Hallelu jah
“Praise Yahweh(the LORD)”
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Hallelujah• Nearly a third of the passages on
praising the LORD occurs in Psalms.• A majority of the passages are
imperative summons to praise.• The word is used in the mouths of those
going to charismatic churches.
B U T . . .
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Hallelujah• What exactly is the significance of
this profound word in the context of worship – four aspects:
N. A. M. E.
NameAttribute Modesty
Empowerment
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Hallelujah• One, we PRAISE THE NAME OF THE LORD in
worship (vv. 1-3).• Question: does the LORD have a name – or
names? Possible examples:– Yahweh Jireh (Gen. 22:14)– Yahweh Nissi (Exod. 17:15-16)– Yahweh Rofeka (Exod. 15:22-26)– Yaweh Shalom (Judg. 6:24)
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Hallelujah• Yet when Moses asked about the name of God, he
received this answer (Exod. 3:14):
I AM THAT I AM …I AM has sent me to you ...
• Practically, God said to him, “My Name is not the point!” We may need names, BUT NOT GOD. We can only DESCRIBE what He does in history.
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Hallelujah• So, what does it mean to “praise the Name of
the LORD” in worship?
We proclaim the deeds of the LORD through ALL THAT WE DO!!
• The moment we enter the sanctuary, we are telling others what God does. Examples? Healing, words of encouragement, …
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Hallelujah• So, who are we do the praising? “Praise, O
servants of the LORD” (v. 1)
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood,
A holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of … (1Pet. 2:9-10)
That is us!!!
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Hallelujah• Do we have choice NOT to praise the LORD in worship –
and in daily living? NOT A CHANCE!!
From this time forth and forevermore!From the rising of the sun … (vv. 2-3)
• This means that we MUST ALWAYS BE SENSITIVE towards the LORD because WE CANNOT STOP!! Example: tuning into the right radio channel.
LET’S GET TUNED IN TO PRAISE THE LORD ALWAYS!!
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• Two, we PRAISE THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE LORD in worship (v. 3), i.e., WHO HE IS AND WHAT HE DOES. Example, creation:
• These are all creations of the LORD – and we see them EVERYDAY AND EVERYWHERE in our lives! This is “omnipotence”, meaning He is all-powerful!
Hallelujah
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Hallelujah“From the rising of the sun to …” (v. 3):
“Worship is messy” – Rodney
• Do you know that– There are 6,912 known living languages in the world?– China has over 56 ethnic groups; Africa, several thousand?
• On ANY SUNDAY MORNING – in different time zones – “the servants of the LORD” praise in different languages. Messy? Yes, but wonderful.
• Oasis is a living demonstration of such wonder. demonstration.: Jn. 3:16 in Chinese, Taiwanese, Cantonese, English, Afrikaans, German, and Hebrew Separately and altogether!!!
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Hallelujah• We serve the LORD OF OMNIPOTENCE AND
DIVERSITY!! His unlimited creativity allows us to APPRECIATE His wonder and greatness!!!
• Meanwhile, we witness amazing unity in all the diversity, through creation, nations, languages – and US!!!
THE LORD IS GREAT. LET’S PRAISE HIM IN OUR DIFFERENCES!!!
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Hallelujah• Three, we PRAISE THE MODESTY OF THE
LORD in worship – or HUMILITY (vv. 4-6).• Question: humanly speaking, is
greatness, glory compatible with modesty, humility? Examples: Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Roman Caesars, Hitler, Mussolini, Eastman Kodak, Howard Hughes, …
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Hallelujah• Yet this is the LORD we praise:
• The question “Who is like the LORD our God” is really rhetorical, because the descriptions clearly say “No”:
Who dwells on high (v. 5b)Vs
Who humbles Himself to behold … (v. 6)
Glory (vv. 4, 5); +
Modesty/Humility (v. 6)LORD
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Hallelujah• We often praise more on the greatness/glory
of the LORD – but modesty??• His modesty speaks of HIS DETAILED CARE,
“the things that are in the heaven …” (v. 6): nothing can get away from His loving care. Right?
“How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them…” (Ps.
139:17-18)
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Hallelujah• Yet the ultimate modesty/humility of the LORD
is culminated in Jesus
• What is a manger like? In a nutshell, “It stinks!” But that is where Jesus was born!!
THE LORD IS MODEST/HUMBLE. LET US PRAISE HIM FOR HIS DETAILED, LOVING CARE!!
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Hallelujah• Four, we PRAISE THE EMPOWERMENT
OF THE LORD in worship (vv. 7-9).• The movie Pretty Woman. A prostitute
was turned into an elegant lady.• God’s care for the poor and needy is a
prominent them in Psalms (e.g. Ps. 9:18, 72:12). But…
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Hallelujah• His way of helping them is very
different – HE DOES NOT LET THEM REMAIN IN NEED.
Raise (v. 7)
Lift (v. 8)
Seat (v. 8b)
Poor and needy Barren woman
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Hallelujah• Note two things:
– It is NOT OF ONE’S OWN EFFORT.– They need to GRANTED THE PRIVILEGE.
• Does this ring the bell? We are able to praise the LORD in worship because– He DRAWS US OUT FIRST (Eph. 2:8-9)!!– He EMPOWERS US WITH THE PRIVILEGE (Jn. 1:12)!!!
• Again, do have the right not to praise? No!!!
THE LORD HAS DONE IT ALL, LET US PRAISE HIM FOR THE NEW IDENTITY IN WORSHIP.
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