WOERTHSCIPEWHAT IN THE WORLD?

OR WHAT IN THE SPIRIT?

ENGLISH DOES A HORRIBLE JOB OF DESCRIBING WORSHIP• When you ask people, get confused answers—no BCV.

1. reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.

2. formal or ceremonious rendering of such honor and homage: They attended worship this morning.

3. adoring reverence or regard

4. the object of adoring reverence or regard.

5. (initial capital letter) British. a title of honor

6. to render religious reverence and homage to.

7. to feel an adoring reverence or regard for (any person or thing).

8. to render religious reverence and homage, as to a deity.

9. to attend services of divine worship.

10. to feel an adoring reverence or regard.

ENGLISH: WORSHIP’S ETYMOLOGY

THE 5 AUTHORIZED ACTS OF WORSHIP: PREACHING, PRAYER, GIVING, SINGING, COMMUNION• Singing—that’s an act of worship?• "WHILE the whole assembly worshiped, the singers also

sang and the trumpets sounded; all this continued until the burnt offering was finished. Now at the completion of the burnt offerings, the king and all who were present with him bowed down and worshiped.“ (2 Chron 29:28-29)• Singing—nope. Trumpeting—nope. So what IS

worship?

WORSHIP: BIBLICAL DEFINITIONS

WORSHIP: BIBLICAL DEFINITIONS

• 2 Chron 29:28 again: “WHILE the whole assembly worshiped, the singers also sang and the trumpets sounded; all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.”

WORSHIP: BIBLICAL DEFINITIONS

WORSHIP: IN PICTURES

• The Aleinu is not just a prayer about adoring God; it is a prayer of submitting oneself to God in recognition of God's complete sovereignty over our lives and all creation.

• The prayer's climactic moment. We declare: va'anachnu korim, umishtachavim, umodim lifnei melech mal'chei hamlachim, HaKadosh Baruch Hu. The phrase, literally translated, means: "We bow, and prostrate, and give thanks before the King of kings of kings, the Holy One, blessed is He."

WORSHIP: IN PICTURES

WORSHIP: IN PICTURES

WORSHIP: IN LOCATION

• “And it shall be from new moon to new moon And from Sabbath to Sabbath, All flesh will worship Me,” says the Lord.” (Is 66:23)

• People of all nations, 24/7

• “The woman said to Him, […]Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you people say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. […] But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” (John 4:19-24)

WORSHIP: IN SPIRITSERVICE: IN LIFE•“Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your rational service.” (Rom 12:1)