God created human to worship Him and that is absolute purpose.
Worship belongs exclusively to God
Aaron and Hur held his hands up-one on one side,
one on the other-so that his hands remained steady till sunset. So Joshua
overcame the Amalekite army with the sword. Then the LORD said to Moses,
"Write this on a scroll as something to be remembered and make sure that
Joshua hears it, because I will completely blot out the memory of Amalek from
under heaven." Moses built an altar and called it The LORD is my Banner.
He said, "For hands were lifted up to the throne of the LORD . The LORD
will be at war against the Amalekites from generation to generation.”
but...
SATAN
WANTS TO DESTROY THIS RELATIONSHIP
Matthew
4:10
“When
Satan tempted the Lord, one of his offers was, “All these things I will give
You if You will fall down and worship me.” And the Lord answered, “Away from
me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You will worship the Lord your God, and
Him only will you serve.’’
In the TEN
COMMANDMENTS
Exodus
20:4-5
“You
shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or
on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them
or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God,
punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third & fourth
generation of them that hate me.”
THE ONLY WAY TO WORSHIP GOD IS IN SPIRIT
John
4:24: “God
is spirit; and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth.”
GOD
IS SPIRIT:
John
3:3: “In
reply Jesus declared, I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God
HOW CAN WE WORSHIP GOD?
1
Kings 8:27: “But
will God really dwell on the earth? The
heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain you. How much less this temple?”
We can worship anywhere!
Even if your physical environment will not permit you to worship, but your spirit can.
1. TO KNEEL DOWN
Psalm
95:6: “Come,
let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker…”
Kneel
(Hebrew) – blessing
Philippians
2:9-11 “Therefore
God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every
name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on
earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.”
2. TO BOW DOWN
Psalm
95:6 “Come,
let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.”
Expression of brokenness, humility,
and of rendering
Revelation
4:9-11 “Whenever
the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to Him that sits on the
throne and who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down
before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever. They
lay their crowns before the throne and say: ‘You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your
will they were created and have their being.”
Isaiah
6:1-3 “In
the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on the throne, high and
exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphs, each with six wings:
with two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their
feet, and with two were flying.
And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord
almighty; the whole earth is full of His glory.”
3. TO SPREAD OUT HANDS
Psalm
143:6 “I
spread out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched
land.”
Symbols
of rendering
Exodus
17:8-16
The
Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim. Moses said to Joshua,
"Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I
will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands. So Joshua
fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur went to
the top of the hill. As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were
winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. When
Moses' hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on
it.
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