Rom 12:1 I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

4. Rom 12:1 I appeal to you therefore,
brethren, by the mercies of God, to
present your bodies as a living sacrifice,
holy and acceptable to God, which is
your spiritual worship.

5.  How many of us have ever gotten
something wrong before? Have missed
a question, came up with the wrong
answer, or had to learn from our
mistakes?
 In the NT we find 4 “types” of worship!
 Only one of which is pleasing to God!

6.  “Vain” worship! (Mt. 15:1-9)
 When we substitute tradition over truth or
custom over command, our worship becomes
vain: empty & useless!
 “Ignorant” worship! (Act. 17:22-23; Rom. 10)
 Ignorance is a bliss doesn’t work in worship!
 “Self-will” worship! (Col. 2:18-23)
 Comes from what man wants rather than what
God wants!

9. Col 2:23 Which things have indeed a show of
wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and
everity to the body; but are not of any value
against the indulgence of the flesh. (ASV)
Col 2:23 These things seem to have a sort of
wisdom in self-ordered worship and making
ittle of oneself, and being cruel to the body,
not honouring it by giving it its natural use.
BBE)

10.  The Bible speaks of “4 types” but these
fall into just “2 kinds” of worship!
 In our 1st point we considered the
“false/wrong” kind by looking at 3 types!
 Now we will see there is but 1 kind &
type of true worship, worship that is
right! (Jn. 4:16-26) “Spirit & truth!”

11.  The key in understanding this! (Jn. 4:23-24)
 “But the hour is coming and is now here,
when the true worshipers will worship the
Father in S/spirit and truth, for the Father is
seeking such people to worship Him. God is
a Spirit, and those who worship Him must
worship in S/spirit and truth!”

12.  The 2nd part of this seems simple enough “in
truth” = according to the Bible, the Scriptures,
the truth!
 Jn 17:17 "Sanctify them by Your truth. Your Word
is truth.“
 Jn 8:31-32 Then Jesus said to those Jews who
believed Him, "If you abide in My Word, you
are My disciples indeed. "And you shall know
the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

13.  This is often said to be with “the right
heart” = in our spirit & I believe this is
part of it but not all of it!
 Mk. 12:30 “and you must love the love with
all your heart...”
 We are called to be “the Spiritual house”
of God offering up Spiritual worship!
 1 Pet. 2:5 We are to worship in & through the
Holy Spirit!

14.  We are living in the greatest advantage
point of all times! We have all the pieces!
 These are the last days! (Act. 2:14-21)
 Even prophets & angels longed to see what we
see (1 Pet. 1:10-12)
 We are able to worship in Spirit according
to the complete revealed will of God!

15.  The children of Israel had to go to
Jerusalem to the temple to worship God,
but now “we” are the temple of God!
 1 Cor 6:19-20 Or do you not know that your
body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is
in you, whom you have from God, and you
are not your own? For you were bought at a
price; therefore glorify God in your body
and in your spirit, which are God's.

16.  Rom 8:9, 11 But you are not in the flesh but in
the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells
in you. Now if anyone does not have the
Spirit of Christ, he is not His. But if the Spirit
of Him who raised Jesus from the dead
dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the
dead will also give life to your mortal bodies
through His Spirit who dwells in you.
 Cries out for us (vs. 15-17) intercedes (vs. 26-28)

17.  It is good to be here today & to worship
God, our Maker, Savior & Friend!
 Have you come to obey the Gospel of
Christ? Have you come to trust God
with your salvation? Have you been
born again of water & the Spirit?
 May we never take for granted how
blessed we are to be able to worship!