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Introduction:<\/strong> Read Psa. 100<\/p>\n 1. As I stand in the back of the auditorium I see that a few don’t worship during the closing song. You whisper to others, put away song books, gather things making ready for your exit.<\/p>\n 2. As an observer I have questions about this practice.<\/p>\n 1) Do you worship during other songs, the Lord’s Supper, etc. in the same way? May I assume that your lack of attention in the closing song reveals your heart about worship?<\/p>\n 2) Do you realize that you remove any edification you brought to the assembly by this casual attitude toward worship?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Discussion:<\/strong> As you consider this practice I want you to think on two things:<\/p>\n I. The Utter Sacredness of Worship<\/p>\n 1. Worship is a time to enter into the veil through Christ. Heb. 10:20. It’s not to be taken lightly.<\/p>\n 2. After the death of Nadab and Abihu (Lev. 10:1-2) Aaron was warned not to allow anything to take away judgment so as to compromise discernment. Lev. 10:8-11. POINT: Worship takes all of your judgment and attention.<\/p>\n 3. Perhaps some don’t realize that they are in the presence of God. You can’t worship someone unless you’re in his presence.<\/p>\n 1) Prayers are to God. Phil. 4:6<\/p>\n 2) Singing is to God. Col. 3:16<\/p>\n 3) Giving is for God’s work. 1 Cor. 16:1-2; 2 Cor. 9:6-7<\/p>\n 4) We preach God’s Word. 2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Tim. 4:2<\/p>\n 5) Lord’s Supper to remember the Son of God. 1 Cor. 11:23-25.<\/p>\n 4. In the temple, worship was done in the presence of God. God’s glory was behind the veil. Exod. 25:22<\/p>\n 5. Worship is not just for Jerusalem any longer. John 4:21<\/p>\n 6. Isaiah was privileged to see “behind the veil.” Isa. 6:1-5; as was John, Rev. 4. They saw the glory and majesty of God who was presiding over worship.<\/p>\n 7. When you’re in worship you are in the presence of a holy God. 1 Pet. 1:15-16<\/p>\n II. You Are Responsible For Your Brother’s Edification<\/p>\n 1. The Word is able to build you up (preached by brethren). Acts 20:32; 2 Tim. 3:16-17; 4:1-4.<\/p>\n 2. Edified at news of conversion. Acts 9:31<\/p>\n 3. Edified when we follow after things which make for peace. Rom. 14:19<\/p>\n 4. We edify when we bear the infirmities of the weak. Rom. 15:1-3<\/p>\n 5. Paul commands, “Let all things be done unto edifying.” 1 Cor. 14:26<\/p>\n 6. Edify one another. 1 Thess. 5:11<\/p>\n 7. Provoke to love and to good works. Heb. 10:24<\/p>\n 8. Exhort one another. Heb. 3:13<\/p>\n 9. Once again, these passages are to show that we are responsible for the edification, the exhortation and provoking to love and good works of our brethren.<\/p>\n 10.Where is the edification, the exhortation, the provoking to love and good works by such a casual attitude toward worship?<\/p>\n Conclusion:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. My purpose was not to embarrass anyone but it WAS to provoke you, that is, to love and good works.<\/p>\n 2. Consider that the closing song is still, and will forevermore be, an act of worship to the Almighty.<\/p>\n 3. Consider that your brothers and sisters around you are looking to you for edification, exhortation, and provoking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Play MP3 Introduction: Read Psa. 100 1. As I stand in the back of the auditorium I see that a few don’t worship during the closing song. You whisper to others, put away song books, gather things making ready for your exit. 2. As an observer I have questions about this practice. 1) Do you … Continue reading “The Closing Song is Worship! – Bible study”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44887\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}