Lesson 1

Question 1

Why do Christians worship?

Answer 1

1.) For God’s own Glory
2.) God created us to worship
3.) Worship is a response to His grace
We long to hear his word and express our devotion to God
4.) God wants to bless us with himself
5.) God has chosen us for his own inheritance

Question 2

What is the aim of worship?

Answer 2

• • Glorify and enjoy God forever together
• • Give the Lord the glory due his name
• • enjoy the blessing of his promised special presence with his own people in obedience to his instructions set for the in the Bible.

Question 3

How do Christians worship all of life?

Answer 3

• • Worship is all of life and we can do all things to the glory of God.
• • Romans 12:1-2 (living sacrifice or a call to a way of life)
• • lives and lips are set to the praise of God

Question 4

How is worship a response?

Answer 4

• • Worship is a transitive verb. You have to worship something and we worship what we value most.
• • Worship is declaring with our lips and with our lives that God is more important than anything else in the world to us.

Question 5

Scripture about Worship should be God and Christ centered?

Answer 5

1. ) Psalm 29:1-2 (give the Lord glory due His name)
2. ) Exodus 20 (10 commandments)
3. ) 1 Cor. 14:26-37 (ordered worship)
4. ) Ephesians 1:3-6
5. ) John 4

Question 6

What are specific ways in Scripture that God has commanded his people in worship?

Answer 6

1. ) Exodus 20 - 10 commandments
2. ) John 4:1-20 - worship God in spirit and truth
3. ) Matthew 18:20 - where God manifests his presence is Jesus Christ
4. ) 1 Tim. 3:14-15 (terms applied to Ephesus are terms applied to Israel in the OT)
5. ) Col. 2:16-19 - special instructions on how to worship Angels

Question 7

How is freedom found in the Regulative Principle of Worship?

Answer 7

Worship in truth (RPW/external) that allows people to worship in Spirit (simultaneous, internal)

1. ) RPW helps form and shape worship from Scripture, yet allows for freedom in how worship is simultaneous in the lives and hearts of His people. Contents and forms should be positively in accord with scripture.
2. ) Worship is simultaneous internal. The RPW does not bind the conscience, but instead is externally structure to help worship flow in spirit:
   - - Communal response of gratitude for grace
   - - expression of passion for God
   - - fulfillment of wha t we made and redeemed for
   - - Joyful engagement in a delightful obedience