The church Jesus Built

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The church Jesus Built

• So far we have looked at
• Use of church (ekklesia)
• Universal all saints throughout all time
• Local Christians in a local area who are
  working together

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The church Jesus Built

• So far we have looked at
• Organization of the church
• Jesus Christ head over church universal

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The church Jesus Built

• So far we have looked at
• Organization of the local church
• Elders overseers of one local congregation
• Deacons servants of the church under the
  oversight of the elders
• Saints
• Preachers, Teachers, Members

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Not all worship is acceptable

• There is "vain worship
• Matthew 157-9 You hypocrites, rightly did
  Isaiah prophesy of you 8 'This people honors Me
  with their lips, But their heart is far away from
  Me. 9 'But in vain do they worship Me, Teaching
  AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.

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Not all worship is acceptable

• There is "vain worship
• There is "ignorant worship
• Acts 1722-23

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Acts 1722-23

• So Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and
  said, "Men of Athens, I observe that you are very
  religious in all respects. 23 "For while I was
  passing through and examining the objects of your
  worship, I also found an altar with this
  inscription, 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.' Therefore what
  you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.

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Not all worship is acceptable

• There is "vain worship
• There is "ignorant worship
• There is "will worship
• Colossians 220-23

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Colossians 220-23

• If you have died with Christ to the elementary
  principles of the world, why, as if you were
  living in the world, do you submit yourself to
  decrees, such as, 21 "Do not handle, do not
  taste, do not touch!" 22 (which all refer to
  things destined to perish with use)

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Colossians 220-23

• in accordance with the commandments and
  teachings of men? 23 These are matters which
  have, to be sure, the appearance of wisdom in
  self-made religion and self-abasement and severe
  treatment of the body, but are of no value
  against fleshly indulgence.

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Colossians 220-23

• in accordance with the commandments and
  teachings of men? 23 These are matters which
  have, to be sure, the appearance of wisdom in
  self-made religion and self-abasement and severe
  treatment of the body, but are of no value
  against fleshly indulgence.

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Colossians 220-23

• in accordance with the commandments and
  teachings of men? 23 These are matters which
  have, to be sure, the appearance of wisdom in
  self-made religion and self-abasement and severe
  treatment of the body, but are of no value
  against fleshly indulgence.

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Colossians 220-23

• in accordance with the commandments and
  teachings of men? 23 These are matters which
  have, to be sure, the appearance of wisdom in
  self-made religion and self-abasement and severe
  treatment of the body, but are of no value
  against fleshly indulgence.

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Worship "in Spirit and in Truth

• The Time had come for a NEW kind of Worship...
• John 419-24

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John 419-24

• The woman said to Him, "Sir, I perceive that You
  are a prophet. 20 "Our fathers worshiped in this
  mountain, and you people say that in Jerusalem is
  the place where men ought to worship."

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John 419-24

• 21 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me, an
  hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor
  in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22
  "You worship what you do not know we worship
  what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.

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John 419-24

• 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. 24 "God is spirit, and those who
  worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.

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John 419-24

• 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. 24 "God is spirit, and those who
  worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.

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John 419-24

• 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. 24 "God is spirit, and those who
  worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.

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John 419-24

• 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. 24 "God is spirit, and those who
  worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.

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John 419-24

• 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. 24 "God is spirit, and those who
  worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.

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Worship "in Spirit

• To worship in spirit means to offer "spiritual
  worship"
• To "worship in spirit", then, is to offer up
  "spiritual" worship as taught in the NT and not
  the "physical" worship as found in the OT

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Worshipping God in "Truth"...

• The contrast is not between True" and False"
  worship
• The contrast is between that which is True" (or
  real),
• and that which had been a Shadow" (or type)
  pointing toward the true!

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Worshipping God in "Truth"...

• To "worship in truth", then, is to offer up the
  "true", "spiritual" worship as taught in the NT
• And not the "physical" worship in the OT which
  was but a "shadow"

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Their Worship was for Edification

• Worship was to Build Up each other...
• As Paul instructed the church in Corinth
• 1 Corinthians 1426

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1 Corinthians 1426

• What is the outcome then, brethren? When you
  assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching,
  has a revelation, has a tongue, has an
  interpretation. Let all things be done for
  edification.

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1 Corinthians 1426

• What is the outcome then, brethren? When you
  assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching,
  has a revelation, has a tongue, has an
  interpretation. Let all things be done for
  edification.

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Worshipping Decently in Order

• Worship that is "decent"
• Is done "in a seemly manner
• fitting for the occasion

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Worshipping Decently in Order

• Worship that is "in order"
• Follows "a fixed arrangement
• not totally spontaneous
• Contributes to peace, not confusion
• cf. 1 Cor. 1433

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The Worship of the church

• The church
• Jesus Built

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Activities in the Worship

• Observed the Lord's Supper...
• As commanded by the Lord and His apostles
• A memorial feast instituted by Jesus
• Luke 2214-20

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Luke 2214-20

• When the hour had come, He reclined at the
  table, and the apostles with Him. 15 And He said
  to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this
  Passover with you before I suffer 16 for I say
  to you, I shall never again eat it until it is
  fulfilled in the kingdom of God."

32
Luke 2214-20

• 17 And when He had taken a cup and given
  thanks, He said, "Take this and share it among
  yourselves 18 for I say to you, I will not
  drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until
  the kingdom of God comes."

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Luke 2214-20

• 19 And when He had taken some bread and given
  thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying,
  "This is My body which is given for you do this
  in remembrance of Me."

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Luke 2214-20

• 20 And in the same way He took the cup after
  they had eaten, saying, "This cup which is poured
  out for you is the new covenant in My blood.

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Activities in the Worship

• Observed the Lord's Supper...
• As commanded by the Lord and His apostles
• Taught to the churches by the apostles
• 1 Corinthians 1123-29

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1 Corinthians 1123-29

• For I received from the Lord that which I also
  delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the
  night in which He was betrayed took bread 24
  and when He had given thanks, He broke it and
  said, "This is My body, which is for you do this
  in remembrance of Me."

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1 Corinthians 1123-29

• 25 In the same way He took the cup also after
  supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in
  My blood do this, as often as you drink it, in
  remembrance of Me." 26 For as often as you eat
  this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the
  Lord's death until He comes.

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1 Corinthians 1123-29

• 27 Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks
  the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall
  be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
  28 But a man must examine himself, and in so
  doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the
  cup.

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1 Corinthians 1123-29

• 29 For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks
  judgment to himself if he does not judge the body
  rightly.

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Activities in the Worship

• Observed the Lord's Supper...
• In this memorial they remembered
• The sinless body offered on the cross
• The blood shed to provide forgiveness for their
  sins

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Activities in the Worship

• Observed the Lord's Supper...
• In this memorial they proclaimed their faith in
  the Lord and the effectiveness of His death

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Activities in the Worship

• Observed the Lord's Supper...
• On the first day of the week
• As described in Acts 207

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Acts 207

• On the first day of the week, when we were
  gathered together to break bread, Paul began
  talking to them, intending to leave the next day,
  and he prolonged his message until midnight.

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Activities in the Worship

• Observed the Lord's Supper...
• On the first day of the week
• One can infer from this passage that they were
  doing this every week
• Other passages certainly indicate they were
  assembling regularly on the first day of the week

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1 Corinthians 161-2

• Now concerning the collection for the saints, as
  I directed the churches of Galatia, so do you
  also. 2 On the first day of every week each one
  of you is to put aside and save, as he may
  prosper, so that no collections be made when I
  come.

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Gave to meet certain Needs...

• The church was noted for its love for one another
• Exemplified in the church at Jerusalem

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Acts 244,45

• And all those who had believed were together and
  had all things in common 45 and they began
  selling their property and possessions and were
  sharing them with all, as anyone might have need.

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Acts 432-35

• And the congregation of those who believed were
  of one heart and soul and not one of them
  claimed that anything belonging to him was his
  own, but all things were common property to them.
  

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Acts 432-35

• 33 And with great power the apostles were
  giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord
  Jesus, and abundant grace was upon them all.

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Acts 432-35

• 34 For there was not a needy person among
  them, for all who were owners of land or houses
  would sell them and bring the proceeds of the
  sales

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Acts 432-35

• 35 and lay them at the apostles' feet, and
  they would be distributed to each as any had
  need.

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Gave to meet certain Needs...

• The church was noted for its love for one another
• Such love went beyond those in the local
  congregation

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Acts 1127-30

• Now at this time some prophets came down from
  Jerusalem to Antioch. 28 One of them named
  Agabus stood up and began to indicate by the
  Spirit that there would certainly be a great
  famine all over the world. And this took place in
  the reign of Claudius.

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Acts 1127-30

• 29 And in the proportion that any of the
  disciples had means, each of them determined to
  send a contribution for the relief of the
  brethren living in Judea. 30 And this they did,
  sending it in charge of Barnabas and Saul to the
  elders.

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Gave to meet certain Needs...

• A weekly collection was instituted
• To provide for the needs of the saints
• 1 Corinthians 161 Now concerning the
  collection for the saints, ...

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Gave to meet certain Needs...

• A weekly collection was instituted
• To provide for the needs of the saints
• 1 Corinthians 161 Now concerning the
  collection for the saints, ...

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Gave to meet certain Needs...

• Principles were taught to determine how much one
  should give
• "As he may prosper" - 1 Corinthians 162
• Whatever is given with "readiness"
• 2 Corinthians 812

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2 Corinthians 812

• For if the readiness is present, it is
  acceptable according to what a person has, not
  according to what he does not have.

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2 Corinthians 812

• For if the readiness is present, it is
  acceptable according to what a person has, not
  according to what he does not have.

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Gave to meet certain Needs...

• Principles were taught to determine how much one
  should give
• "According to what a person has" - 2 Corinthians
  812-13

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2 Corinthians 812-13

• For if the readiness is present, it is
  acceptable according to what a person has, not
  according to what he does not have. 13 For this
  is not for the ease of others and for your
  affliction, but by way of equality

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2 Corinthians 812-13

• For if the readiness is present, it is
  acceptable according to what a person has, not
  according to what he does not have. 13 For this
  is not for the ease of others and for your
  affliction, but by way of equality

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2 Corinthians 812-13

• For if the readiness is present, it is
  acceptable according to what a person has, not
  according to what he does not have. 13 For this
  is not for the ease of others and for your
  affliction, but by way of equality

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2 Corinthians 812-13

• For if the readiness is present, it is
  acceptable according to what a person has, not
  according to what he does not have. 13 For this
  is not for the ease of others and for your
  affliction, but by way of equality

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Gave to meet certain Needs...

• Principles were taught to determine how much one
  should give
• 2 Corinthians 97

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2 Corinthians 97

• Each one must do just as he has purposed in his
  heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for
  God loves a cheerful giver.

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2 Corinthians 97

• Each one must do just as he has purposed in his
  heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for
  God loves a cheerful giver.

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2 Corinthians 97

• Each one must do just as he has purposed in his
  heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for
  God loves a cheerful giver.

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2 Corinthians 97

• Each one must do just as he has purposed in his
  heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for
  God loves a cheerful giver.

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2 Corinthians 97

• Each one must do just as he has purposed in his
  heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for
  God loves a cheerful giver.

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Gave to meet certain Needs...

• Principles were taught to determine how much one
  should give
• Keeping in mind the principle of "sowing and
  reaping" - 2 Corinthians 96,8

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2 Corinthians 96

• Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also
  reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will
  also reap bountifully.

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2 Corinthians 98

• And God is able to make all grace abound to you,
  so that always having all sufficiency in
  everything, you may have an abundance for every
  good deed

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Gave to meet certain Needs...

• Funds so collected were used to help needy
  Christians
• Including those who devoted their lives to
  preaching the gospel
• cf. 2 Cor. 118,9

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2 Corinthians 118,9

• I robbed other churches by taking wages from
  them to serve you 9 and when I was present with
  you and was in need, I was not a burden to
  anyone

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2 Corinthians 118,9

• for when the brethren came from Macedonia they
  fully supplied my need, and in everything I kept
  myself from being a burden to you, and will
  continue to do so.

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Philippians 410-18

• But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at
  last you have revived your concern for me
  indeed, you were concerned before, but you lacked
  opportunity. 11 Not that I speak from want, for
  I have learned to be content in whatever
  circumstances I am.

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Philippians 410-18

• 12 I know how to get along with humble means,
  and I also know how to live in prosperity in any
  and every circumstance I have learned the secret
  of being filled and going hungry, both of having
  abundance and suffering need.

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Philippians 410-18

• 13 I can do all things through Him who
  strengthens me. 14 Nevertheless, you have done
  well to share with me in my affliction. 15 You
  yourselves also know, Philippians, that at the
  first preaching of the gospel, after I left
  Macedonia,

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Philippians 410-18

• no church shared with me in the matter of
  giving and receiving but you alone 16 for even
  in Thessalonica you sent a gift more than once
  for my needs. 17 Not that I seek the gift
  itself, but I seek for the profit which increases
  to your account.

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Philippians 410-18

• 18 But I have received everything in full and
  have an abundance I am amply supplied, having
  received from Epaphroditus what you have sent, a
  fragrant aroma, an acceptable sacrifice,
  well-pleasing to God.

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They Listened to the Word

• Noted for attention to the Word
• The church in Jerusalem - Acts 242

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Acts 242

• "They were continually devoting themselves to the
  apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the
  breaking of bread and to prayer."

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They Listened to the Word

• Noted for attention to the Word
• The church in Jerusalem - Acts 242
• As ambassadors of Christ, the apostles' words
  were taken very seriously
• cf. 1 Thessalonians 213

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1 Thessalonians 213

• For this reason we also constantly thank God
  that when you received the word of God which you
  heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of
  men, but for what it really is, the word of God,
  which also performs its work in you who believe.

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They Listened to the Word

• They therefore used their assemblies to hear
  God's Word
• As when Paul spoke at Troas - Acts 207

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Acts 207

• On the first day of the week, when we were
  gathered together to break bread, Paul began
  talking to them, intending to leave the next day,
  and he prolonged his message until midnight.

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They Listened to the Word

• They therefore used their assemblies to hear
  God's Word
• Or when letters from the apostles had been
  received - cf. Colossians 416

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Colossians 416

• When this letter is read among you, have it also
  read in the church of the Laodiceans and you,
  for your part read my letter that is coming from
  Laodicea.

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Offered Prayers and Songs

• Prayers were offered in their assemblies
• As indicated in 1 Cor. 1415-17

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1 Corinthians 1415-17

• What is the outcome then? I will pray with the
  spirit and I will pray with the mind also I will
  sing with the spirit and I will sing with the
  mind also.

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1 Corinthians 1415-17

• 16 Otherwise if you bless in the spirit only,
  how will the one who fills the place of the
  ungifted say the "Amen" at your giving of thanks,
  since he does not know what you are saying?

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1 Corinthians 1415-17

• 17 For you are giving thanks well enough, but
  the other person is not edified.

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Offered Prayers and Songs

• Prayers were offered in their assemblies
• Especially in times of trouble
• cf. Acts 125,12

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Acts 125

• So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for
  him was being made fervently by the church to
  God.

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Acts 1212

• And when he realized this, he went to the house
  of Mary, the mother of John who was also called
  Mark, where many were gathered together and were
  praying.

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Offered Prayers and Songs

• Songs were sung when they were together
• Using psalms, hymns and spiritual songs to speak
  to one another
• Ephesians 519

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Ephesians 519

• speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and
  spiritual songs, singing and making melody with
  your heart to the Lord

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Ephesians 519

• speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and
  spiritual songs, singing and making melody with
  your heart to the Lord

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Offered Prayers and Songs

• Songs were sung when they were together
• Using the same to teach admonish one another
• Colossians 316

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Colossians 316

• Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you,
  with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one
  another with psalms and hymns and spiritual
  songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts
  to God.

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Colossians 316

• Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you,
  with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one
  another with psalms and hymns and spiritual
  songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts
  to God.

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Spiritual Nature of their Worship

• Contrast the Lord's Supper with OT Sacrifices...
• The OT required elaborate ritual in offering
  various sacrifices, which certainly involved the
  physical senses

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Spiritual Nature of their Worship

• Contrast the Lord's Supper with OT Sacrifices...
• The Supper involves the mind more than the senses
• Requiring meditation rather than much in the way
  of physical action
• Involving a time for self-examination

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Spiritual Nature of their Worship

• Contrast their Giving with OT Tithing...
• The OT required a specific amount which could
  easily be given in a mechanical manner

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Spiritual Nature of their Worship

• Contrast their Giving with OT Tithing...
• The giving in the NT was based upon principles
  requiring careful thought and proper attitudes
• As one prospered and purposed in their heart
• Cheerfully, without grudging obligation

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Spiritual Nature of their Worship

• Contrast their Singing with OT Music...
• Mechanical instruments were used in the OT to
  accompany praise to God

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Spiritual Nature of their Worship

• Contrast their Singing with OT Music...
• In NT worship, the instrument they used was the
  "heart", not the "harp"
• Upon which they were to "make melody" - cf. Eph.
  519
• In which they were to sing "with thankfulness in
  your hearts " - cf. Col. 316

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Spiritual Nature of their Worship

• Contrast other elements of Worship...
• The OT required
• A physical tabernacle (temple)
• Separate priesthood
• Special garments
• Burning of incense
• Elaborate ceremonies, special feast days

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Spiritual Nature of their Worship

• Contrast other elements of Worship...
• In NT worship
• The temple is the people of God
• 1 Corinthians 316-17

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1 Corinthians 316-17

• Do you not know that you are a temple of God and
  that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If any
  man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy
  him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is
  what you are.

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Ephesians 220-22

• having been built on the foundation of the
  apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being
  the corner stone, 21 in whom the whole building,
  being fitted together, is growing into a holy
  temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are
  being built together into a dwelling of God in
  the Spirit.

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Spiritual Nature of their Worship

• Contrast other elements of Worship...
• In NT worship
• All Christians are priests - 1 Peter 25,9

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1 Peter 25

• you also, as living stones, are being built up
  as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to
  offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God
  through Jesus Christ.

115
1 Peter 29

• But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a
  holy nation, a people for God's own possession,
  so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him
  who has called you out of darkness into His
  marvelous light

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Spiritual Nature of their Worship

• Contrast other elements of Worship...
• In NT worship
• They adorned themselves with Christ
• Galatians 327

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Galatians 327

• For all of you who were baptized into Christ
  have clothed yourselves with Christ.

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Colossians 35-14

• Therefore consider the members of your earthly
  body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion,
  evil desire, and greed, which amounts to
  idolatry. 6 For it is because of these things
  that the wrath of God will come upon the sons of
  disobedience,

119
Colossians 35-14

• 7 and in them you also once walked, when you
  were living in them. 8 But now you also, put
  them all aside anger, wrath, malice, slander,
  and abusive speech from your mouth.

120
Colossians 35-14

• 9 Do not lie to one another, since you laid
  aside the old self with its evil practices, 10
  and have put on the new self who is being renewed
  to a true knowledge according to the image of the
  One who created him

121
Colossians 35-14

• 11 a renewal in which there is no distinction
  between Greek and Jew, circumcised and
  uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and
  freeman, but Christ is all, and in all. 12 So,
  as those who have been chosen of God, holy and
  beloved,

122
Colossians 35-14

• put on a heart of compassion, kindness,
  humility, gentleness and patience 13 bearing
  with one another, and forgiving each other,
  whoever has a complaint against anyone just as
  the Lord forgave you, so also should you. 14
  Beyond all these things put on love, which is the
  perfect bond of unity.

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Spiritual Nature of their Worship

• Contrast other elements of Worship...
• In NT worship
• Their prayers were as incense Revelation 58

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Revelation 58

• When He had taken the book, the four living
  creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down
  before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and
  golden bowls full of incense, which are the
  prayers of the saints.

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Revelation 58

• When He had taken the book, the four living
  creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down
  before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and
  golden bowls full of incense, which are the
  prayers of the saints.

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Revelation 58

• When He had taken the book, the four living
  creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down
  before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and
  golden bowls full of incense, which are the
  prayers of the saints.

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Spiritual Nature of their Worship

• Contrast other elements of Worship...
• In NT worship
• Observance of feast days was a cause of concern
• Galatians 410,11

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Galatians 410,11

• You observe days and months and seasons and
  years. 11 I fear for you, that perhaps I have
  labored over you in vain.

129
Colossians 216,17

• Therefore no one is to act as your judge in
  regard to food or drink or in respect to a
  festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day 17
  things which are a mere shadow of what is to
  come but the substance belongs to Christ.

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The worship in the early church was simple, and
it was "spiritual"
131
"... the first Christians were of too spiritual a
fiber to substitute lifeless instruments for or
to use them to accompany the human voice."

• Catholic Encyclopedia

132
"The execution of Byzantine church music by
instruments, or even the accompaniment of sacred
chanting by instruments was ruled out by the
Eastern Fathers as being incompatible with the
pure, solemn, spiritual character of the religion
of Christ."

• Constantine Cavarnos,
• Byzantine Sacred Music

133
"Musical instruments in celebrating the praises
of God would be no more suitable than the burning
of incense, the lighting up of lamps, the
restoration of the other shadows of the law. "

• John Calvin

134
"The Papists, therefore, have foolishly borrowed
this, as well as many other things, from the
Jews. "

• John Calvin

135
"Men who are fond of outward pomp may delight in
that noise but the simplicity which God
recommends to us by the apostle is far more
pleasing to Him."

• John Calvin

136
John 423-24

• 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. 24 "God is spirit, and those who
  worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.

137
John 423-24

• 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. 24 "God is spirit, and those who
  worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.

138
John 423-24

• 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. 24 "God is spirit, and those who
  worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.

139
John 423-24

• 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. 24 "God is spirit, and those who
  worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.

140
John 423-24

• 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. 24 "God is spirit, and those who
  worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.