Espressivo
Speaker: Pastor Neil Lindwall
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NIV Exodus 20:1-3 And God spoke all these words: 2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 3 “You shall have no other gods before me.
NIV Psalm 96:8-9 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering and come into his courts. 9 Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness; tremble before him, all the earth.
NIV Matthew 4:10 Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’”
What Is Worship and Why Should We Worship?
“Worship, at its essence, is our rightful response to God’s revelation of Himself.” – Susan Ekhoff.
“worship is fundamentally more about seeing than singing. It involves opening the "eyes of your heart" to recognize God's grace and majesty, which then naturally overflows into praise, adoration, and a surrendered daily lifestyle.” – Chris Tomlin, How Great Is Our God: Living A Worship Led Life In A Me Driven World.
If Worship Is our rightful response to God’s revelation of Himself, How Can I See Him?
Soak.
Sebomai (σέβομαι): To hold in awe, to revere or worship with religious fear.
Bin (בִּין) + Gedullah (גְּדֻלָּה). Gedullah (גְּדֻלָּה): This is the Hebrew word for absolute greatness, magnificence, and majesty. It comes from gadol (great).
Bin (בִּין): This is the verb meaning to intelligently consider, discern, ponder, or understand deeply. It isn't just a passing thought; it is an active engagement of the mind.
Ra'ah (רָאָה): to see, realize by considering or reflecting, Revelatory seeing.
NIV Psalm 8:1-9 Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens. 2 Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger. 3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, 4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? 5 You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor. 6 You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet: 7 all flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild, 8 the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas. 9 Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
NIV Isaiah 6:1-4 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. 3 And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.” 4 At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.
Worship Is Right.
NIV Revelation 4:11 “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.”
NIV Revelation 5:12 “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!”
If Worship is Right, How Do We Rightly Worship?
NIV Isaiah 6:5 “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”
Surrender
• Dechal (דְּחַל) a trembling, majestic reverence before the Most High God.
• Yirah / Yare (יִרְאָה / יָרֵא) an intense, breath-taking holy awe and profound reverence that stops you in your tracks.
• Shachah (שָׁחָה): To bow down, prostrate oneself, or do homage
• Barak (בָּרַךְ): To kneel, to bless God as an act of adoration
• Proskuneo (προσκυνέω): To kiss the hand toward, to prostrate oneself in profound reverence (like a dog licking its master's hand).
Sing & Shout.
NIV Isaiah 6:5a “Woe to me!” I cried
• Yadah (יָדָה): To praise with extended hands, to throw or cast out the hands. Ps 111:1
• Halal (הָלַל): To shine, boast, celebrate, or be clamorously foolish in praise (the root of Hallelujah). Hallelujah (Halal + Yah, meaning "Praise Yahweh"), in Greek = Allēlouia
• Zamar (זָמַר): To pluck the strings of an instrument, to praise with music.
• Ainos / Aineo (αἶνος): To praise, laud, or offer a sacrifice of praise through speech.
NIV 2 Samuel 6:14-15 Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the Lord with all his might, 15 while he and all Israel were bringing up the ark of the Lord with shouts and the sound of trumpets.
NIV 1 Chronicles 16:4-6 He appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord, to extol, thank, and praise (halal) the Lord, the God of Israel: 5 Asaph was the chief, and next to him in rank were Zechariah, then Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom and Jeiel. They were to play the lyres and harps, Asaph was to sound the cymbals, 6 and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were to blow the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.
NIV Acts 3:1-10 One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon. 2 Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts. 3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. 4 Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, “Look at us!” 5 So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them.6 Then Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.” 7 Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man’s feet and ankles became strong. 8 He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping, and praising God. 9 When all the people saw him walking and praising God, 10 they recognized him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate called Beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
Serve
NIV Isaiah 6:8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”
• Avodah (עֲבֹדָה): Translated alternately as "worship" or "service." It refers to the physical labor of the priests maintaining the Tabernacle, as well as day-to-day obedience. In the Hebrew mind, working for God is worshipping God
• Latreuo (λατρεύω): To serve, minister, or render religious service as a lifestyle.
NIV Deuteronomy 6:4-5 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
NIV John 13:15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.
WORSHIP ESPRESSIVO
