Isaiah: Spiritually Authentic Worship
May 2, 2020 / Exodus 3:3-3
Matthew 5, Judges 3
RESULTS OF CHANNEL SURFIN
I. WHAT IS / HOW SHOULD WE WORSHIP?
A QUICK LOOK AT UZZIAH
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- He was king for fifty-two years.
- He was a military genius.
- He was a great builder.
- He was a beloved leader.
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- Louis St. Laurent
- John Diefenbaker
- Lester B. Pearson
- Pierre Trudeau
- Joe Clark
- Pierre Trudeau (2nd time)
- John N. Turner
- Brian Mulroney
- Kim Campbell
- Jean Chretien
- Paul Martin
- Cam Dailly
1. Authentic worship is our first response when our “Uzziah’s” die.
PERSONAL REFLECTION
What do you do when your Uzziah dies?
Where do you look when the bottom falls out of your world?
2. Authentic worship helps us see God.
3. Authentic worship honours God’s ‘holiness.”
Isaiah 6:2-4
4. Authentic worship sets aside all distractions.
5. Authentic worship is costly.
6. Authentic worship is never casual or half-hearted.
7. Authentic worship is both communal and personal.
Holy Holy Holy
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and Mighty
God in three persons, Blessed Trinity
Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore Thee
Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea
Cherubim and Seraphim falling down before Thee,
Which wert and art and evermore shalt be
Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide Thee
Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see
Only Thou art Holy; there is none beside Thee
Perfect in power in love and purity
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
All Thy works shall praise Thy name in earth and sky and sea
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and Mighty
God in three persons, Blessed Trinity
II. HOW SHOULD WE SEE OURSELVES?
1. Authentic worship shows us who and how we really are.
Isaiah 6:5-7
2. Authentic worship is painful.
James 4:8-10
Psalm 51:8
1 John 1:8-9
III. HOW SHOULD WE RESPOND?
1. Authentic worship reveals God’s mission / our responsibility.
Isaiah 6:8
2. Authentic worship moves us to obedient action.
Isaiah 49:6
Isaiah 56:3
Acts 8:26-39
Mark 11:17
PERSONAL REFLECTION
How is God calling you to share his love with others?