WHEN WORSHIP GETS REAL
O Sleeper – Part 3
Pastor Steve Gallimore
August 13th, 2023
John 4:3-24
4 Their idols are silver and gold,
the work of human hands.
5 They have mouths, but do not speak;
eyes, but do not see.
6 They have ears, but do not hear;
noses, but do not smell.
7 They have hands, but do not feel;
feet, but do not walk;
and they do not make a sound in their throat.
8 Those who make them become like them;
so do all who trust in them.
Psalm 115:4–8 (ESV)
“Our grand obligation is to glorify God by enjoying him forever!” ~John Piper~
Worship gets real when we…
1.- Know the
“You worship what you do not know…” John 4:22 (ESV)
Three kinds of false worship…
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‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;’ Matthew 15:8
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“…in vain do they worship me,” Matthew 15:9
“You must worship no other gods, for the Lord, whose very name is Jealous,” Exodus 34:14
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“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.” Amos 5:21
“If I had not confessed the sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.” Psalm 66:18 (NLT)
2.- Practice the
23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth…” John 4:23a
Three necessities of true worshipers. They must be…
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“This God, whom you worship without knowing, is the one I’m telling you about.” Acts 17:23b (NLT)
Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ John 3:7
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“You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.” Romans 8:9
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“And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.” 1 Thessalonians 2:13
3.- Realize the
23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. John 4:23
“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!” Revelation 5:12
God’s first purpose for our lives is not to conquer the