Authentic Worship
1 Peter 2:4-10 ESV
Authentic worship flows out of
God,
who we are, and being
.
1. What is it? Authentic worship is …
(vvv. 4-8)
in the
(vv. 5; 9-10)
(vv. 9-10)
“Learn much of the Lord Jesus. For every look at yourself, take ten looks at Christ.” - Robert Murray McCheyne, 1894
2. Why should we prioritize it?
threatens to stifle our worship. Without care,
will become increasingly true about us.
of our souls, and we must tend to that garden.
And He said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you
, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in
do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’” - Mark 7:6-7
3. How can we grow in it?
gathering.
: knowing God and knowing who we are
: being known
“The
ends up like a lazy farmer’s field - it’s so overgrown with weeds you can barely see the wheat. Someone like that may search for faith, love, and zeal for
, and yet hardly be able to find any.” -John Owen, 1656
