O.T. N.T.

“To prostrate before, do reverence to, to revere, to render religious service or pay homage to...”

Vine’s Expository Dictionary of N.T. Words, p. 235

“THESE PEOPLE DRAW NEAR TO ME WITH THEIR MOUTH, AND HONOR ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR FROM ME.

AND IN VAIN THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE COMMANDMENTS OF MEN.”

Matt. 15:8-9

“But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” Jn. 4:23-24

Implies there are also false worshippers

“But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” Jn. 4:23-24

If we do not worship in spirit and truth, God is

not seeking our worship

“But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” Jn. 4:23-24

God’s requirement, He will accept nothing else

“But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” Jn. 4:23-24

Proper Motive, Attitude, and

Heart

Right Way, According to

God’s Instruction

1. Preaching – Heb. 10:25; Acts 20:7

2. Prayer – 1 Thess. 5:17; 1 Tim. 2:1

3. Giving – 1 Cor. 16:1-2; 2 Cor. 9:7

4. Singing – Heb. 2:12; Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16

5. Lord’s Supper – 1 Cor. 11; Acts 20:7

All these MUST be done in spirit

and truth Jn. 4:24

1. Preaching / Teaching

In Spirit and Truth

Preaching and Teaching Basics• N.T. churches assembled together to hear God’s

Word proclaimed

1. Preaching / TeachingTruth

“And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers” Acts 2:42

Preaching and Teaching Basics

“on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight. There were many lamps in the upper room where they were gathered together”

Acts 20:7-8

1. Preaching / TeachingTruth

• N.T. churches assembled together to hear God’s Word proclaimed

Preaching and Teaching Basics

• 1 Cor. 14:4,5,12,19, 23 “church” = assembly

1. Preaching / TeachingTruth

• N.T. churches assembled together to hear God’s Word proclaimed

Preaching and Teaching Basics• God’s Word was read publically in the assembly

1. Preaching / TeachingTruth

(Col. 4:16; 1 Thess. 5:27; 1 Tim. 4:13)

Preaching and Teaching Basics• Preach the Word – all the Word, only the Word

1. Preaching / TeachingTruth

“Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching” 2 Tim. 4:2

Preaching and Teaching Basics• Preach the Word – all the Word, only the Word

1. Preaching / TeachingTruth

“For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God”

Acts 20:27

Preaching and Teaching Basics• Preach the Word – all the Word, only the Word

1. Preaching / TeachingTruth

“speaking truth in love”

Eph. 4:15

Preaching and Teaching Basics

• Remember the purpose of preaching is not to entertain, but to change (Acts 14:15), to save (1 Cor. 1:21), and to mature (Col. 1:23,28)

1. Preaching / TeachingTruth

Preaching and Teaching Basics• Be Engaged in the Study of the Word

1. Preaching / TeachingSpirit

(Bereans) “searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so”

Acts 17:11

Preaching and Teaching Basics• Apply God’s Word to Your Life

1. Preaching / TeachingSpirit

“But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.”

Jas. 1:22

2. Prayer

In Spirit and Truth

• Praying can be individual (Acts 16:25; Jas. 1:5; 5:13), or congregational (Acts 2:42; 16:16)

2. PrayerTruth

• Pray to the Father through Jesus’ name

2. PrayerTruth

“And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.”

Jn. 14:13-14

• Pray to the Father through Jesus’ name

2. PrayerTruth

“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

Jn. 14:6

• Pray to the Father through Jesus’ name

2. PrayerTruth

“ there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus”

1 Tim. 2:5

• According to God’s Will

2. PrayerTruth

“Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.”

Jn. 14:13-14

2. PrayerSpirit

• Do not pray with hypocrisy or to be seen of men (Matt. 6:5-6; Lk. 20:45-47)

2. PrayerSpirit

• Do not pray with self-righteousness (Lk. 18:10-14)

2. PrayerSpirit

• Be Engaged in the Prayers to God

Prayer Basics5 dAdoration / Praise (Acts 4:24ff)

Confession: faith and sin (Heb. 13:15; Jas. 5:16)

Thanksgiving (Rom. 16:4; Col. 4:2-3; 1 Tim. 2:1)

Supplication / Petition (Phil. 4:6; 1 Tim. 2:1)

Intercession (1 Tim. 2:1)

3. Giving

In Spirit and Truth

3. GivingTruth and Spirit• The contribution was made on “1st day of the

week”

“concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given orders to the churches of Galatia, so you must do also: On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper” 1 Cor. 16:1-2

3. GivingTruth and Spirit• The contribution came from individual, free-

will offerings, not sales or businesses (1 Cor. 16:1-2; 2 Cor. 9:7)

3. GivingTruth and Spirit• The contribution was for the work of the local church

evangelism (1 Cor. 9:6-14; 2 Cor. 11:8-9)

benevolence (Acts 2:44-45; etc.)

edification (1 Tim. 5:17-18)

Contribution BasicsFrom 1 Corinthians 16:1-3…

• Prescribed – “as I gave order to the churches…”

• Patterned – “so you must do also…”

• Periodic – “upon the first day of the week…”

• Personal – “let each one of you…”

• Planned – “lay something aside…”

• Proportioned – “storing up as he may prosper…”

3. Giving

Contribution BasicsFrom 2 Corinthians 8-9…

• Graciously (8:1) - “the grace of God”

• Liberally (8:2-3) – “the riches of their liberality”

• Sacrificially (8:5) – “they gave their own selves”

• Sincerely (8:6-9) – “the sincerity also of your love”

• Readily (8:10-11) – “the readiness to will”

• Ably (8:11-12) – “out of your ability”

3. Giving

Contribution BasicsFrom 2 Corinthians 8-9…

• Wisely (8:16-24) – “take thought for things honorable”

• Bountifully (9:6) – “he that soweth bountifully”

• Purposefully (9:7) – “purposed in his heart”

• Cheerfully (9:7) – “God loves a cheerful giver”

• Thankfully (9:11-15) – “thanksgiving to God”

3. Giving

• Understand the different types of giving (2 Cor. 9:6-7):

– Stingy giving

– Angry giving

– Forced giving

– Cheerful giving

3. GivingTruth and Spirit

• Be Engaged When You Give to the Lord

3. GivingTruth and Spirit

1. Preaching – Heb. 10:25; Acts 20:7

2. Prayer – 1 Thess. 5:17; 1 Tim. 2:1

3. Giving – 1 Cor. 16:1-2; 2 Cor. 9:7

4. Singing – Heb. 2:12; Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16

5. Lord’s Supper – 1 Cor. 11; Acts 20:7

“But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” Jn. 4:23-24

GOD’S SIMPLE PLAN FOR SALVATION

hearhearbelievebelieve

repentrepentconfessconfess

baptismbaptismACTS 3:22ACTS 3:22

JN. 6:29JN. 6:29

LK. 13:3LK. 13:3

JN. 12:42JN. 12:42

1 PET. 3:211 PET. 3:21Rev. 2:10Rev. 2:10