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WORSHIP WITH THE WORD


The LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, and there He revealed Himself to Samuel through His Word. ~1 Samuel 3:21



God reveals Himself to us through His Word, by the illuminating power of His Holy Spirit. Worship, which is emotion grounded in a right knowledge of God, must start at Scripture.

Bible-centered preaching, then, is just as much a part of worship as singing. When the Word of God is proclaimed, the Holy Spirit applies it to the hearts of believers, and joy is a result. Pastors, teachers, and leaders have been given the ponderous and wonderful duty of faithfully proclaiming the Word with the both the minds and hearts of their hearers in view. Jonathan Edwards said of his preaching, "I should think of myself in the way of my duty, to raise the affections of my hearers as high as I possibly can, provided they are affected with nothing but truth." It's what John Piper called "expositional exultation," and its at the heart of biblical worship. Theology always leads to doxology.



Scripture and Expositional Exultation


What does Scripture say about worship's grounding in deep truth?


1 Samuel 3:21- The LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, and there He revealed Himself to Samuel through His Word.

Psalm 119:32- I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free.

Psalm 119:35-38- Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight. Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain. Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word. Fulfill your promise to your servant, so that you may be feared.

John 4:24- "God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."

Romans 10:2- I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge.

Romans 11:33-36- Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and[i] knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! "Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?" "Who has ever given to God,that God should repay him?" For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.

2 Timothy 3:16-17- All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

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