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“ThenPaulstoodinthemidstoftheAreopagusandsaid,‘MenofAthens,Iperceivethatinallthingsyouareveryreligious;forasIwaspassingthroughandconsideringtheobjectsofyourworship,Ievenfoundanaltarwiththisinscription:TOTHEUNKNOWNGOD.Therefore,theOnewhomyouworshipwithoutknowing,HimIproclaimtoyou:God,whomadetheworldandeverythinginit,sinceHeisLordofheavenandearth,doesnotdwellintemplesmadewithhands.NorisHeworshipedwithmen’shands,asthoughHeneededanything,sinceHegivestoalllife,breath,andallthings…’”

Acts17:22­28

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“‘AndHehasmadefromonebloodeverynationofmentodwellonallthefaceoftheearth,andhasdeterminedtheirpreappointedtimesandtheboundariesoftheirdwellings,sothattheyshouldseektheLord,inthehopethattheymightgropeforHimandfindHim,thoughHeisnotfarfromeachoneofus;forinHimweliveandmoveandhaveourbeing,asalsosomeofyourownpoetshavesaid,‘ForwearealsoHisoffspring’”(NKJV).

Acts17:22­28

Quotesafriendheknewtenyearsearliertosay:

“IcannotacceptaGodwhoissoinfatuatedwithHimselfthatHemakesawholeuniversejusttopraiseandworshiphim!Howself­centeredcanyouget?!TheChristianreligionsaysinoneofitscreedsthatthe“chiefgoalofmanistoglorifyGod”­­whyisGodsuchaglory­hog?IcannotrespectaGodthatcreatesaraceofpeoplejusttogrovelbeforeHim,andtoconstantlyfillhisearswithsycophantic(andthreat­induced!)praise!Thislooksmorelikeaninsecureindividual,withahorribleNapoleoniccomplex!”

GlennMillerAugust30,1997

BlogChristian­thinktank.comhttp://christianthinktank.com/l083097.html

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WhatisWorship?Heb.shachah “tobowdown”

GOD?WHY

Gestureofhonorandrespect

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WhatisWorship?Heb.shachah “tobowdown”

Gr.proskuneo lit.“kisstowards”

GOD?WHY

Gestureofaffectionand

honor

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WhatisWorship?Heb.shachah “tobowdown”

Gr.proskuneo lit.“kisstowards”

MuchofwhattheBiblesaysaboutworshipconcernswhatweshouldNOTworship(Deut.4:15­19;Isa.2:8­9).

GOD?WHY

“Ievenfoundanaltarwiththisinscription:TOTHEUNKNOWNGOD.Therefore,theOnewhomyouworshipwithoutknowing,

HimIproclaimtoyou.”

Acts17:23

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HumansWILLworshipsomething!

WhatisWorship?Itisnotadorationwithoutrelationship.Itisnotmindlessdevotion(John4:20­24).ItistheconsciousdecisiontoappreciateGodforwhoHeis.

GOD?WHY

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“…InHimweliveandmoveandhaveourbeing.”

Acts17:28a

WhatisWorship?Itisnotadorationwithoutrelationship.Itisnotmindlessdevotion(John4:20­24).ItistheconsciousdecisiontoappreciateGodforwhoHeis.

ItistheresponseofthosewholoveandrespectHim.

GOD?WHY

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HeisourCreator(Psa.95:6­10).WeweremadetoworshipHim.

GOD?WHY

“…Hehasmadefromonebloodeverynationofmentodwellonallthefaceoftheearth…sothattheyshouldseektheLord,inthehopethattheymightgropeforHimandfindHim,thoughHeisnot

farfromeachoneofus.”

Acts17:26­27

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HeisourCreator(Psa.95:6­10).WeweremadetoworshipHim.

Hehasallpower (Job42:1­2;Psa.33:6­9).

GOD?WHY

“God,whomadetheworldandeverythinginit,sinceHeisLordof

heavenandearth...”

Acts17:24a

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HeisourCreator(Psa.95:6­10).WeweremadetoworshipHim.

Hehasallpower (Job42:1­2;Psa.33:6­9).OnlythosewithproperreverencemayenterHispresence(Psa.24:3­5).

GOD?WHY

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HeisourHeavenlyFather.

GOD?WHY

“…wearealsoHisoffspring”

Acts17:28b

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“…thehouriscoming,andnowis,whenthetrueworshiperswillworshiptheFatherinspiritand

truth;fortheFatherisseekingsuchtoworshipHim”

John4:23

HeisourHeavenlyFather.OurFatherdeservesrespect(Heb.12:9).

Helovesus(Rom.5:8­10;Eph.2:4­7).Inwayswecannotevencomprehend,Hehaslovedusfromthebeginningoftime.

GOD?WHY

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“NorisHeworshipedwithmen’shands,asthoughHeneeded

anything,sinceHegivestoalllife,breath,andallthings.”

Acts17:25

WeOweGodOurWorship!

GOD?WHY

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