“What Is a Healthy Church Member? A Worshiping
Member”
(Eastside Baptist/Sun AM/October 27, 2013)
Main Idea: A healthy church member is a
faithful worshiper of God.
Whenever the living
creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who
lives for ever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits
on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their
crowns before the throne and say: "You are worthy, our Lord and God, to
receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will
they were created and have their being." (Rev. 4:9–11, NIV)
Therefore, I urge you,
brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living
sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God--this is your true and proper worship.
(Rom. 12:1, NIV)
Praise the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him
in his mighty heavens. Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his
surpassing greatness. (Ps. 150:1-2, NIV)
1.
A healthy church member values private and
family worship.
Yet a time is coming and
has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and
in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit,
and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth." (Jn. 4:23-24,
NIV)
Therefore, since we are
receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship
God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our "God is a consuming
fire." (Heb. 12:28-29, NIV)
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love
the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
strength. (Deut. 6:4-5, NIV)
These commandments that I give you today are to be on
your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at
home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them
on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. (Deut. 6:6-9, NIV)
2.
A healthy church member prioritizes corporate
worship.
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he
who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on
toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the
habit of doing, but encouraging one another--and all the more as you see the
Day approaching. (Heb. 10:23-25, NIV)
They
devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking
of bread and to prayer. (Acts 2:42, NIV)
For we
are co-workers in God's service; you are God's field, God's building. (1 Co.
3:9, NIV)
Don't
you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in
your midst? (1 Co. 3:16, NIV)
Main Idea: A healthy church member values
private and family worship and prioritizes corporate worship with the family of
God.
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