Empty Worshíp

Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”
Matthew 15:1‭-‬2

You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you: “ ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’ ”
Matthew 15:7‭-‬9

Worship isn’t outward style. It’s an inward condition of my heart

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How do we express our worship?

1. Sometimes, we now in reverence

Come, let us worship and now down. Let us kneel before the Lord our maker.

Psalm 95:6

2. Sometimes we lift our hands in adoration

I will praise you as long as I live, lifting up my hands to you in prayer.

Psalm 63:4

3. Sometimes rejoicing in celebration

Praise his name with dancing , accompanied by tambourine and harp.

Psalm 149:3

4. Sometimes, our worship is a sacrifice

Therefore, let us offer through Jesus a continual sacrifice of praise to God, proclaiming our allegiance to his name.

Hebrews 13:15

Worship isn’t based on our circumstances but on God’s Character.

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5. every time we surrender our lives to the Lord, it’s an act of worship.

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.
Romans 12:1

Memory Verse

God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
John 4:24

The Bottom Line

Worship isn’t something we do; a worshiper is who we are.

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