Matthew 15:1-11 NLT
Some Pharisees and teachers of religious law now arrived from Jerusalem to see Jesus. They asked him, “Why do your disciples disobey our age-old tradition?
For they ignore our tradition of ceremonial hand washing before they eat.”Jesus replied, “And why do you, by your traditions, violate the direct commandments of God?
For instance, God says, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and ‘Anyone who speaks disrespectfully of father or mother must be put to death.’ But you say it is all right for people to say to their parents, ‘Sorry, I can’t help you. For I have vowed to give to God what I would have given to you.’ In this way, you say they don’t need to honor their parents.
And so you cancel the word of God for the sake of your own tradition. You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, for he wrote,
‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship is a farce, for they teach man-made ideas as commands from God.’”
Then Jesus called to the crowd to come and hear. “Listen,” he said, “and try to understand. It’s not what goes into your mouth that defiles you; you are defiled by the words that come out of your mouth.”
THE BIG IDEA:
Worship isn’t just the ____________, it’s the
________________!
So, how should we express our worship?
All the time, we _______________________________________________
Romans 12:1 NLT
And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.
Sometimes, we _______________________________________________
Psalm 95: 6 NIV
Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker
Sometimes, we _______________________________________________
Psalm 63:4 NIV
I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.
Sometimes, we _______________________________________________
Psalm 149:3 NIV
Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with timbrel and harp
Sometimes, we _______________________________________________
Hebrews 13:15 NLT
Therefore, let us offer through Jesus a continual sacrifice of praise to God