Why We Do What We Do....
Why do we worship God?
Matt. 4:10 -
Then saith Jesus unto him, “Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, ‘Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt
thou serve.’”
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How should God be worshipped?
John
4:23-24 - “But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall
worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father seeketh
such to worship him. God is a Spirit; and they that worship
him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”
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Why do we stand to sing?
Neh. 9:3-5 - And they stood up
in their place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their God one fourth part of
the day; and another fourth part they confessed and worshipped the lord their
God.........Stand up and bless the Lord your God forever and ever; and blessed be thy
glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
Psalm 135:1-3 - Praise ye the
Lord. Praise ye the name of the Lord; praise
him, O ye servants of the Lord. Ye that stand
in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. Praise the Lord; for the Lord is good; sing
praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.
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Why do we clap our hands?
Psalm
47:1 - O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
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Why do we lift our hands?
Psalm 63:4 - Thus will I bless
thee while I live; I will lift up my hands in thy name.
Psalm 134:2 - Lift up your
hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.
I Tim. 2:8 - I will therefore
that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
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Why do we give audible praise unto God?
Psalm 103:1 - Bless the Lord, O
my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
Heb. 13:15 - By him therefore
let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips
giving thanks to his name.
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Why do we believe in speaking in unknown tongues?
Acts 2:4 - And they were filled
with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Sprit gave them
utterance.
I Cor. 12:7-10 - But to the
manifestation of the Sprit is given to every man to profit withal. For one is given by the Spirit the word of
knowledge by the same Spirit; To another faith by the same Sprit; to another the gifts of
healing by the same Spirit; To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to
another discerning of spirits; to another divers of kinds of tongues; to another the
interpretation of tongues.
I Cor. 14:5, 27, 39 - I would
tell that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied; for greater is he that
prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may
receive edifying. If any man speak in an
unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one
interpret. Wherefore, brethren, covet to
prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
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Why does the whole church pray at once for specific needs?
Acts 4:24 -
And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and
earth, and the sea, and all that in them is.
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