God And His Word - A Question And Answer Approach To Understanding The Bible

prayer then becomes the very prayer of the Holy Spirit. IT WILL BE ANSWERED!

7. WHAT IS WORSHIP?

Worship is expressing love to God. Worship involves reverence, adoration, respect, honor, devotion - but all of these things find their greatest fulfillment in the love making of the human soul to God. The way in which we are to worship God is carefully outlined for us in the Bible. Whereas prayer is taught in the Bible through illustration of men's lives, worship is outlined in a very factual way. 9. WHY IS THE BIBLE SO SPECIFIC ABOUT THE WAY IN WHICH WE WORSHIP? Most men have some desire to worship the Almighty. Invariably, however, when men are left to their own devices they worship God incorrectly. The great burden of the prophets was to keep the people from idolatry and corrupted worship. To insure proper worship and to safeguard our spiritual welfare, the Bible is definite in its teaching on HOW we should worship. 10. WHERE IN THE BIBLE DO YOU FIND TEACHING ON WORSHIP? Worship, like prayer, runs throughout the Bible; however, the book of Psalms (the longest book of the Bible) was placed in the Bible for the specific purpose of teaching us how to worship. 11. SHOULD WE NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIANS ACCEPT PSALMS AS AN AUTHORITY? Yes. Jesus confirmed the boisterous praise of the children by quoting Psalms 8:2 (Matthew 21:16). Jesus and the apostles sang a psalm together before His death 181 8. HOW CAN A PERSON LEARN TO WORSHIP GOD?