Biblical Instructions for Worship – Psalm 100

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Psalm 96: 1-9 Blank Outline Filled in Outline Scroll to 39:23 for sermon Psalm 96: 1-9 We’re going to read Psalm 96, the first nine verses, and then we’re going to look at Psalm 100 this morning. This is what the psalmist says, Sing to the Lord a new song. Sing to the Lord all the earth. Sing to the Lord and praise His name. Proclaim His salvation day after day. Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous deeds among all peoples. For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise. For He is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the nation are idols. But the Lord made the heavens. Splendor and majesty are before Him. Strength and glory are His sanctuary. Ascribe to the Lord all you families of nations. Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name. Bring an offering and come into His courts. Worship the Lord in the splendor of His holiness. Tremble before Him all the earth. Well, I don’t know about you, but I would say Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday. One of the reasons for that is it seems to be one of the last holidays that has not yet been commercialized. It’s pretty pure, pretty simple, and I enjoy Thanksgiving. Let me tell you a little about how our culture has changed. Because 60 years ago, when I was growing up in a pastor’s home, in my elementary years, junior high years, my dad was pastor in Cleveland, Ohio. And back then, we had a Thanksgiving service on Thanksgiving morning, about 11 o’clock. Now, if we tried that today, I won’t ask for a survey, but if we had a service on Thanksgiving morning, anybody willing to show up? Probably not. But that wasn’t the case 60 years ago. And so, it was actually well-attended. People would come and would sing songs, praise, worship, testimony time. And then our family would get in the car after that Thanksgiving service. And my paternal grandparents lived in Buffalo, New York. And three boys in our family, my mom and dad, would jump in the car, would drive around the southeastern portion of Lake Erie, and would go visit my grandparents in Buffalo, New York, and stay for Thanksgiving Day, and then come back the next day. Well, if you know anything about weather in Buffalo and around Lake Erie late November, we had some very interesting trips to Buffalo, New York. There’s a couple times we got stuck there, because, you know, these winter storms that come across Lake Erie. But that’s my memory of Thanksgiving as a kid. And this morning we’re going to look at Psalm 100, probably the most familiar Psalm other than Psalm 23 in all of Scripture. And we’re going to take a look at some biblical instructions for worship. Here’s the first thing we need to understand as we think about biblical instructions for worship. And here’s the premise. Everyone worships someone or something. The question is not, are we a worshiper? The question is, every person is a worshiper. Who or what do you worship? And so, we want to think about that this morning. Everyone is a worshiper. You know, missionaries with Ethnos360 will tell you that they will go to a place around the world where there’s an unreached people group. They’ve not had any exposure to Western civilization, Western society. And guess what? They have some sort of worship form that they’re worshiping. It’s not the God that we know, the God of the Bible, but that’s because worship is innate into our soul. We were created to worship. And so, everybody worships someone or something. And so, we need to think, well, what do we worship? About three weeks ago, some friends on the other side of the state graciously gave me some tickets to the University of Michigan football game. And so, I took our son and our two grandsons, and there we were. It was on a Saturday night against Purdue University. Michigan won by two points, but there was 110,000 people there. And they were passionate about what they were watching. I like to w

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