The Call For Modern Worship Practices Inspired by God or devised by man? Worsinip must be based upon kn God” sword, 2 God and proclaim it as wor create our own righteousness (John 4:24). Clap- ping. humming, shouting, raising holy hands, or dances of joy among many things are not worshipping Ciod dec some of these practices based upon way things were done Old “Testament, ‘They may attempt to use passages such as Psalm 47:4 and Psalm 5:11 in an attempt to justify practices as clapping. We also recognize that David offered sacr restament that were per- ‘worship to God were only a shadow (Hebrews 10:1 ished according to Paul's writings to the Ephesus (Ephesians 2:15). Therefore ‘mon sense, we can deduce that any appeal tothe Old Testament as an authority for worship prac- tices today ment, One car devised by mat ‘Tveryday” Rules For God's Children (Romans 12:1-2) 1 beseacs you therefore, brethren, by the reasonable (spiritval) service” (Romans grounds of the immeasurable grace and mercy that has been shown to us. One great proof of God's love i that He sent His only Son to die for us, then gave us a choice whether or God's eyes bodies and our lives as the kind of dail ce for which He has asked. ‘A key component of being God is given in the next verse. “ conformed to this world, she rene acceptabl “city that the point costs, but 0 Ket your dedication to the Lord be beginning to doing right. Does you teachings of Romans 12:1 & 2? Search The Scriptures Jesus used parables many times (0 teach gr lessons. A parable is a comparison, tit “that whi of the four different kit tude. Verse 9 indicates stand the me an explanation is verses 1-1 ot want fo analyze the parable i ry case the Word of God 17 says that faith comes by the Word of God. The pu iced was sown, The problem was the type of 3 this good seed fell up exch of us be certain that we are only sowing this ‘200d seed, seed of the kingcom?mpared to Sodom and Gomorrah The anger of the Lord was kindled jem, So much so that He sent a plague which resulted in the death of some 24,000 (Num, 25:9). The bodies of the deceased leaders ‘were hung up for all to see as a warning to all who'd commit such abominable acts. If they were to ever move forward and claim their in- hrritance and be the influence for good God de- rmanded of them, their sins would have to be dis- posed of! ‘And so it is amongst spiritual Israel his God so they deceived king Darius ir a stated “whosoever shal ask a peri schools into removing would Daniel do at that football game? Fear Vs Faith Fear Not favorite er stickers reads “Do remove all of our fears and build faith, Jesus addressed our fears and gave us a rea- son to overcome fear. Jesus promised. "J am th you always, even to the end of the us is a comfort and strength ith such a promise, we can take courage, as Joshua was encouraged to de “Have I not commanded you? Be courageous! Do not be afraid or Jor the LORD your God is with you wher an happen to us is deat His own vietory over death facing death; even anticipation (PI in Jesus even removes the fear of what comes after death, In John 14:1-3 Jesus com- forted His disciples with the promise of what lies ahead and Paul could look forward to what he would receive because he had "kept the faith" (2 :6-8). When we've overcome these fears faith in Jesus, other fears will seem