Worship in the Bible

Q3 Module 2
 OBJECTIVES
• Describe events in the Bible that
show worship.
• Strive to make use of the Bible in
developing authentic worship
• Resolve to faithfully follow Jesus’
example of worship to the Father
 • “I am the Lord your God , who
Father’s Dream brought you out of slavery.
• You shall not have other gods beside
me… you shall not bow down before
them or worship them”. Dt. 5:6-7, 9
THE WORLD
WE LIVE IN
NOW
 Guide Questions
• What are things we should be
thankful for?
• Why do we sometimes does not
appreciate the things we have?
• How can we develop a grateful
heart?
A GRATEFUL HEART
Jesus Message For
Me
What does true worship mean?
Jesus words and deeds teaches us what true worship
means
John 4:21-24
21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe
me, a time is coming when you will
worship the Father neither on this
mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You
Samaritans worship what you do not
know; we worship what we do know,
for salvation is from the Jews. 23 Yet a
time is coming and has now come when
the true worshipers will worship the
Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they
are the kind of worshipers the Father
seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his
worshipers must worship in the Spirit
and in truth.”
 Guide Questions
• What kind of worship does the Father seek?
• Why does the Father seek for these kind of
worshipers?
• What is the meaning of Jesus word’s “Not
everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord’ will
enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one
who does the will of my Father in heaven.”
THE CHURCH
TEACHES
JESUS’
MESSAGE
What does it mean to worship God?
CFC 1496-1497 answers this questions
The
fundamental
sense of worship
comes natural to
us Filipinos
It flows from our inborn
gratitude for the gift of life
We spontaneously – God, our Father- Creator
– Jesus Christ His Son and our Savior
adore God – The Holy Spirit who sanctifies us by
His presence
 Guide Questions
• According to CFC, from
where does our worship of
God flow?
• What does authentic
worship include?
JESUS MESSAGE EXPOSED
• Our worship of God comes from
our inborn gratitude for the gift of
life (CFC 1496)
 We are grateful
for the Gift of Life
• The Philippines is one of the
one’s world’s happiest
countries.
• In the 2016 Happy Planet
Index (HPI) report of the UK-
based think tank New
Economic Foundation (NEF),
the Philippines ranked 20th
among 140 countries,
 Count your
blessings
• When we have a
grateful heart, we
will look at what
we have and not
at what we do not
have.
 • Includes both an inner attitude of
reverence before the Divine Majesty,
Authentic
• And an outward expression in signs
Worship of Words, actions , songs, dances
usually enacted in public ritual
Gloria • In the Mass,
we express
through a
song this
heartfelt
gratitude and
homage to
God when
we sing the
Gloria.
The First
Commandment
 True worship
• entails doing good
and rendering justice
to the poor, the
widow, and the
orphan (Is 1:11-
17;58:1-10; Amos
5:21-24)
Jesus
affirms
the
Father
• Jesus, by His obedience to the
Father, teaches us that our
worship should not separate
from our daily moral living
 The challenge is to make our
religious rituals authentic
expressions of our worship of God.

• This means we must

purify them from all
superstitious practices.
• Our worship of God
should open our eyes
even more to the plight
of our sisters and
brothers who are living
in extreme poverty
 • Includes both an inner attitude of
reverence before the Divine Majesty,
Authentic Worship • And an outward expression in signs of
Words, actions , songs, dances usually
enacted in public ritual
• Filipinos
outwardly
express our
worship of God
in colorful
activities like
procession
matched by
prayers
• The 2nd Plenary
council urges us to
purify our worship in
such a way that they
truly become
expressions of our
“inner attitude of
reverence and
homage” before the
divine majesty
Worship
Is a time when we pay
deep, sincere, awesome
respect, love, and fear to
God who created us
• Worship should
cause us to reflect
on the majesty and
graciousness of God
and Christ,
contrasted to our
own unworthiness.
We become like those
whom we admire and
worship
Our worship not only honors and magnifies God, but it is also for our
edification and strength
• When we worship God, we develop such
traits as forgiveness, purity, kindness,
and love, thus preparing us for eternal
life in heaven with God and Christ
“Set you mind on the
things above”

Put God first in our life

and those spiritual
activities that help us
move closer to Him
each day
Authentic
worship of
God
is characterized by the
purity of our love for Him
and our desire to be with
Him