Jesus – Intimate worshipper

1. Jesus Worshipped

· Publicly and corporately: Lk 4:16; Jn 2:13

· Privately and personally

· Fabric of life: Lk 10:21

· How about us?

2. Jesus Called God Father

· Lk 2:49 (age 12)

· Lk 10:21

· Lk 11: 1-4 (Lord’s prayer)

· Mk 14:36 (Gethsemane – Abba)

· Rom 8:15 & Gal 4:6 – Abba)

· He worshipped intimately

· How about us?

3. Jesus Hallowed God’s Name

· Hallow = to honour as holy, to reverence, to treat as sacred

· Name = God’s character and His attributes (holiness, love, fatherhood, mercy, almighty power, eternal nature etc.)

· Jesus shows us how to do this: Lk 10:21 (Lord of heaven and earth); Jn 17:3 (the only true God), 11 (Holy Father),

25 (Righteous Father)

· How about us?

4. Jesus Worshipped in Spirit and in Truth

· Spirit: Lk 10:21; Jn 1:32; Lk 4:1; Lk 4:14; Jn 15:26; Jn 16: 13-14; Jn 4: 21-24; Eph 5:18-19; Matt 3:11

· Truth: Mk 14:36 (Gethsemane); Jn 11: 17-37 (Martha)

· How about us?

5. Jesus Lived a Life of Humble, Obedient Service

· Phil 2: 5-11

· Heb 4:15

· Lk 4:1

· Jn 1:14

· Latreia = the labour of hired servants or slaves

· Proskyneo = the prostration before a master that shows reverential fear and adoring awe and wonder

· How about us?

Two quotations to ponder:

· ‘Worship is our response, both personal and corporate, to God –for who He is and what He’s done – expressed in and by the things we say and the way we live.’ Worship.com

· ‘God is not moved or impressed by our worship until our hearts are moved and impressed by Him.’ Kelly Sparks