Please turn with me to:Please turn with me to:

Ezekiel Ezekiel 33:32,3333:32,33

Worship as Worship as EntertainmentEntertainment

Does Not Motivate to Does Not Motivate to ActionAction

• Ezekiel 33:32 “but they do not do them”

• Only wanted to come and listen• More Problem when those who

Lead in Worship Try to Entertain rather than Lifting up Praises to God

Does Not Produce Does Not Produce Good FruitGood Fruit

• Acts 17:11 “to tell or to hear some new thing.”

• Some didn’t like his message• Others were willing to give it

another try since it was unique• Acts 17:32-34 “some men

joined him & believed”

Problem for Speaker Problem for Speaker & Listener& Listener

• Blame the one leading worship• Not always true – Ezekiel was

not at fault• It was the heart of the people• Must examine our Purpose for

Coming to the Assemblies of the church.

Problem for Speaker Problem for Speaker & Listener& Listener

• Methods used in Worship• Are leaders trying to build

entertainment driven church or a God driven church?

• Is worship designed to appeal to the Flesh or the Spirit?

Problem for Speaker Problem for Speaker & Listener& Listener

• Depends on Attitude of Hearer as well as the Speaker

• Being “stone-faced” not superior to being “emotional”

• Being “soft” not superior to being “harsh”

• Being “monotone & boring” not superior to being “engaging & energetic.

Some of Jesus’ Some of Jesus’ Illustrations were Illustrations were

AmusingAmusing• Matthew 7:1-5• “the plank in your own eye”

Be Committed to the Be Committed to the Biblical Pattern of Biblical Pattern of

WorshipWorship• Don’t come looking for a concert• Don’t come looking for a laser

light show• Don’t come looking for a

Broadway production• ALL of these are outside the

spectrum of the worship God expects from His children today

Be Committed to the Be Committed to the Biblical Pattern of Biblical Pattern of

WorshipWorship• Coming to Participate in

Biblical, Beneficial, Enjoyable Worship offered to God

• You are NOT an Audience – you are Active Participants

Worship must be:Biblical – Acts 2:42Beneficial- 1 Corinthians 14:3

Colossians 3:16

Be Committed to the Be Committed to the Biblical Pattern of Biblical Pattern of

WorshipWorshipWorship must be:Biblical – Acts 2:42Beneficial- 1 Corinthians 14:3

Colossians 3:16 Appropriately Enjoyable - Philippians

4:4Worship- “to do reverence to, or adore.”Nothing to do with what makes you

FEEL GOOD or what PLEASES you

A Word to Those A Word to Those Who Lead in Public Who Lead in Public

WorshipWorshipMust be:Must be:Reverent – Ecclesiastes 12:13Reverent – Ecclesiastes 12:13Balanced – Acts 20:27; Balanced – Acts 20:27; 2 Timothy 4:22 Timothy 4:2

Fruitful – John 15:8; Romans Fruitful – John 15:8; Romans 7:47:4

John 4:24 NKJV 24 "God is Spirit, and

those who worship Him must worship in spirit

and truth."

We are to worship We are to worship Him & Him aloneHim & Him alone