OBC PNTC Syllabus

OBCPNTC-5  THE PATTERN FOR WORSHIP_(1)

What is Worship?

There are five different Greek words used in the Bible to express the concept of worship. 

1. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true ______(a)________worshippers shall ___(b)_____the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to ­­­­­­­­­­____(c)______ him. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that ­­­­­­­____(d)_____  him must _____(e)______ him in spirit and in truth (John 4:23-24).

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            (c)

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A.  Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright (c) 1994, Biblesoft and International Bible Translators, Inc.)

 Worship from the Greek: proskuneo (meaning to kiss, like a dog licking his master's hand); to fawn or crouch to, i.e. (literally or figuratively) prostrate oneself in homage (do reverence to, adore): KJV - worship

Here are the renderings from some other bible dictionaries:

B. W.E.Vine’s Dictionary

Worship (Verb and Noun), Worshiping [Verb]

proskuneo "to make obeisance, do reverence to" (from pros, "towards," and kuneo, "to kiss"), is the most frequent word rendered "to worship." It is used of an act of homage or reverence
(a) to God, … (b) to Christ, … (c) to a man, …(d) to the Dragon, by men, …(e) to the Beast, his human instrument, …(f) the image of the Beast, …(g) to demons,  …(h) to idols.

C. Easton's Bible Dictionary

Worship Homage rendered to God which it is sinful (idolatry) to render to any created being (Exodus 34:14; Isaiah 2:8). Such worship was refused by Peter (Acts 10:25,26) and by an angel (Revelation 22:8,9

Of the five different Greek words used to express the concept of worship, only proskuneo is used in John 4:23, 24.

 2. Again, from our text, John 4:23-24 , we learn that God is _(a)__, therefore we must worship Him in ___(b)__ and in ____(c)___.

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3. From Genesis 1:27 we are able to understand why God wants us to worship Him that way. What is written there that helps us to understand how God wants us to worship Him?

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There are five avenues of worship for which we see instruction given in the New Testament. A study of these avenues reveals not only what they did as worship, but also how they worshiped.

AVENUE OF WORSHIP #1 PREACHING   

TEXT: Read 2 Timothy 4:1-4. Using this text, answer questions 4-

4. What is the significance of the word “charge”?

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5. Who does Paul “call” as witnesses?

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6. This solemn charge is given in view of what great event?

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7. When will this event take place?

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8. Who does the text say will be at that event?

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9. Why was there such urgency to the message?

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10.  What would people rather hear?

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11. What do you understand the expression “preach the word” to mean?

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12.  What substitutions would God allow for “preaching the word”?

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13. What would we be permitted to take from that requirement and still be pleasing to God?    (The answer is in Revelation 22:18, 19)

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14. What was Paul not negligent to do?

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15. What is meant by the expressions “in season” and “out of season” in 2 Timothy 4:2?

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16. What three things did Paul tell Timothy do while he was preaching the word in season and out of season – define each term? (There will be some similarities between terms).

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