1)      The first time many will find the word “worship” in their New Testament is Mt. 2:2.

a)      Wisemen from the east (Mt. 2:1) said they “came to worship” Jesus (Mt. 2:2).

b)      This “coming to” worship was not quick; these men who came to see Jesus had to travel a long ways.

2)      Today if we “come to worship” we may also face some challenges.

3)      There may be a time in our Christian life where we are not enthused about worship.

4)      We want to seek to have a good attitude about worship because this is a time to focus on God.

i)        Mt. 4:9 – READ

5)      When Satan spoke of worship he associated it with “falling down” before him.

a)      Worship is not about us; worship is about someone else (God).

b)      Worship is an act where we recognize that someone is greater than we are.

c)      Worship is a time when we come before God and honor Him for who He is.

d)      Even the devil understands that worship is not designed to be some type of social event.

6)      We come to worship (Mt. 2:2) to humble ourselves before God and honor Him (Mt. 4:9).

7)      We honor God by listening to part of His word.  We honor and approach Him in prayer.

8)      We show our recollection and appreciation of what He did through Jesus by observing the Lord’s Supper.

9)      We verbally demonstrate our praise of Him through song.

10)  We also show our appreciation through a financial offering.

11)  God has give us the specifics about worship, but man sometimes has some other ideas.

12)  In many communities and certainly on the Internet there is information on “alternative worship.”

a)      People can say that something is worship, but using this label is not enough.

b)      Here is what Jesus said in Mt. 15:9 – READ

13)  Worship can be “vain.”  This statement is also found in Mk. 7:7.

a)      Cain and Abel both came to worship God.

b)      One was rejected and one was accepted.  Half of the worship was worthless.

c)      Today how much of the worship that is offered to God is rejected?

i)        Jn. 4:23 – READ

14)  Why did Jesus speak of “true” worshippers?

15)  Verse 24 – READ.

16)  Jesus said “true worshippers” are those who worship “in truth” as well as “spirit.”

a)      Many worship, but they do not worship in truth.

17)  This truth is found in the word of God.

18)  Jn. 17:17 says:  THY WORD IS TRUTH.

19)  Acts 17:23 says some worship in “ignorance.”

a)      We do not want to be ignorant of God and ignorant about worship.

20)  Rev. 13:15 – READ

a)      Man needs to worship, but he must to do it correctly.

b)      A high percentage of the people in the world do not worship correctly.

21)  In this area we have the opportunity to “come to worship” and do it in truth.

22)  Hundreds of thousands of people in our world do not have this opportunity.