WORSHIP SERIES
Revelation
# 8 - WORSHIP IN RESPONSE
In church, after you have worshipped in song and
prayer, and after you have worshipped by reading God’s Word and hearing it
preached it is time for you to respond to what God has shown you during the
Worship Service. It is an act of true
worship to submit to whatever God wants of you.
It is time to say “yes” to God’s invitation.
Whether you are a Christian or not, God often has an
invitation for you!
The invitation is summed up in one word – COME!
What are some of the things that God invites us to?
He invites us to:
COME TO REDEMPTION
Rev. 22:17 - And the Spirit and the
bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come.
And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of
life freely.
Here we are at the end of the Bible.
The Book of Revelation is being summed up.
The whole Bible is being summed up.
God is saying that our response is to come.
The invitation is to the one who is “athirst”, that
is, spiritually thirsty.
Someone who is spiritually thirsty understands that he
or she is a sinner.
Someone who is spiritually thirsty realizes that there
is something missing in their lives.
Someone who is spiritually thirsty realizes that
unless they get help they could end up in hell!
Someone who is spiritually thirsty has come to the end
of themselves.
That person is invited to come to the water of life.
The water of life is available because of what God’s
Son did on the cross. Isaiah 53:5-6,
Romans 5:6-8, 2 Corinthians
You are a condemned sinner, who needs a Savior,
somebody who can pay the penalty for our sins.
You need someone to redeem you, to pay the ransom so
you can go free. Jesus paid the price
for you sins. He has redeemed you. You must simply come to Him and accept “the
water of life” which is offered freely. John 3:16-18
Come to Him for forgiveness.
Come to Him for a new life in Him.
2 Corinthians
This, of course, is the most important invitation of
all, because it deals with everlasting life or everlasting death, or
punishment.
COME TO REPENTANCE
Isaiah 1:18 - Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall
be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
In the course of a worship service, it is possible for
those of you who are Christians to become convicted of sin in your life. Although we have received forgiveness that
will place us Heaven and a new life that makes us not want to sin, we still
sin. 1 John 1:8, 10
Our sin as Christians does not keep us out of Heaven.
It does place us out of fellowship with God. Psalm
66:18, Isaiah 59:1-2
So God gives us another great invitation, Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall
be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Though sin has made your clothes a dirty red, they can
be cleansed. What does it take to make
them white as snow?
As Christians we need to repent. We need to turn from
our sin, and come to God for forgiveness.
We are to confess and forsake our sins. 1 John 1:7, 9
God is light. As we walk in His light, in the light of
His Holy Spirit and the light of His Word, our sins will be obvious to us. As God reveals them to us, we are to confess
and forsake them.
Christian, you might have noticed that part of the
invitation at the end of a worship service is often to confess sin. Unconfessed
sin will only make you miserable, because it separates you from fellowship with
your Heavenly Father.
COME TO REST
Matthew
I often use Matthew
I point out that Jesus offers two kinds of rest.
He offers rest from sin and rest from sorrow.
Rest from sin, of course, comes when we come to Christ
for redemption.
Rest from sorrow comes when we take Jesus’ yoke.
A yoke was part of the harness made for an animal.
It was made of wood and was used for control.
When we take Jesus’ yoke, we are submitting ourselves
to Jesus as our Lord and Master.
He is the answer to our sorrow because his yoke is
easy, and the burden He gives is light. It’s not overbearing. And we find rest.
So often we have no rest of souls as Christians
because we have not allowed Jesus to be Lord of our lives. If we want rest from sorrow we must submit to
Him!
COME TO RESPONSIBILITY
Tying right in with rest is the concept of
responsibility.
Jesus has called us as disciples. We are to be His
learners.
We are to follow Him.
Luke 9:23 - And
he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and
take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Sometimes at the end of a worship service, my response
to the Lord Jesus will be as a disciple.
I will deny myself in order to do His will. I will say “no” to myself,
my family, my friends in order to do what He wants.
That means I’ll follow Him no matter what the cost. I will hear Jesus saying “Come after me”, and
I will come.
Let me remind you also that part of being a disciple
is being a fisherman.
Mark 1:17 – And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become
fishers of men.
As we follow Him, Jesus molds us, trains us, and makes
us fishers of men. That means sometimes
God will speak to us about going to a specific person and sharing Christ.
Sometimes He will speak to us about being a full time fisher of men as a pastor
or as a missionary.
When Jesus says “Come and fish for men”, we need to
heed the call.
COME TO RESOURCES
Hebrews 4:14-16 – Seeing
then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus
the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. [15] For we have not an high
priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in
all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. [16] Let us therefore come
boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain
mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Jesus never called you to go it alone.
You have not been called to be a disciple in your own
strength and power.
One resource we have is the Son of God in Heaven.
He is there as our high priest.
When we need help in being a disciple,
When we need help fighting sin in our lives,
When we need strength for the day,
We are to come to Him at the throne of grace to obtain
mercy and find grace.
Sometimes at the end of our services, you may feel a
need to come to Him concerning your problems.
He says to you, “come” and you should.
Not only is the Son of God a resource, but so is the
Spirit of God.
John
If you have come to Jesus the Holy Spirit lives inside
of you.
He is there to help to comfort to guide.
Rely on Him to control you.
We have come to the end of another worship service.
It is invitation time.
It is time for you to respond in worship.
COME TO REDEMPTION
COME TO REPENTANCE
COME TO REST
COME TO RESPONSIBILITY
COME TO RESOURCES