DISCIPLESHIP JOURNEY: THE HEART AND WORSHIP
Monday, April 28, 2014
The following is written from notes taken and personal thoughts
provoked during Pastor Paul Marine’s 4/27/14 Sunday sermon. EBB4
Isaiah [MKJV] 29:13-14 And
Jehovah said, Because this people draw near Me with their mouth, and with their
lips honor Me, but have removed their heart far from Me, and their fear toward
Me is taught by the command of men; 14 therefore, behold, I will go on doing
among this people, a wonder, even a wonder. For the wisdom of their wise ones
shall perish, and the understanding of their intelligent ones shall be hidden.
Mark [MKJV] 7:18-23 [Jesus] said
to them, Are you also without understanding? Do you not perceive that whatever
enters into the man from outside cannot defile him, 19 because it does not
enter into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the waste-bowl,
purifying all food? 20 And He said, That which comes out of the man is what
defiles the man. 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil
thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 thefts, covetousness,
wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
23 All these evil things pass out from inside and defile the man.
Luke [MKJV] 6:43-46 [Jesus
taught] … a good tree does not bring forth corrupt fruit, neither does a
corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 44 For every tree is known by its own
fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a
bramble bush. 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth
the good. And an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth
the evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. 46 And why do
you call Me Lord, Lord, and do not do what I say?
Ever have bad
days where nothing goes right, when you think “Could it get any worse?”? Who
hasn’t?
A classic example
of this in God’s Word is the 147 year life of Jacob. Anything and everything
that could go wrong did. Admittedly a considerable number of Jacob’s bad days
were product of his conniving, scheming, lying heart. And yet he worshipped God
and was blessed for it, even unto God allowing him a personal close encounter, using
his son Joseph, and naming a still existent great nation after him.
How different is
our heart of worship in magnitude of self versus Jehovah-Jireh (Gen.22:14)? Are
we weighted, even crushed, by the events of our days . . . or is our attitude
one of prevailing trust in Him?
How is our heart
of worship acted out and revealed?
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We pray.
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We give.
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We listen and learn.
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We bless one another.
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We serve those walking with and without God.
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We, as His disciples, do all of the above to His
glory, not ours.
As we ponder
these things, a closing reminder: Discipleship is submitting our total life
under the control of God.
Challenges for
this week are seven; every day worship God in a different new-to-you way.
Jacob
Son of Isaac, and twin brother of Esau
Gen_25:24-26; Jos_24:4;
1Ch_1:34; Act_7:8
Ancestor of Jesus
Mat_1:2
Given in answer to prayer
Gen_25:21
Obtains Esau's birthright for a mess of pottage
Gen_25:29-34; Heb_12:16
Fraudulently obtains his father's blessing
Gen
27:1-29; Heb_11:20
Esau seeks to slay, escapes to Padanaram
Gen_27:41-46; Gen_28:1-5;
Hos_12:12
His vision of the ladder
Gen_28:10-22
God confirms the covenant of Abraham to
Gen_28:13-22; Gen_35:9-15;
1Ch_16:13-18
Sojourns in Haran with his uncle Laban
Gen
29-30; Hos_12:12
Serves fourteen years for Leah and Rachel
Gen
29:15-30; Hos_12:12
Sharp practice of, with the flocks and herds of
Laban
Gen_30:32-43
Dissatisfied with Laban's treatment and returns
to the land of Canaan
Gen
31
Meets angels of God on the journey, and calls the
place Mahanaim
Gen_32:1-2
Dreads to meet Esau; sends him presents; wrestles
with an angel
Gen
32
Name of, changed to Israel
Gen_32:28; Gen_35:10
Reconciliation of, with Esau
Gen_33:4
Journeys to Succoth
Gen_33:17
Journeys to Shalem, where he purchases a parcel
of ground from Hamor, and erects an altar
Gen_33:18-20
His daughter, Dinah, humbled
Gen
34
Returns to Bethel, where he builds an altar, and
erects and dedicates a pillar
Gen_35:1-7
Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, dies, and is buried at
Bethel
Gen_35:8
Journeys to Ephrath; Benjamin is born to; Rachel
dies, and is “buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem”
Gen_35:16-19; Gen_48:7
Erects a monument at Rachel's grave
Gen_35:20
The incest of his son, Reuben, and his concubine,
Bilhah
Gen_35:22
List of the names of his twelve sons
Gen_35:23-26
Returns to Arbah, the city of his father
Gen_35:27
Dwells in the land of Canaan
Gen_37:1
His partiality for his son, Joseph, and the
consequent jealousy of his other sons
Gen_37:3-4
Joseph's prophetic dream concerning
Gen_37:9-11
His grief over the loss of Joseph
Gen_37:34-35
Sends into Egypt to bury corn
Gen_42:1-2; Gen_43:1-14
His grief over the detention of Simeon, and the
demand for Benjamin to be taken into Egypt
Gen_42:36
His love for Benjamin
Gen_43:14; Gen_44:29
Hears that Joseph still lives
Gen_45:26-28
Removes to Egypt
Gen_46:1-7; 1Sa_12:8;
Psa_105:23; Act_7:14-15
List of his children and grandchildren who went
down into Egypt
Gen
46:8-27
Meets Joseph
Gen_46:28-34
Pharaoh receives him, and is blessed by Jacob
Gen_47:1-10
The land of Goshen assigned to
Gen_47:11-12; Gen_47:27
Dwells in Egypt seventeen years
Gen_47:28
Exacts a promise from Joseph to buy him with his
fathers
Gen_47:29-31
His benediction upon Joseph and his two sons
Gen_48:15-22
Gives the land of the Amorites to Joseph
Gen_48:22; Joh_4:5
His final prophetic benedictions upon his sons:
Reuben
Gen_49:3-4
Simeon and Levi
Gen_49:5-7
Judah
Gen_49:8-12
Zebulun
Gen_49:13
Issachar
Gen_49:14-15
Daniel
Gen_49:16-18
Gad
Gen_49:19
Asher
Gen_49:20
Naphtali
Gen_49:21
Joseph
Gen_49:22-26
Benjamin
Gen_49:27
Charges his sons to bury him in the field of
Machpelah
Gen_49:29-30
Death of
Gen_49:33
Body of, embalmed
Gen_50:2
Forty days mourning for
Gen_50:3
Burial of
Gen_50:4-13
Descendants of
Gen_29:31-35; Gen 30:1-24; Gen_35:18;
Gen_35:22-26; Gen 46:8-27; Exo_1:1-5; 1 Chr 2-9
Prophecies concerning himself and descendants
Gen_25:23; Gen_27:28-29;
Gen_28:10-15; Gen_31:3; Gen_35:9-13;
Gen_46:3; Deu_1:8;
Psa_105:10-11
His wealth
Gen_36:6-7
Well of
John 4:5-30
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