God doesn’t accept any worship, many have substituted self made religion for true worship whether it is asceticism or play. We may be bored in our assemblies because we are too focused on ourselves and not on God.

1. Does Church HAVE
to be
BORING?

2. Will God accept
ANY
ANY worship
that I offer to
Him?

4. “You worship what you do not
know; we worship what we
know, for salvation is from the
Jews.”
— John 4.22, CB NT p. 167

5. “But the hour is coming, and is
now here, when the true
worshipers will worship the
Father in spirit and truth, for
the Father is seeking such
people to worship Him.”
— John 4.23, CB NT p. 167

6. “for Cain and
his offering
He had no
regard”
— Genesis 4.5,
CB OT p. 6

7. “And fire came
out from before
Jehovah and
consumed them,
and they died
before Jehovah.”
— Leviticus 10.2,
CB OT p. 165

8. “leprosy
broke out
on his
forehead”
— 2 Chronicles
26.19,
CB OT p. 703

9. 1 Samuel 13,
CB OT p. 437

10. “the people
were
scattering
from me”
— 1 Samuel
13.11,
CB OT p. 437

11. “the
Philistines
will come
down
against me”
— 1 Samuel
13.12,
CB OT p. 437

12. “I have not
sought the
favor of
Jehovah”
— 1 Samuel
13.12,
CB OT p. 437

13. “I forced
myself”
— 1 Samuel
13.12,
CB OT p. 437

14. “I forced myself”
— 1 Samuel 13.12, CB OT p. 437

15. What
can You do for
ME?

17. “I cannot endure iniquity and
the solemn assembly. Your new
moons and your appointed
feasts my soul hates; they
have become a burden to me;
I am weary of bearing them.”
— Isaiah 1.13-14, CB OT p. 1074

18. “I have no pleasure in you,
says Jehovah of hosts, and
I will not accept an
offering from your hand”
— Malachi 1.10, CB OT p. 1530

19. Will God accept
ANY
ANY worship
that I offer to
Him?
NO!

20. Self
Asceticism Play
“Self-made religion”

21. Se
lf
Asceticism Play
Colossians 2.8, 18, 22
CB NT p. 352-353
“Self-made religion”

22. elf
S
Asceticism Play
Exodus 32.6
CB OT p. 135
“Self-made religion”

23. BORING

29. “If you get bored in
church, may I
suggest to you that
it’s not a
commentary on the
sermon—it’s a
commentary on your
heart!”

30. “Even if the sermon isn’t
particularly worth listening to,
the chance to pick up some
truths about God that come
through, and then to
meditate on them,
should be the most
exhilarating time of
your life.”

31. “If you’re
uninterested or
indifferent, it’s not a
commentary on the
sermon, it’s a
commentary on you.”

33. Let us come
HUMBLY before
our God to
HONOR Him
in true FAITH
seeking to
PLEASE HIM.

34. Will today be the
day you decide to
go to heaven?

35. Lesson slideshows (with notes)
and audio can be found at:
www.churchofchristmiranda.com

36. Photo Credits: (All photos from istockphoto.com are copyright protected.
Please do not use without permission.)
Bored: iStock_000013250669
Doonesbury, by Gary Trudeau: http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1994/06/19
Empty pews: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eye2eye/7334554/sizes/o/in/
photostream/
Pendulum: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grandfather_clock_pendulum.png
King: iStock_000007044942
Samuel rebukes Saul: http://www.boomerinthepew.com/2010/04/bible-in-a-year-
king-sauls-disobedience-costs-him-the-establishment-of-his-kingdom.html
Uzziah: http://www.biblical-art.com/extra/ownpub/children/098.jpg
Cain and Able: http://www.biblical-art.com/extra/ownpub/children/005.jpg
Nadab and Abihu: http://thebiblerevival.com/clipart39.htm
Mt. Gerizim: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nablus_and_Mount_Gerizim_
%28before_1899%29.jpg
Young Man: iStock_000006345083
Hand: iStock_000004907695
TV while driving: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nnova/3945761944/sizes/l/in/
photostream/

37. Photo Credits: (All photos from istockphoto.com are copyright protected.
Please do not use without permission.)
Church Band: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fbchattiesburg/3391385425/sizes/l/in/
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John MacArthur: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_macarthur.jpg
Man praying: iStock_000005455319

38. Compiled and Presented by:
Fellowship with Man Dave Stewart
Church 16 January, 2010
Las Cruces, NM
#02 www.churchofchristmiranda.com
Does Church Have to be Boring?
Synopsis: God doesn’t accept any worship, many have substituted self
made religion for true worship whether it is asceticism or play. We may be
bored in our assemblies because we are too focused on ourselves and not
on God.
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