Why Worship? Because He's GOD


Know that the Lord, He is God (v. 3)

Psalm 24:7: “Who is the king of Glory? The Lord, strong and mighty”

Psalm 47:2: For the Lord, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth

Psalm 93:1: The Lord reigns; he is robed in majesty;

Psalm 95:3: For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.


Psalm 96:4: For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.

Psalm 97:1: The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad!

The consistent message of the enthronement Psalms is that God is worthy to be praised simply because he is God.

Why Worship? Because We Are HIS!

He Made Us:

It is he who made us, and we are his; (100:3)

Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!
7 For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasture,
and the sheep of his hand. (95:6-7)

He Bought Us:

Oh come, let us sing to the Lord;
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! (95:1)

Sing to the Lord, bless his name;
tell of his salvation from day to day. (96:2)

Oh sing to the Lord a new song,
for he has done marvelous things!
His right hand and his holy arm
have worked salvation for him.
2 The Lord has made known his salvation;
he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations. (98:1-2)

He Will Use Us:

Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all the peoples!
Say among the nations, the Lord reigns! (Psalm 96:3,10)

Why Worship? Because He's GOOD!


For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations. (v. 5)

It would be enough to worship God simply because he made us. Simply because he is in charge. But God has given us so much more! Look at what the Enthronement Psalms teach us about His character!

How Do We Worship? With NOISE!


Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! (100:1)

Psalm 95: Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us make a joyful noise to Him with songs of praise!

See also Psalm 29:3-9; 150:3-6; Isaiah 55:12; Luke 19:40

How do we worship? With OTHERS (v. 4)

24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

How do we worship? With PREPARATION (v. 2, 4)

According to Leviticus 23:32, the Sabbath goes from sunset to sunset. So if Sunday is our sabbath, how would things be different if we started Saturday night?

· What if you went to bed at a decent hour on Saturday night?
· What if you got a full night’s sleep, so you came rested to worship?
· What if, to save time and stress, every member of the family, picked out the clothes they were going to wear the night before?
· What if, to save more stress, you set the breakfast table and put the cereal boxes out the night before?
· What if you left home fifteen minutes early, so if the baby threw up on the way, you’d have time to clean up and still make it in for the first song? Or if you just got here fifteen minutes early and enjoyed relaxing for a few minutes?
· What if you prepared for worship like God prepared for your coming to worship?

How do we worship God? With KNOWLEDGE (V. 3)
KNOW that the Lord is God...

Our worship of God begins with knowledge of who God is. Verse 3 says Know that the Lord is God. At our church, we are always, always going to start with a hunger for knowing God better. So we are going to dig into his word. We’re going to be students of his word.

And finally, how is God to be worshiped? With TRANSFORMATION!

“When the people of the land come before the Lord at the appointed festivals, whoever enters by the north gate to worship is to go out the south gate; and whoever enters by the south gate is to go out the north gate. No one is to return through the gate by which they entered, but each is to go out the opposite gate.” Ezekiel 46:9

Why would God say this? Why leave out a different door? After all, you probably parked your camel or donkey outside the door you came in. Why leave through a different door?

Scholars believe God said this because what he’s trying to communicate is that nobody ought to leave worship the way they came in.
· If you came in mildly committed to your marriage, you ought to leave completely committed to your marriage.
· If you came in slightly in love with God, you ought to leave definitely in love with God.
· If you came in not knowing God personally, you ought to leave knowing him as your Lord and Savior.

Everybody ought to leave changed.