Sing the Word of God

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Religion, Tgc, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, The Gospel Coalition, Philosophy, 608017, Gospel Coalition, Christianity

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🗓️ 13 January 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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In his message at TGC21, Ligon Duncan describes what the book of Hebrews means by “acceptable worship” in the life of the Christian.

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by the Good Book Company, publisher of Future Proof by Steven McAlpine.
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0:11.4	and the church. In his new book Future Proof, coming February 2024, Steven encourages readers
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0:45.8	Welcome to the Gospel Coalition podcast, equipping the next generation of believers,
0:50.8	pastors, and church leaders to shape life and ministry around the gospel.
0:55.7	Today, you'll hear a message from Ligand Duncan from TGC's 2021 National Conference.
1:06.2	If you have your Bibles, please turn with me to Hebrews chapter 12 verses 28 and 29. This is the
1:13.7	word of God. Therefore, let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken
1:23.5	and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship with reverence and awe for our God is a consuming
1:36.2	fire. Amen. And thus ends this reading of God's holy, inspired, and in errant word. May he
1:44.7	write its eternal truth upon all our hearts. Here we are exhorted to offer acceptable worship to
1:56.0	our God with reverence and awe because of who he is and what he has done for us. But what does
2:07.3	that mean? What is worship here? What is acceptable worship? How does God being a consuming
2:18.1	fire fit in? And what is the relationship between our gratitude and our worship? Let's begin with
2:28.2	the first question. What is worship? The Psalmist tells us succinctly, worship is giving to the Lord
2:38.0	the glory, do his name. Psalm 29, 1 and 2, or we could say it's glorifying and enjoying God forever.
2:49.2	But in the Bible, worship is done in two general ways. There is gathered worship where the people
2:57.8	of God assemble to meet with him under his word and to give him the glory, do his name. And there
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