WORSHIP WORKS: IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SOUND OUTLINE

Sermon Text: Heb 13: 11 – 16
Sermon Text: Heb 13: 15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of Praise—the fruit of lips that confess his name.

Sermon Title: Worship Works: It’s All About the Sound

Point 1: The sound of victory Joshua 6: 20 When the trumpets sounded, the people shouted, and at the sound of the trumpets, when the people gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so every man charged straight in, and they took the city.

The battle of Jericho is well known. What isn’t well known this victory could have easily been won another way.

(a) The Lord is waiting for you to decide what your noise will be 5: 13…”Are you for us or the enemy?” Neither…I am the commander of the Lords army…
(b) The enemy is already on notice waiting for your noise 6: 1 Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in. The word was already out about Israel’s ability and their God. Your enemy is defeated and he knows it. You have to have the right noise. The noise of order
(c) Victory is yours you just have to obey vs. 2 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands… You are set up for victory.

Point 2: The sound of faith Judges 7: 16, 18, 19, 20, 21 (16) Dividing the three hundred men into companies, he placed trumpets and empty jars in the hands of all of them, with torches inside… (18) When I and all are with me blow our trumpets…For the Lord and for Gideon…(19) They blew their trumpets and broke the jars that were in their hands…(20) The three companies blew the trumpets and smashed their jars…(21) While each man held his position around the camp, all the Midianites ran crying out as they fled. Here is another sound/noise at work. This time it is the noise of faith.

(a) Worship through the faith you have in Jesus Christ
(b) Worship equal to your level of faith
(c) Worship in the confidence that God is going to do just what he said

Point 3: The sound of Praise Judges 20: 18 The Israelites went up to Bethel and inquired of God. They said, “Who of us shall go first to fight against the Benjamites?” The Lord said Judah shall go first.
So often many refer to this battle to reinforce the point of putting the noise of praise before the battle. But when you drill deeper you find that this battle and subsequent victory comes after the Israelites were twice defeated by their own.

What does it mean to put Judah first? Judah means praise. So to praise God is to affirm the fact you are going to win. But how do you praise him? Judah comes first when we:
1. Stand When We Worship
a. “ And the Levites, ..... of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel with a loud voice on high” 2 Chron 20:19

2. Clap Our Hands
a. “O clap your hands all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triump” Ps 47:1

3. Lift Our Hands
a. YADAH - to worship with the extended hand -- giving of one’s self in worship and adoration.

b. TOWDAH - to give worship by extension of the hands in adoration, avowing or agreeing with what has been done (or will be). This word is commonly found in connection with “SACRIFICE” implying the giving of THANKS or PRAISE as a sacrifice, before reception of manifestation. Agreeing with the word of God - Faith in His Word.
c. “I will therefore that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without warth and doubting” 1 Tim 2:8

4. Have Audible Praise Unto God
a. HALAL - to praise, to make a show or rave about, to glory in, or to boast upon; To be clamorously foolish about your adoration of God. The word praise in the Hebrew word “HALLELUJAH” - Praise to Yehweh - speaking the glorious attributes, working, mercy, goodness, power, love, etc, of God. –
b. “ I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth” 1 Tim 2:8
c. SHABACH - a loud adoration - a SHOUT - proclaiming with a loud voice (unashamed) the Glory, Triumph, Power, Mercy, Love of God. This word implied that TESTIMONY is praise. The praise “SHOUT UNTO THE LORD” can be understood as the action of “:SHABACH”.

5. Sing Choruses As Well as Hymns
a. TEHILLAH - to sing HALAL - hymn of spontaneous praise - glorying in god in song - the total improvement of one’s self in worship unto god - It is the praise that we KNOW God inhabits.

Life Implementation:
(1) Remember you have the victory
(2) Believe God and let your praise be the voice of your faith
(3) Put your confidence in the right noise not your size or strength