"The Novelty of Worship: Rest"

Speaker: Pastor Kevin Cox

Central Passage: Deuteronomy 12:1-32

Outline:

• Thesis: Worshipping the God of the Bible is novel. He sets the terms, and His terms give us rest and peace, a peace that the world has not known since before Adam plunged the world into sin. Proper worship is a restoration of how we rightly and prosperously relate to God and His creation.

1. The Substance of the Commands
   • Be Careful to do these commands (12:1; cf. 12:14, 28)
   • Destroy the pagan places of worship (12:2-3); you shall not worship your God like that (12:4).
   • Remember the sanctity of life (12:16, 23-25).
   • Seek out the place that Yahweh will choose; go there (12:5, 11a, 13, 26b)
     • Connection: Don't forsake the Levite (12:19)
2. The Point of the Commands: Rest (12:1, 4-7, 9, 12, 18, 20, 28)
3. Conclusion:
   • What are you resting in? Where do you find your rest? What are the bags we bring with us to worship that cause us to be restless before God?
   • Be annihilated by God (Psalm 119:89-91)
   • Be renewed in your rest.