Matthew 4:10

Worship the Lord thy God.

Divine worship

I. Divine worship is human instinct. Among all the living occupants of the earth, man is the only worshipper. Man feels after the Divine. Hence, in different ages, different evidences of man’s worshipfulness-sacred grove, mosque, synagogue, temple, church. Man’s natural tendency has never been not to worship; but to worship too many objects. Paganism divided and weakened worship. Christianity concentrates and gives life, force, and unity to the worship.

II. Christian worship ennobles the worshipper. “The Lord thy God!” In the worship of such a God, man’s own intellect is ennobled, and his heart purified. His whole humanity is raised.

III. The worship and service of the Christian religion are unending. “Thou shalt worship,” etc. There are no limitations to that command in the Book; none in the human heart. The moral aspirations of the soul are enduring as itself. (Nevison Loraine.)

The object of worship

I. The qualifications necessary to constitute a being a proper object for Divine adoration.

II. What is the worship God requires?

III. Why we should worship God. He commands. Is our Creator, etc. In it consists our happiness. (Anon.)

Worship and service

I. We must worship.

1. A man can never be too reverent to God.

2. Our religion must be uncovered.

3. The wandering eye must learn to be fastened on Him.

4. Jacob, though he were not able to stand or kneel, yet leaned upon his staff, and worshipped God.

5. This must be done as duty due to God, and in regard of those that be strangers.

II. We must serve.

1. Bow the soul when we bow the body.

2. We must serve God with our sacrifices.

3. Not with our sins.

4. Not with our iniquities.

5. God must be above all: and of whomsoever a man is overcome, to him he is in bondage. (Bishop Lancelot Andrewes.)