Quotes About Worship

He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ëYou are My Son; today I have become Your Father.í

As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people urged them to continue this message on the next Sabbath.

On the following Sabbath, nearly the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.

And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language: “The gods have come down to us in human form!”

Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates, hoping to offer a sacrifice along with the crowds.

But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul found out about this, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,

“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.

Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them.

For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”

So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.

Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paulís message.

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.

As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.

Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.

For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.

The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.

Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.

Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by manís skill and imagination.

So Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titus Justus, a worshiper of God.

“This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.