 Good afternoon Pastor David. Hi John. Welcome everybody to Unfiltered and you know pastor on Sunday I want to speak a little bit about worship. Sunday we had great worship and even on Good Friday but before we go further I want us to our people to see a clip of worship and then I can ask for your feedback on that. So we're going to show you guys a clip of what worship well not of what worship is. Is it our Sunday a clip from our Sunday morning? Yes Sunday morning clip. Oh it ought to I don't know what to say I think that they'll find it interesting. Yes who knows. We'll see what happens why don't you guys take a look at this clip it's from our Sunday morning so what did you think of the clip? Obviously those who are watching were a bit surprised. Oh I came upon that clip it must have been sent to me I forget John but just as an example of a flesh you know to be honest with you and it makes you kind of you laugh you can't help but find it being ridiculous but so many are posting that particular clip and others like it as examples of spirit filled worship so what do I think about it I think it's an exhibition of flesh plain and simple. Well you know one of the questions I had asked or I wrote down is worship is it a tool for worship or is it a tool for entertainment calling it spirit led and you know you look at these things pastor because even in Jesus spoke that the spirit won't glorify himself but rather he glorifies me as Jesus says and you see these acts of worship and it's nothing but glorifying the flesh but they call it spirit led. You know you see similar kinds of exhibitions not in the same extreme in terms of the dancing by itself but even more extreme when the prophets of Baal were screaming and in the case of of them being there at Mount Carmel they're they're actually cutting themselves and bleeding and all of that but they're praying aren't they you know they all hear us and all of that and so you know I don't want to come up in a cruel fashion and I know there are those who think oh you're judging your brothers and and all of that in fact Jesus said that we are not to judge using human standards but our judgment and that we do have judgment is to be spiritual John 7 24. So I would say this as in our day I believe that there was a book written by the way called the hidden gem the hidden gem of worship gem of worship you know who is being worshiped and what is fueling the worship is very important to answer and so when you allow your flesh room then the question has to be asked who is getting the attention if you're sitting in church and somebody stands up in front of you and starts dancing around who gets the attention even last night I I began a study by pointing out that in Romans chapter 3 the apostle Paul begins by saying somewhere around verse 10 I think was 10 or 11 sorry for not being precise in that but he started out as it is written and I was sharing with the the body that the centerpiece of church services is always Jesus Christ and the centerpiece of what is making the service something that is is a service that he would be welcoming and appreciating and and all is going to always be based on the the word of God and and I last night I I did something just to kind of awaken the church to certain I would say basically quote unquote psychological realities and that is this you know if you stand behind the pulpit and you share the centerpiece of all that's taking place isn't you it's at your word the Bible the word of God is there right in front of the whole church in the center of the of the platform area and so I as you remember John last night I I walked off to the side I never do that obviously and I came back walked on the other side and I said what am I doing right now I'm drawing attention to myself you're watching me walk across the platform from this place I'm prowling to that place and your attention is now on me your attention is on what I'm doing and the way that I'm speaking and the reason I don't prowl a platform is because I'm not entertaining and I'm certainly not attempting to draw attention to myself you know the Lord says he will not share his glory with anybody else and a minister is not an entertainer we are not a public speaker what we are is a proclaimer of the word of God and so when you put your attention on man and man's efforts when that man walks around the stage and stands on the lip and speaks to you and draws your attention really are you watching are you are you watching him or are you really hearing what the word of the Lord has to say so I have a real problem with platform prowlers I really do because I'm so carnal I actually notice him walking around in worship if I have someone standing in front of me and I'm seated and all of a sudden they're up and they're dancing around sometimes it may be you know a shapely woman right in front of me I'm a man I don't need distractions my flesh certainly doesn't need a place to to express itself so I've always felt it proper that that we together if we all stand fine if we're all seated fine but this this word that oh they're just so filled with the spirit that they're moving you know because the spirit moves them to dance like David and this and that you know the bottom line is anything that takes away from the word and the spirit is not of the Lord you know our God is God of order right and so we we worship him in spirit and truth and so exhibitions like that where people are jumping up and down and and you know doing their their dance steps John to be honest with you Jesus isn't being worshiped that person is drawing attention to themselves it's really it's so obvious and yet some people blame God for their flesh I don't get it you know interesting that you mentioned that pastor I'm skipping on time is people can identify that well then you're not spirit led if you're not jumping in the aisles barking running around but you had pointed out I think somebody came to you and says the spirit's not even here and you pointed out do you see people praying yeah there was a time when people were thinking that that for the spirit to be present there needed to be certain manifestations and we had had a Sunday night service and somebody approached me and said this is my first time here and I said oh great well it's nice to have you yes I just want to ask a question and I said what was that when does the spirit move here and I said when does the spirit move here and she said yes when does the spirit move here and I said were you in the the church today she goes yes I said so did you did you spend time worshiping the Lord in song oh yes I did I said did you um sit through a Bible study and were you instructed oh yes I was I said look around you right now you see those people over there they're fellowshiping you see those people over there they're praying for one another um I gave an invitation did people come forward to give their hearts to Christ yes they did I said you know when you say when does the spirit move here what you're really asking me is when do you speak in tongues right and she said yeah I said the spirit has been moving through the entire service and even after it's been concluded the Holy Spirit is moving in different ways right now so you can't put all of your attention on one gift of the spirit you need to see that the Lord is moving in a variety of places in a variety of ways and and again John I really believe because of the lack of teaching of the Word of God and the emphasis on personal fulfillment narcissism in the pews that people make decisions where they're going to go not based on whether the study of the Word of God is accurate and proper and encouraging and edifying me to to the point of serving God but rather how did I feel when I walked out of that place did I feel excited and you know or did I feel equipped you have to ask those questions of yourself and so if somebody thinks that going into a circus is edifying and the church can become that I'd have to differ with that scriptually I like that uh it's entertained or edified exactly and so well thank you pastor and and uh you know even though we opened up the this time with a little bit of laughter it it's so true in some churches and and again uh where's the Word of God and thankful for those churches our church that that do teach God's Word and uh and want to encourage you guys to even come join us on Sunday as we have our services at 8 30 and 10 45 you're taking us through the book of Mark yep and uh and come hear a Bible study or if you have a church nearby you you may be watching I don't know where and it's a Bible teaching church want to encourage you guys to go check it out uh if you're in our area we'd love to have you come join us and we'd love to come here come join us as we worship and we get into God's Word so pastor thank you so much for your time thank you guys for tuning in we love you and God bless you