Worship Ministry| Lecture 2 : BC311-WM-20260812

Yeah. >> Okay. Fine. So, um so we've been looking at uh how worship really um unfolded know like uh how it actually progressed from the right from you know from Genesis times right in scripture. Um so what I'll do tomorrow is probably I mean um in our next class when we meet I'll I'll just give a handout of um uh what I a little more detailed some of the things we have actually left out uh so I'll just mention that also in the handout right uh and I'll just upload it and um for the um and everyone can just download it from there right okay so let's look at Um let's move on to how we see worship in the psalms right the book of psalms quite central to the um whole aspect of worship and we know that many of these psalms were written um during that time when um the when David the Davidic order of worship as it's called when that was instituted right so we know that um um a lot of psalms came out of that like most of these psalms psalms Well, they were written in advance and they were given handed out to the musicians to the singers to to sing out and but we also see that it was some of them were very spontaneous and prophetic in nature and which was sung at that moment right um so let's uh take some time to study that okay um one Okay. So, uh some very interesting quotes by Martin Luther and also uh a person by the name Henry Wodsworth Longfellow. Um so Martin Luther uh who was Martin Luther singer. Okay. Yeah, probably he wrote. Yeah, he maybe sang [laughter] >> Lutheran moments. >> Sorry, what? >> Lutheran moments that he brought in. >> It's not clear. Can you tell me again? [laughter] >> Lutheran moments that he brought in. >> Yeah. Uh particularly reformation, right? And what we called as, you know, the the Lutheran denomination, everything um uh started around that. But then um reformation right uh he was a Roman Catholic uh priest he was a monk and uh he had this revelation of salvation by grace through faith and u he saw the difference in what was happening in the church and what was actually there in scripture and so he taught what what was there in scripture He challenged what was the practice in the the church of that time and that gave birth to u a very radical uh movement of reformation right and what we call as uh the protestant movement in protesting against the uh things that were happening in the church of those times right so he says next to theology I give to music the highest place and honor Music is the art of the prophets. The only art that can calm the agitations of the soul. It is one of the most magnificent and delightful presence God has given us. Right. Um now he he wrote some uh uh very uh uh deep theological hymns and um so this is something that he has said. Okay. And similarly we see that um Henry Wodsworth Longfellow also a theologian himself he says it calms the agitated heart temptations evil thoughts [snorts] and all the passions that disturb the soul or quelled which means stopped by its divine control as the evil spirit fled from Saul and his distemper was allayed when David took his harp and played. Right? So we see that um music in worship is spiritual right powerful very spiritual very um significant and we see that it is u through the psalms we see the importance uh given to music but we also see that uh music not only in u in the psalms but we also see earlier also when uh when the pro when the kings went to meet with prophet Elisha and um and and we see that he says something very significant right he says bring me a musician right and then the musician begins to play uh we see this in second kings right so musician be begins to play then he goes on to say thus says the lord so the prophet something happens to the prophetic anointing when there was an anointed musician who played right. So it stirred up the anointing um and he began to prophesy the prophetic anointing. You know moving in the prophetic but to get started he just asks you know we don't know what kind of musician was there but this is what he says and he says thus says the lord and he prophesies right. So we see in the psalms also we see the the prophetic element right in worship and where music is. So um it's quite important and uh the important place that music has in worship. Well some people have arguments um saying okay it is there in the old testament but is not mentioned in the new right. So uh we are in the new testament so therefore uh music need not um be part of worship and so on. But that is that is um actually you know it's not uh it's not true because [snorts] we see when we go down to um you know uh even in the in in the gospels we see that when they were in the upper room when they were having that last supper they sang a hymn and then they went right so they sang uh so there was um singing at least part of it then when we go to um the book of revelation we see that yes there are harps there are trumpets and uh there is singing so all that is there in right there in revelation so we see that music is part of it yes it should it should not overpower it should not be the focus of everything the focus should be on God but then music is something very important there right [snorts] okay um so when we look at the psalms you know maybe If we need to answer this, these are some things that we have studied earlier, right? Who is called to worship, right? When should we worship and how? So, Psalms answer all that question, right? Um Psalm 150, let's go there. Okay. Um so it says um let's just read that psalm right. Praise the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary. Praise him. Praise in his mighty firmament. Praise him for his mighty acts. Praise him according to his excellent greatness. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet. Praise him with the loot and harp. Praise him with the timberal and dance. Praise him with stringed instruments and flutes. Praise him with loud symbols. Praise him with clashing symbols. Verse six, let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. Right? Let everything that has breath. So verse verses one onwards talks about where he should be praised and then he talks about for what we should praise him. Praise him for his mighty acts. Praise him according to his excellent greatness. Then goes on to how right with with what we should praise and all those instruments are mentioned there trumpet and loot and hop and all that. Then it says finishes by saying and this is the last hymn of the book right it says let everything that has breath praise the lord. So which means that it's not just the priests, it's not just those who are in a good mood, but it says let everything that has breath, every living thing, everything that moves, let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Okay. Psalm 100 1:5. Um that also gives us a a good understanding, an exhortation of praise, right? Psalm 100. And um yeah um make a joyful shout to the Lord all you lands. So it's talking about all nations, all countries, right? Make a joyful shout to the Lord all you lands. Serve the Lord with gladness. Come before his presence with singing. Know that the Lord, he is God. It is he who has made us and not we ourselves. We are his people and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise. Be thankful to him and bless his name for the Lord is good. His mercy is everlasting and his truth endures to all generations. Right? I think we've uh read that psalm many times. Right? So several things that we see there about who should worship, who should praise says all you lands, you know, all the earth um and so on. So so this is the uh it answers the question who should praise. Okay. So where should one praise? Now this is for somebody with a traditional mindset, you know. So they might say okay I will worship I will praise God in this place and in this time you know I worship him in the church when there is a church service at this particular time during the service and so on right so if one has a very traditional that kind of a mindset well this will really [snorts] change that because Psalm 149 it says uh Um now I just want to look at this NKJV also Psalm 149 verse 5 right it says let the saints be joyful in glory let them sing aloud on their beds okay so is it a very irreverent thing to sing praise to God when you are lying down no says which means wherever right wherever you are found whoever has breath and wherever ever you are. No, it's it's there's no you know appropriate time appropriate moment to praise him to worship him right so just breaks this just breaks all that mindset right everything that came because of ritual or tradition you know this just breaks that and I think that's why you know uh the psalmist he was able to he he he he was one who actually wrote like wrote songs he played the harp He understood um the anointing in he understood what worship would do and uh you know right there in his experience when he when he played that harp the evil spirit would leave uh evil spirit which was tormenting Saul would leave. So he experienced that firsthand. And therefore, you know, when he writes from experience and inspiration, he writes all this. He says, "Let the saints rejoice. Let them sing for glory. Let them be joyful. Let them sing aloud on their beds." Right? The New King James says, "Let them sing aloud." Okay? Not softly, but really sing aloud on their beds. Okay? Then the question of uh when should we praise, right? Is there a set time? Again, we see that um you know, yes, there are there are times specified, but also we see that there are times that are not specified. You know, Psalm 5 and:3, my voice you shall hear in the morning, oh Lord, in the morning, I will direct it to you. So, there are many references to uh morning, right? [snorts] um in a sense the first thing that you do you know you are awaking you are awaking from your sleep you you praise the Lord you know it's a start of a new day it's a [clears throat] beginning of a new day you praise the Lord right so um if you read Psalm 57 right Psalm 57 and verse 8 okay um maybe we can just read from verse Seven. My heart is steadfast, oh God. My heart is steadfast. I will sing and give praise. Awake my glory. Awake, loot, and harp. I will awaken the dawn. So he's like kind of reminding him telling himself telling himself wake up. And he's also, you know, in a funny way he's waking up the instruments like the loot and harp. Loot is like a guitar, harp is also like a upright guitar. So he's like uh almost stirring up, warming up, waking up the instruments. He's saying okay awaken. And he says I will awaken the dawn also. You know he's first of all he's waking himself. He's waking the instruments. He's saying okay the very dawn itself he will the very day the sunrise I will awaken the dawn. Right. Psalm 341 I will bless the lord at all times. Right? all times meaning chronological time and also all kinds of seasons in his life right maybe there are times when he's sad maybe there are times when he's challenging you know he's challenged there are times when he's feeling very low in his spirit so he's saying I will bless the lord at all times his praise shall continually be in my mouth okay so um the psalm is again talking about all times, all seasons, all kinds of moods, all kinds of challenges, right? That you might be going through, young, old, all seasons of life. Says his praise shall continually be in my mouth. So that shows us that something about praise, something about worship. This shows us that okay it is not dependent on the person like it is is not dependent on the person in the sense what I'm going through it is not dependent on the outside environment right it does not depend on that then what does it depend on question huh yeah but he says all all times in the sense He says I no matter what you know if I'm feeling sad if I'm feeling happy in fact when he writes this he's in a very difficult place right I will bless the lord so it's a choice first of all we understand I will I will means it's a it's a exercising of your will you're saying okay I I make a choice I make a decision but what does it depend on how can you come to that place of saying I will any idea Is it total dependency on God? >> Depending on God. Okay. Depending on God. Total dependence. You were saying >> firm decision to love God. >> Knowing God. Okay. Okay. Sorry. Um what else were you saying? >> Firm determination to love God that I will bless the Lord at all times. Um okay okay yeah yeah. So the thing is you know praise is a we need to understand that praise is a response right? Praise is a response. Worship is again a response uh to a encounter with God. Right? So a person who does not have an encounter with God uh won't be able to praise him or worship him. Right? Like you rightly said, it's a relationship which means you you have an encounter and he reveals himself. He reveals who he is and based on that we worship. Based on that we praise. Right? Abraham he obeyed. He took his son to sacrifice. Why? Because he knew the God whom he had believed. Right? He told him to get out of Haran and move to a cannon. He obeyed right? He did that. Then he said he promised he said that you this will be your descendants and u you know you will have a son. He promised and then he saw later that the promise coming to pass. So he knew okay this is a God who promised. He saw God providing that sacrifice instead of his son right whom he said go sacrifice. So he saw that he he in fact he says this is the God who provides right Jehovah Gyra. So he has that encounter with God and his response or our response to our encounter with God, our response to God's revelation of himself, right? God revealing himself that results in praise, right? That's why you know we can praise God or we can bless him at all times because we as we remind ourselves, oh this is who God is, we can praise him, right? If we forget, if we buy in to the lies of the enemy, we cannot praise. We'll say, "Okay, today I don't have the mood. I don't feel like it." Right? When we when we step into the feeling realm, feeling is a very, you know, it can be up and down, right? One day you might feel, the next day you might not feel sunrise, you might feel sunset, you may not feel, right? You may not feel like it. So we cannot depend on a feeling. So which means that what is it dependent on praise or worship? It's dependent on who God is because he never changes right his characteristics don't change right he's the same yesterday today and forever. So when we depend on that or when we get a glimpse of that when we see that we will be always be able to praise him and that's why salah says I will bless the lord at all times. Okay. Then next we come to the question of how should we praise him, right? So um of course we are reminded of um the words of the Lord Jesus when he's talking about worship when he has this conversation with the woman at the well. Right? So he said he says the father is searching for worshippers. Right? John chapter 4. Uh I'm just referencing that before we get back into the Psalms. Right. John chapter 4 and verse 23 24. The hour is coming but now is when the true worshippers will worship the father in spirit and truth. But sorry for the father is seeking such to worship him. Now why does he say this? Because the woman at the well who with whom he was talking, she makes a statement. What does she say? You go back up to verse 20, right? Verse 20, same chapter, John 4:20. What does she say? She says, you know, our fathers worshiped on this mountain and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship. So, so the thing is you know uh the Samaria Samaritans always had this conflict with the Jews because they were you know they were typically if you'll see that they are half Jews right they were not fully Jews so you see that they were the Jews did not consider them uh or you know because when they wanted to worship Yahweh the Jews really looked down on them. Okay. And um and so so that is why you know when they went to Samaria when they go to the city of Samaria um you know they're not very uh you see that you know the Lord is talking to this woman at Samaria they are puzzled and they're saying okay why is he talking um to this woman who's a Samaritan woman and so on but um the Lord has plans and very clearly he says you know she's also defining she's saying okay you Jews you have a definition of worship you are saying only in Jerusalem right whereas our ancestors they worshiped on this mountain right so she's actually defining worship okay so where should we worship how should we worship where so the lord is saying believe me the time is coming the hour is coming verse 21 when you you will neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem Jerusalem worship the Father, you worship what you do not know. We know what we worship. Salvation is of the Jews. And then he says, "The hour is coming and now is when the true worshippers, okay, will worship the father in spirit and truth. For the father is seeking such to worship him." So he's saying he it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter where, right? It's not on this mountain. It's not in Jerusalem. It could be both places. It doesn't matter [snorts] as long as the worship is spirit and truth. Okay. Then he says God is spirit and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth. So to answer that question of where and to answer the question of how should one worship the Lord's instruction of worship is you know is is just covers all that right [snorts] and with that when we look at the psalms right psalms talks about the external expression of praise and worship right but really the lord Jesus he very clearly mentioned how it should be it should be an internal thing which then finds external expression starts inside then you express on the outside otherwise it'll be meaning meaningless right it'll be a meaningless exercise a futile empty exercise right Psalm 33 praise the Lord with a harp make melody to him with an instrument of 10 strings Psalm 95 actually has a lot of expressions of worship okay let's let's go to Psalm 95 Right. [snorts] Okay. So, come let us sing to the Lord. Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation. Okay. The first verse itself two two kinds of expression of praise to God or worship to God. Let us sing to the Lord. Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving. Okay, that is verse two. Come before his presence with thanksgiving. Then let us shout joyfully to him with psalms. Okay, shout to the Lord joyfully with psalms. Then it goes on to say, for the Lord is a great king and the the great king above all god. So he's giving the reasons right why we should praise him the way he should be praised. In his hands are the deep places of the earth. The heights of the hills are his also. The sea is his for he made it and his hands form the dry land. So what is he saying here? He's saying hey this is a big this is the reason why we should praise why we should worship why we should sing joyfully why we should come to his presence with thanksgiving. Why? He's the creator. He's the creator god, right? His hands uh formed the dry land. The sea is his. He made it. Verse six. Oh come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our maker. For he is our God and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. Okay. Verses six and seven. Another expression, worship, bow down, kneel down. He is our maker. He is our God. Again, he goes on to say, you know, he is the maker. He's the creator. He's [snorts] our God. Worship, bow down, kneel before the Lord. And he's saying we are the people of his pasture and the se sheep of his hands. And then he goes on to say don't harden your heart. And talking about the heart posture, right? So we see that um various expressions of worship, biblical expressions of worship, singing, shouting, shouting joyfully, thanksgiving, coming before his um presence with singing, worshiing, kneeling down, bowing down, very valid biblical expressions. But all these expressions start with the heart posture, right? The expression of the heart finds expression physically. Right? If we are doing all the external things, singing, shouting, shouting joyfully or whatever in a good mood, but the ex posture on the inside is totally different, then it's a meaningful a meaningless exercise, right? Okay. Because if you go on Psalm 98 says you play with instruments, um play shout joyfully again. It says psalm 149 it says let them praise his name with the dance right so again an expression of extreme joy a celebration right let them sing to him with the timberl and heart so it's over and over again many such expressions of praise many such expressions of worship right um so everything finds uh or everything comes together and becomes comes meaningful when it starts with the revelation of who God is. When it starts with the understanding of who God is, right? And so more so when we actually consider the words of the Lord Jesus in defining worship, the father is seeking the worshipper, the person, right? Uh who worships in spirit and in truth, right? So that's the that sums up everything, right? Whatever is mentioned in the Psalms, it it is actually concluded or summed up in the words of the Lord Jesus. Right? Okay. Um now let's let's look at u the New Testament. Right? Worship in the New Testament. Now, uh there's so many references to worship in the Old Testament, like what we saw just now in uh physical external expressions of sacrifice, ritualistic expressions, what we see in the temple and what we see in the tabernacle, tabernacle and the temple, right? But uh when it comes to the New Testament, how is it, right? It becomes suddenly it becomes very quiet, right? Or so we think right in the New Testament also people went to the temple right we read about it right uh right from the times of in the gospels okay let's go to uh let's say gospel of Luke okay um Gospel of Luke Luke um 2 chapter okay verse 21. And when 8 days were completed for the circumcision of the child, his name was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. Now when the days of a purification according to the law of Moses was completed, they brought him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord. Okay, they brought him to Jerusalem. Why is it significant to present him to the Lord? Why can't they do it in the house? Okay, so there there is a president there is a Jewish president. It is written, every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord or dedicated right and sanctifi or set apart for the Lord. And then he says, "And to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, a pair of turtle doves or two young pigeons." Right? So according to what was in the law we see suddenly you know when we look at the gospel it doesn't mean that they did not you know suddenly stop everything. No, when we come to the cross is when everything changed, right? The ritual sacrifices changed. But you see right here the Lord Jesus, he he was off or presented to the Lord. He was brought to Jerusalem and what was actually laid down in scripture as a ritualistic sacrifice that was also done. Right? Then we read about what happened again in the temple. Right? Um verse 25, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. And this man was uh just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel. And the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. So he came by the spirit into the temple. Right? And when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him according to the custom of the law, he took him up in his arms and blessed him and he starts to prophesy. Right? He says, "No, you're letting me ser. He will bring revelation to the Gentiles and glory to your people Israel." Right? And so we see this and then there's another lady, Anna, prophetess. Now, where is the setting? It's all in the temple, right? So, there was the temple, the people would come to the temple, they would gather and they would do these things. Um, and in the same chapter, we see several references to what happened in the temple. Right? Now, Anna the prophetess was there and she also saw Jesus and she also knew that this was the Messiah and she um spoke. It says here she gave thanks to the Lord. Verse 38, Luke 2:38. Coming in that instant, she gave thanks to the Lord and spoke of him to all those who looked for redemption in Jerusalem. Right? So this happened in the temple. She had this encounter with Jesus right there in the temple. So we see the temple was pretty significant of those times, right? They would gather, they would um have their times of worship corporately over there. Then verse 41, it says, "His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover. And when he was 12 years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast. When they had finished the days, as they returned, the boy Jesus lingered behind in Jerusalem. And Joseph and his mother did not know it, right? And uh probably there was a big crowd. They went with some friends, relatives. They did not know it. They know that Jesus was not with them. And uh supposing him to have been in the company, they went a day journey. Okay. One they traveled for 24 days, 24 hours. And then they realized, hey, where is your son? He's not here. Right? And he was 12 years old and so which means he was pretty independent moving here and there. So they go back and they see Jesus in the temple talking to the teachers. Right? Verse 46. Now it was that after 3 days they found him in the temple sitting in the midst of the teachers both listening to them and asking them questions and all who heard him were astonished at the his understanding and answers. They were actually, you know, listening to the living word, right? The eternal word, Jesus. And they were astonished. They were amazed. It says here and um and this happened in the temple. So just saying that the temple um a place of great significance, a place of worship for the Jews. Um then uh we see that right in the New Testament. We see right right in the Gospels, right? Um but we also see that um they would meet in the synagogues. Um synagogues um was were also uh places of um well worship in the sense what happened in the synagogue right in the synagogue the focus was what do you say for synagogue in Hindi is there a they met in the synagogue. Huh? Is there a separate term? No, I just see there. Just go to uh Luke chapter 4 and verse 15. What does it say? Ardana. What? What? Ardana lelay. >> Okay. Okay. Arnada. Okay. Okay. I think thank you. Shoubam. So yeah, so that's the name which is given. So obviously it's a place of worship, right? That's how it's translated into Hindi. But uh typically what would happen there is um what we see in Luke 4, right? So it says here Jesus returned in the power of the spirit to Galilee. Okay? We I'm reading Luke 4 and verse 14. Right? Jesus returned in the power of the spirit to Galilee and news of him went out through all the surrounding regions and he taught in their synagogues being glorified by all. So he taught so there was teaching of scripture that was happening. Okay. Then we see when they came to Nazareth uh when he had been brought up as his custom was he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read. So there was a reading of scripture which was in the scrolls. Right? So it says here that he was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah and when he opened the book he found the place where it was written and Isaiah 61 right he just reads the spirit of the lord is upon me and so on. So um so this was of course not the book as we have it but it was a scroll right so it was opened out and it was read out and it was also some scrolls were side to side and these were big things no so they would preserve it it was written by hand and it was kept there and u we we see this happening right so they would meet in the temple but they would also meet in the synagogues on the Sabbath day uh wherever they were because temple was only in Jerusalem, right? And they would gather in the temple for on special days and also daily those who were in Jerusalem and for the feasts people would travel and go to the temple, right? And for all these rituals of circumcision and so on, they would go. [snorts] But we see that people gathering every Sabbath in the synagogues where there was uh you know word of God being taught the Old Testament the law and the prophets being taught being read out being discussed even right so this this happens there um and when we move to the book of acts okay from the gospels we go go to the book of acts okay we see that um they continued now in the book of acts we see that the Lord is ascended, right? Uh right in um in the beginning of the chapter that is uh Acts chapter 1, we see the Lord ascends to heaven and then the the the disciples are meeting together. It says they were continued in prayer and supplication. That is what verse 14 says, right? Chapter 1:14. These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication with the women and Mary the mother of uh Jesus and with his brothers. So this was happening and then we see the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 2. Okay. Now after that we see that they continued to meet right uh they continued to meet for prayer and it also mentions their where and how they met you know acts chapter 2 is where they've experienced the outpouring of the holy spirit right they're all praying in tongues uh Peter explains what what is happening to the people who have gathered people also accept the lord right it says that around 3,000 came to the saving knowledge of Christ on that Okay, [snorts] when we read uh when you go down to verse 44 uh 45 onwards, it says, "Now all who believed were together because people had come from the neighboring places to Jerusalem. That is why they had things in common." Verse 46. So continuing daily with one accord in the temple and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart. So they met in the temple and they would also meet house to house. So what did they do from house to house? They would, you know, they ate, they break bread and they continued in one accord. It says here, right? If you look at chapter 3, you see that they still go there to the temple, right? They they born they're born again, filled with the spirit. When they're going to the temple, it says here that because in the temple there was the the hourly or specific times for prayer. Peter and John go up, right? They went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. And that is when this whole miracle happens to this person who was born uh lame who could not walk and uh that miracle happens, right? So they continue to meet in the temple. They continued to meet in the houses. Um, and what would they do? They would also, [snorts] uh, it says that they followed the apostles doctrine, right? So, there was a lot of teaching that was happening there. Um, they received the teaching. Verse 42, if you see chapter 2:42, they continued steadfastly in the apostles doctrine and fellowship in the breaking of bread and in prayers. So teaching, prayer, communion, right? All that was happening and this was in the homes, right? Temple, they would go for prayer, but this is something that would happen in the homes. So we see temple, we see synagogues and we also see houses, houses opening up for prayer, for teaching and for uh communion. Right? So this is something that we see in the New Testament through the gospels and we see in the book of acts also. Now what happened in um acts chapter 7 acts chapter 7 there is the martyring of Stephen. Stephen is killed for his faith. Then acts 8 onwards we see there is great persecution right persecution. So people in Jerusalem, the disciples in Jerusalem um apart from the apostles, they are persecuted. They are arrested for their faith. Um and so they run away, right? We see um Philillip going to Samaria. We see others who are going to different places, right? Wherever they went, they shared the gospel. And wherever they shared the gospel, people were born again. And wherever people were born again, they gathered for again same prayer, teaching, fellowship, communion, right? So they were already meeting in the homes in Jerusalem. And wherever people got saved, they would meet in homes for prayer, worship, and you know, they started um they started gathering together. And it was not on the day of Sabbath, but it was on the first day of the Lord as we see, right? Um So we see that happening in the book of acts. We see that wherever the gospel was preached especially if you see um they go to Antioch right? Acts chapter 11. Okay. Acts 11 verse 19. Okay. Acts 11 19. Now those who were scattered after the p persecution that arose over Stephen. So he's referring to chapter 7, right? What happened there? Traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch preaching the word to no one but the Jews only. Okay, but some of them were men from Cyprus. And he talks about this. So they were going to all these places like including Antioch which became a very powerful church missionary church missionary missional church where uh Paul and Silas were sent out as the first missionaries from there. So we see that all these places they were gathering they were worshiping they were studying the word of God they were fellowshipping they were teaching one another. Okay. So what was um you see the again the progression in the New Testament temple synagogue houses and as the people as the gospel was spread they started meeting in the houses. Okay. So that is what we see here. Then um yeah so Acts chapter 13 right? So um when we see the other episodes like uh when we read through Corinth Corinthians and even as we read through book of acts we see that Paul would you know he would he would met in a house and he would teach right um they would meet in a place in fact it says that there there's some place called school of tyrannis where was it Corinth or Ephesians Okay. um where they met daily and they would [clears throat] Okay. School of Tennerus. Yeah. Um so we see so uh see Paul continues to go to synagogues right he continues to go to synagogues and preach the go preaches the gospel um he reasons in the gospel where wherever they you know wherever it was whenever it was Sabbath he goes to uh synagogues and he he preaches the gospel there but also we see that um okay so I'll I'll just find that out school of it's called typically it's called the school of now we don't know what they taught there okay but um yeah Acts 19 okay Acts chapter 19 8-10 so this is Ephesus okay so Acts 19:E8 in Ephesus we see that he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months reasoning and persuading concerning ing the things of the kingdom of God. Right? Verse 9. But the when some were hardened and did not believe and spoke evil of the way before the multitude, he departed from them and withdrew the disciples reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. Is it mentioned there? >> Yeah. School of Terrannis. So, so in Ephesus synagogue is where it started. People were getting born again. They were meeting there. But once they uh rejected he moved out and met in this again a common place. It's not a house but it's a common place called the school of terrannis. Now we just need to find out what um you know it was probably some place where they you know it says that it could have been a lecture hall right for that city where they meet and then they were it was a maybe not a religious place but was more like a secular place where you have a hall and you see that people were sharing some information or addressing a crowd some place like that right but we see that uh that reference there which means that Paul used that as well, right? So it would be I would say maybe the first place where it was rented or people said okay you use this hall. So it was a common place where they met and it's something something similar to what we would do today right a common place which is rented or maybe somebody says okay you use this place they met and it was for the purpose of studying the word it was for the purpose of prayer it was for the purpose of worshiping God okay so so we see that progression right through the New Testament okay so we'll see we'll stop here and then we'll continue next class Right. Okay. [laughter] >> Can uh can the notes be posted on Google Classroom? >> Um I'm sorry. Tell me again, please. >> The PDF has not been posted. Can you post it on uh Google? >> Yeah. Yeah, sure. Sure. I'll do that. I'll do that right away. >> Thank you, sir. Most welcome.