Bow the Knee An Introduction

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Bow the KneeAn Introduction

• Learning to Bow Our Heart before God
• Psalm 956

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Introduction

• A Messed Up Christianity
• Many Christians are comfortable living sinful
  lives
• Worship is so full of ourselves
• Whats Missing?

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The Wall

• People can fake worship of God
• Something is stopping people from true worship
• More than sin
• It is our pride of self
• It is a wall!
• The Spirit of God mustchange the heart.

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Bow the Knee Its Meaning

• To GENUFLECT is to 'bow the knee' to go down on
  one knee
• The word humble means to be subdued, be brought
  down, be low, be under, be brought into
  subjection. 
• To bow the knee means, having a soft, yielded,
  very flexible approachtowards God so that He
  neednot push or prod you to do Hiswill, His
  way! No matter if He ischastening you, or
  justinstructing you, you yieldand accept His
  work in your life!

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We all know how to bow the knee

• We bow for all the right reasons
• We just usually bow in the wrong direction!

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The LORD Jesus ChristPhilippians 29-11

• The steps of our Lord's humiliation
• His exaltation!
• Every knee WILL bow, and every tongue will
  confess
• Whether people will admit it or not, Jesus is
  Lord! He is the ONLY PERSON WORTHY of bowing and
  yielding to! And one day, all will admit it!

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Its Importance (1Peter 56)

• Bowing the knee allows the Lord to work,
  unhindered by YOUR will
• Bowing the knee allows the Lord to bless you
  unhindered by your efforts no pride!
• Bowing the knee allows the Lord to protect you.
• So humble yourself before God, and even in front
  of others!

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Its Enemies

• Self (Philippians 23-5)
• Love of Sin
• Misunderstandings

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Bowing the Knee Its Effect

• It kills spiritual pride!
• It will exalt Christ back to His Throne, and give
  back to Him all His authority over us and our
  lives.
• It will encourage both saint and sinner alike, to
  know that as Lord, Jesus has power to save
  anyone, and the power to sanctify anyone.
• It will break sinners under thewrath of God, and
  bring themto Christ the right way
  totallyempty and devoid of anyrighteousness!

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Conclusion

• Hymn When I Survey The Wondrous Cross
• We have looked at Its Meaning
• We have looked at Its Master
• We have looked at Its Importance
• We have looked at Its Enemies
• It all begins with the new birth, and it is
  maintained by yieldedness!