The NIV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2012–2013, ed.

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June 16
Lesson 3

WORSHIP WITH MEANING


 DEVOTIONAL READING: Luke 8:9–15
BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 29

KEY VERSE
The Lord says: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught.”—Isaiah 29:13

 LESSON OUTLINE

 Introduction
      A.      “If I Only Had a Heart”
      B.      Lesson Background
          I.      People’s Apathy (ISAIAH 29:9–12)
      A.      Staggered Walk (v. 9)
      B.      Spiritual Sleep (v. 10)
      C.      Sealed Vision (vv. 11, 12)
      Unopened Gifts
          II.      God’s Awareness (ISAIAH 29:13–16)
      A.      Disgusting Worship (v. 13)
      Potemkin Villages
      B.      Divine Action (v. 14)
      C.      Defiant Thinking (vv. 15, 16)
Conclusion
      A.      “Wondering” About Worship
      B.      A Word About the Word
      C.      Prayer
      D.      Thought to Remember

The NIV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2012–2013, ed. Ronald L. Nickelson and Jonathan Underwood (Cincinnati, OH: Standard, 2012). 361.
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