February 7, 2010

Dancing in the Holy

Exodus 15-40

Introduction: Building a vocabulary for the holy.

The Holy: God Creates the Holy; Humanity Rejects the Holy; God Reclaims Humanity (Worship, Scripture, Experience); Humanity Responds (Worship, Scripture, Experience).

Reverence: The outward manifestation of the feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe.

Spontaneous: That which comes from a natural impulse.

Dance: Moving one’s feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, esp. to the accompaniment of music as an expression of reverence. The question we want to ask is, What inspired the dance?

Point 1: The Spontaneous Dance

(Not learned the steps to the dance)

Exodus 15:16-20

2 Samuel 6:12-15, 16, 20-23

Acts 2:1-2, 14-16

Point 2: What or Who Inspires Your Dance?

Exodus 32:1-2, 6, 18-21, 25

Exodus 35:20-22 ff

Exodus 20:2-17 The Ten Commandments