A CT
RT &
OF
WORSHIP
The ‘art’ of a thing is the ‘skill of doing or
being able to do’ the thing in question.
It is usually acquired through regular
practice in the particular field. The
‘art’ of worship can thus be defined
as ‘the skill of worshipping; carrying
out worship on an individual and/or
corporate level.
To ‘act’ is to perform or imitate a thing -
acting is usually an illustration of a real
situation; the act is therefore not the
real thing but an attempt to portray
what is there. The ‘act’ of worship
to a very large extent has to do with
outward expressions and the related
activity of what worship ‘looks like’ as
against what we will soon define as
real ‘worship.
Since the subject matter is ‘worship’ it
would be useful to attempt a definition
of the term ‘worship’ so we can put
everything in proper context.
The word ‘worship’ appears about
108 times in the entire bible. In the
Old Testament most of the references
to ‘worship’ are defined as ‘shaw-
khaw’ a Hebrew word which means to
prostrate; pay homage, bow or stoop