Worship and Sacrifice

Worship and Sacrifice

From First Free Church by First Free Church, Manchester, MO

March 1, 2026 · 34 min

About this episode

Pastor Adam Bowers discusses the restoration of the temple by King Hezekiah and the significance of worship and sacrifice in Christianity.

Pastor Adam Bowers In this message from 2 Chronicles 29:18 to 30, Pastor Adam Bowers takes a deep dive into how King Hezekiah restored the temple after his father Ahaz allowed it to fall into ruin. This powerful Bible teaching explores three key expressions of biblical worship that still apply to Christians today: tools of worship, sacrificial worship, and musical worship. After years of neglect, Hezekiah reopened the temple, called the priests and Levites to purify it, and restored the instruments, furniture, and sacred items that had been discarded. Their care for the tools of worship showed their reverence for God. What does that mean for the church today? From musical instruments and technology to communion elements and Bibles, how we care for what we use in worship reflects how we honor God. The people also offered sacrifices, not leftovers but the best of what they had. While we no longer bring animal sacrifices, Romans 12 and Romans 15 remind us that we worship through sacrificial giving, serving, investing in others, and offering our whole lives to God. Finally, worship in Jerusalem was filled with music. Cymbals, harps, lyres, trumpets, and voices joined together as the…

People in this episode

Host: Pastor Adam Bowers

Topics covered

  • worship
  • sacrifice
  • biblical teaching
  • King Hezekiah
  • temple restoration
  • Christianity
  • music in worship

Keywords

  • worship
  • sacrifice
  • Hezekiah
  • temple
  • Christianity
  • musical worship
  • biblical worship

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: 2 Chronicles 29, Romans 12, Romans 15, Psalms of David, Psalms of Asaph

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