True Biblical Worship
To Worship in Spirit and Truth Is To Obey The Lord Jesus Christ.
Apostle James R Winfree Sr, Unraveling The Truth Of God's Living Word In His Love:
But the hour is coming, and is nowhere when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth.” (John 4:23, )
True Worship Is Obeying The Lord Jesus Christ.
True worship is Christ Jesus-centered. We were created to reign, and we are commanded to rule just like God ( Many are saying we were created to worship God, But I beg the deffer, We were created and born again to rule and to reign like God in Christ ) ( Gen 1:26 ) in the ways that He has outlined in Scripture ( Gen 1:28 ). Therefore, as we prepare our hearts for worship let’s remember that worship is about Jesus Christ, not us, Him making us God's sons and daughters and we become His brothers and sisters.
True worship is Christ-focused. Jesus Christ is the image of God, the creator, sustainer, and reconciler of creation, and the head of the church ( Colossians 1: 15-20 ). It pleased God to reveal Himself through the Son and to reconcile us to Himself through Jesus’ death. So with the disciples, we worship Jesus by doing His works and greater works ( John 20:28 ); Jesus is the focus of worship because He’s the focus of the Father’s work.
True worship is Spirit-empowered to have Kingdom dominion. The Bible makes it clear that we are born into this world as children of father Adam and mother Eve and he made us dead to God. However, by grace through faith ( Ephesians 2:1-10), we are made alive to God and dead to sin ( Romans 6:1-14 ). Only those who have been made alive by the power of the Holy Spirit can truly worship God in Jesus Christ; these are the true worshipers God seeks ( John 4:21-24 ).
True worship is New Testament base. God’s Word ( the Bible) is the basis of everything we do in worship ( Human Religion, welcome, singing, praying, preaching, etc .). Why? Because God works by His Word. He created by His Word ( Genesis 1 ); He sustains His creation by the Word of His power ( Hebrews 1:3 ); He came into this world as the Word ( John 1:1 ); He saves us by the power of His Word ( Romans 1:16 ). Preaching is the primary form of the Word in our worship because this is the model Jesus and His disciples left us ( Luke 4:43;) ( Romans 10:14-15 ) and because we are commanded to preach the Word until Christ returns ( 2 Timothy 4:1-2 ). Again, we were created and birth to rule, reign and have dominion just like our spiritual heavenly Father.
True worship engages both mind and heart. True worship requires that we engage God with our minds as we study His Word and seek to grow in the knowledge of Jesus Christ. At the same time, it requires that we engage God with our hearts as the fullness of the Holy Spirit in our lives overflows and causes us to praise God in complete delight. This means that our worship will be passionate and Spirit-filled because it is based on the truth of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is what it means to worship God in spirit and truth ( John 4:24 ).
True worship is being just like God, Matt 5:48. Though worship is about becoming like God our heavenly Father and not us, true worship will build up believers in both mind and heart “until we all attain the unity of the faith, and the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man” ( Ephesians 4:11-13 ). In other words, though worship is all about God, it will benefit us and cause us to grow in our love for Him and one another, for worship has both a vertical (Godward) and a horizontal (corporate Kingdom of kings and priests) In Christ Love, Oneness and biblical Unity.
True worship is more than Sunday Services. As Believers in Christ, we are not to neglect to gather together ( Hebrews 10:24-25 . However, true worship is an everyday lifestyle. We are to give our entire lives over to God as living and holy sacrifices ( Romans 12:1-2 ). That means we worship God in how we love, live, work and play every single day of our lives becoming more like God everyday in Jesus Christ. Amen Church.
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