3.
Whosoever worships God must
worship Him in spirit and truth
The first and most important thing one has to bear in mind when it comes to the worship of the One and only true God is that of worshiping Him in spirit and in truth for the scripture states quite emphatically, “You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth" (John 4:22-24).
One must also bear in mind the fact that,
the adversary Satan the devil seeks to be worshiped just as God is worshiped
and so we have been duly instructed saying; “For even if there are so-called
gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords),
yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for
Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom
we live” (1Cointhians 8:5-6).
Unfortunately, not everyone has this
knowledge and not everyone believes and understands that, “all should honor the
Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor
the Father who sent Him.” And furthermore, Jesus Christ is the spokesman the
Word of God by whom all things were created and this is what He said; “And the
Father Himself, who sent Me, has testified of Me: You have neither heard His
voice at any time, nor seen His form” (John 5:23; 37).
And therefore, there is absolutely no
justification in trying to worship Jesus Christ in any way that is contrary or
different to that of the Father and since one must worship the Father in spirit
and in truth, this obligation is also applicable to Jesus Christ and so I beg
to ask the question, what is the spirit and truth in celebrating and worshiping
Jesus Christ on Christmas day?
To worship in spirit denotes that the
purpose, the rationale, the objective, the intent for worshiping on that day or
for that occasion must be genuine, sincere and coming from the heart, but one
should also be mindful of the fact that, one can be very sincere but be
sincerely wrong: And so, one is required not only to worship God in spirit but
also in truth.
And so what does it means to worship God
in truth? To worship God in truth is to worship Him according to His word as
illustrated by the Psalmist David and Jesus Christ who respectively stated;
“The entirety of Your word is truth, and every one of Your righteous judgments
endures forever.” And, “Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth”
(Psalms 119:160; John 17:17).
Now there is absolutely no proof or
veracity that Jesus Christ has anything to do with the festival of Christmas,
and the worse indictment that has been indicted against believers is that of
worshiping God according to the customs and traditions of men.
For thus says the Lord; “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites,
as it is written: ' This people honor Me with their lips, but their heart is
far from Me. And
in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.' For laying aside the commandment of God, you
hold the tradition of men ... the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other
such things you do." He said
to them, "All too well you reject the commandment
of God, that you may keep your tradition” (Mark 7:6-9).
The festival of Christmas regardless of how it is
depicted such as, the season of giving and sharing, the season of joy and
gladness and the call to bring Jesus back in Christmas has absolutely nothing
to do with the birth of Jesus Christ and true sincere believers should abstain
from everything associated with this festival because it is totally vain,
useless and idolatrous.
To be continued
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With brotherly love
Lucius Joseph
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