- Worship
God in spirit
Worshiping God in spirit is His
delight for thus says the Lord; “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: 23-24).
Now, to worship God in spirit
constitute the following:
a. “You shall have no other gods
before Me. " You shall not make for yourself a carved image --- any
likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath,
or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor
serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity
of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those
who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My
commandments” (Exodus 20: 3-6; Deuteronomy 5:7-10).
b. "Take careful heed to
yourselves, for you saw no form when the LORD spoke to you at Horeb out of the
midst of the fire, lest you act corruptly and make for yourselves a carved
image in the form of any figure: the likeness of male or female, the likeness
of any animal that is on the earth or the likeness of any winged bird that
flies in the air, the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground or the
likeness of any fish that is in the water beneath the earth. And take heed,
lest you lift your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon, and the
stars, all the host of heaven, you feel driven to worship them and serve them,
which the LORD your God has given to all the peoples under the whole heaven as
a heritage” (Deuteronomy 4:15-19).
- Worshiping
God in spirit refers also to the mindset, the rationale, the objective,
the purpose for presenting ourselves before Him, what is the occasion and
what are we focusing our minds on when we present ourselves before Him.
For thus says the Lord; “When you
come to appear before Me, Who has required this from your hand, to trample My
courts? Bring no more futile sacrifices; Incense (prayer) is an abomination to
Me. The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies --- I cannot
endure iniquity and the sacred meeting. Your New Moons and your appointed
feasts My soul hates; They are a trouble to Me, I am weary of bearing them. When
you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; Even though you make
many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood” (Isaiah
1:12-15).
Please note carefully that, the New
Moons, the Sabbaths and calling of assemblies which the Lord hates are not the
ones that He ordained and gave to Moses saying; “These are the feasts of the
LORD, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed times.” But
those which have been established through the customs and traditions of men.
These festivals are recorded in the
23rd. chapter of Leviticus and to anyone who believes that these
festivals are meant only for the Jews, this is what the scriptures say; “Rejoice,
O Gentiles, with His people!" And again: " Praise the LORD, all you
Gentiles! Laud Him, all you peoples!" (Romans 15:10-11).
According to the word of God; “One
law shall be for the native-born and for the stranger who dwells among you."
And, “there is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you to
judge another? (Exodus 12:49; Numbers 15:16; James 4:12).
To be continued
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With brotherly love
Lucius Joseph
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