I Know What You Worship 01.18.08

"Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he." (John 4:21-26)

The word worship means love and devotion given to deity (God), an idol, or a sacred object. There are so many different religions and churches that it is no wonder people want to stay as far away as possible from them. The truth is that anyone can set up a church or follow a paticular religion, but many will get caught up in the world and instead of worshipping the Father, they worship false gods, the gods of money, fame, possessions, and lust.

I grew up in a Catholic church and even though I never understood everything that was said I tried to follow their teachings. I grew away from the church as a result of disbelief as I felt nothing I ever did was right in the sight of the Lord nor would I be able to receive His forgiveness if I did not give all my money to the church. Now, I know I am not sinless and I learned that in order to recieve blessings from God I needed to be willing to give than to receive, but am I that evil that God could never forgive me and accept me a child who wants to live for Him. Well, years passed and God spoke to me about going back to church, this time I chose a non-demoninational church. In the beginning it was a small family oriented church and it was great, but it began growing and eventually a new church was built to hold the people. Once the church grew other priorities took place and instead of a church we had a stadium.

Now I am not knocking other religions or churches, but I am going to say that no matter what church or religion we follow unless we know the truth we are wasting our time. The truth is that Jesus came to this earth to teach us how God wanted us to be, He became the pure lamb of sacrifice, shed His blood and died for our sins, then He arose three days later to give us eternal life. No religion, church, or person can change that and certainly no amount of fame or money can buy it's way to eternal life.

All those who are true children of God know this and will not worship these material things. Even King Solomon acknowleged to the world that without God all is vanity thousands of years before Jesus preached this. Jesus tells us that God is a Spirit and to worship Him we are to worship Him in Spirit and in Truth. This means that by accepting Jesus His Holy Spirit dwells in you and shows you the truth. Therefore, we are to worship Him and only Him in spirit (inner being) and in truth that we believe in the Messiah, Jesus Christ.

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