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Worship In Spirit and Truth

John 4:23-24 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. [24] God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. (KJV) The conscience of the woman at the well had been pricked by Jesus’ disclosing her sin. He touched upon matters of great importance, and her corrupted heart tried to jump back as though He had stabbed her. Her carnal mind tried to make excuses, like most people. Instead of confessing her sin, she brought up outward religion (where the right place for worship was), trying to change the subject.

John 4:20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. (KJV) The carnal heart dreads any contact with spiritual truth, and will always find a way to avoid it . . . many times by asking "religious" questions about holy places, holy times and holy customs. But, our Lord told her that her question was not really important! Jesus told her that the time was coming and was already here when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, meaning that external religion must stop, rituals and ceremonies would be put away, and a pure, simple, more spiritual worship would take its place. The "religion" of which our Lord was speaking would have to involve a great change. Before, little difference could be seen. Everyone that passed through the same formal, outward form of worship, seemed to be true worshippers. My friend, many (then and now) put on a show, a false front that is regarded as true worship. What Jesus was saying was that those participating in any outward form of worship were false worshippers, and only those who pressed on into spiritual worship were true worshippers. Can people around you tell the difference? NO! But, my friend, our Lord can!

Malachi 3:2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' sope: (KJV) He can discern between true and false worshippers, and He will never be wrong!

These worshippers can stand side by side, both with heads bowed, both possibly repeating the same words, but Jesus knows the difference. There are false worshippers (hypocrites), and there are true worshippers, and only God alone knows the hearts of them both.

There are some very serious points to consider, that draws the line between worship that is accepted by God and worship that is shunned by God. Our Father in Heaven does NOT want a dead, formal, ritualistic worship under the guidance of the wicked one. Our Lord, Jesus clearly tells us we are to worship God in spirit and in truth.

  • We no longer are to worship with the outward, visible sacrifice of a bull, lamb or a dove, BUT, inwardly trusting in Him who IS the Lamb of God.

  • We no longer are to worship with the sprinkled blood of goats, BUT whole-heartedly relying on the precious Blood of Jesus shed for the sins of the whole world.

  • We are no longer to worship going through a priest, BUT go directly to our Father in Heaven, made possible by Jesus, our Priest! Our Saviour, Jesus the Christ (Messiah), is the only Priest we will ever need (Heb. 2:17; 4:14-15; 7:26).

There is NO priest (or pope) higher than Jesus. NO acts of outward bodily worship such as a repetition of sitting, standing, kneeling, bowing, sign of the cross, etc., are of ANY value in God’s eyes. Religious rituals will profit you NOTHING! Jesus says that we must worship him must worship in spirit and in truth, meaning totally spiritually; worship that comes entirely from the heart and soul. It must be true, inward feelings NOT mere, unfeeling, outward signs! We must truly love Him with our entire being (Mark 12:30). We must worship Him and adore Him. Unless our heart and soul really loves Him and adores Him, and sincerely and humbly bows before Him, our worship will be just as unacceptable as if it were the outward, formal, ritualistic worship of false worshippers.

True worship is of the "inner man" and is inward, of the heart, soul and spirit of the true believer, a true child of God. False worship is outward, of the body’s hand, foot and mouth. This worship is practiced by millions of "professors" of Christianity. They profess to be Christian, but do not possess Christ in their heart and life.

True worship is signified by an inward passion, earnestness, and eagerness to praise and honor Almighty God through His Son, Jesus.

It is a worship of a child towards his/her Father in Heaven.

It is worship brought about in us by the Holy Spirit. This kind of worship goes against the grain of the carnal man/woman.

As I stated above, the carnal heart dreads any contact with spiritual truth, and will always find a way to avoid it. Someone who doesn’t know Jesus, and doesn’t appreciate what He has done for us, someone who loves this present world more that Him, CANNOT possibly worship in spirit and in truth.

Many people have religious habits they fall into:

They go to a certain place to worship.

They repeat prayers over and over.

They repeat some "sacred" form every morning and night.

They may even read the Bible each day.

They practice the outward form of worship noted above; rituals, ceremonies, prayer, sit, stand, kneel, bow, etc. etc.

But, NOT once in their entire life have they ever experienced the spiritual worship Jesus spoke of to the woman at the well. This is well expressed in the following:

Luke 18:11-14 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. [12] I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. [13] And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. [14] I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. (KJV) There are millions of Pharisees in the world today! Millions who practice outward worship as did the Pharisee in Jesus’ parable. God the Father utterly despises this type of worship. But when one like the publican (sinner), comes before God with sincere and heartfelt sorrow for the sins in their life, and realizes the awesome privilege it is to come before His throne, they cannot help but feel as a worthless worm before the Presence of the Almighty Creator! The publican couldn’t even lift up his eyes to Heaven, but begged for mercy. This is inward worship! This will be accepted by God.

Matthew 23:12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. (KJV)

James 4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. (KJV)

"Father, I have sinned." This is the first and basic guide of spiritual worship. You must feel as the publican did. "Father, be merciful to me, a sinner."

Your spirit must feel it!

You must mean what you say.

And you must not go back to your old ways.

Your spirit must rest completely upon God’s appointed Sacrifice, Jesus.

You must believe in Him and trust Him completely.

You must praise Him for who He is and what He has done for you.

You must truly appreciate Him.

You must love Him as you love no other.

You must be grateful for what He has done for you on the cross.

You must reverence God’s way of salvation.

You must thank Him that your sins are gone, washed away by the precious Blood of Jesus (1 Pet.1:18-19).

You must treasure the fact and the privilege that you are the child of Almighty God. Your heart and soul must overflow with gratefulness.

This is true worship!

It doesn’t matter if you sing in a congregation or sing alone, or if you pray aloud or in silence, your heart and soul must feel sincere gratitude to God for pardon received and eternal life for it to be true worship. Since God is Spirit, those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth. We must worship an invisible God through His Son, Jesus the Christ, deep within our heart and soul, spiritually. And because our worship is spiritual, our worship will not end at our death, because absent from the body, present with the Lord (2 Cor. 5:8). We will continue to worship God spiritually for eternity for our soul is eternal. Our worship does NOT depend upon our body, nor outward signs of presumed reverence. Our outward man will fail us, and with age decline in strength, but our inner man (Eph.3:16) will be strengthened with might by his Spirit. It will grow stronger and stronger in love and devotion for God. If we depend on our outward body for worship, it will cease at our death. Eccles. 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. (KJV) Our body shall return to the dust of the Earth (Gen.2:7; 3:19), from which it came, but our soul (spirit) shall return unto God who gave it.

We must worship God inwardly with all our heart, mind and soul if we truly love Him (Mat.22:37). This kind of worship is readily accepted by Him. But an outward form of worship in buildings costing millions of dollars (Mat.8:20), with fancy robes, incense, rituals, sit, kneel, stand, bow, repeating prayers in vain repetition (Mat.6:7), kissing rings of bishops and popes, etc., this is NOT accepted by God. It seems that any worship except spiritual worship is what most people want.

God does NOT want worship of outward symbols such as statues (idols).

God does NOT want worship of rituals and ceremonies.

God does NOT want worship of cold, indifferent people who reverence superstition, which is evil.

All through history, people have fled from true spiritual worship of the invisible God, and flee to bow to something seen. Exodus 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: (KJV) Our good and mighty God desires to be worshipped in spirit and truth, NOT by outward symbols of ANY kind.

Even the alter of olden times is gone since the death of Christ on the cross. We need NO other sacrifice other than trusting in the Sacrifice of Jesus. The only sacrifice we should offer is the sacrifice of praise (Heb.13:15). Children of God are temples of the living God. See the verses below.

1 Cor. 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? (KJV)

1 Cor. 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? (KJV)

2 Cor. 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. (KJV)

1 Peter 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. (KJV)

What we do least, is what we should do most, that being to tremble before God. Tremble . . . means to be moved within, be afraid, stand in awe of His majesty and power, to be roused with fear by judgments He will make on the wicked.

Psalm 2:11-12 Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. [12] Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. (KJV) To "kiss the Son" means to surrender completely to Him; submitting to Him (cooperating voluntarily). Christ is not only God’s chosen King, He should be the rightful King of our hearts and lives. We should be anxious and ready for His coming, we should submit willingly and humbly to His leadership every day.

Psalm 99:1-A The Lord reigneth; let the people tremble: . . . (KJV)

Most people will not submit to this kind of worship.

They would much rather go to church or chapel several times a week, dressed in their finery, and repeat form prayers over and over, and bow before a crucifix.

They would much rather confess their sin to a man and do so many Hail Marys as a supposed penalty, than to repent of (turn away from) their sin.

They would much rather crawl on their knees to some sort of shrine and think they are religious.

NO outward false religion is accepted by God.

He wants the more difficult religion from His TRUE children! He wants spiritual religion! He wants to be worshipped in spirit and in truth! To worship God spiritually means you must part with your sins. Because God is holy and righteous means He wants the same from His children. To continue on in the same sin after your worship service simply means you are NOT a saved person. No outward worship; baptism, taking communion, going forward to join the church, can purify a person’s conscience. He/she will be the same pleasure-lover and worshipper of Mammon (worldly things, riches Mat.6:24), that he/she was before worship service.

To worship God spiritually means your heart has been touched by the Holy Spirit and you KNOW you are a sinner, and you want forgiveness desperately. You also feel an overwhelming love for God in your heart that you must confess as well. Worshipping God spiritually is not singing beautiful hymns, saying prayers, sitting in a luxurious sanctuary, and listening to a sermon. True worship begins in your heart, it is reverencing Him, realizing just who this awesome Being is and what He is capable of doing. It is your soul obeying Him, it is the work of the Holy Spirit within your soul. God will NEVER turn away from tears shed in true repentance. He dearly loves the precious faith (2 Pet.1:1) of His children (Heb.11:6). True spiritual worship can take place anywhere, any time! It does not have to be in a fancy building with stained glass windows.

Consider the following verses carefully.

Psalm 41:4 I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. (KJV)

Psalm 86:3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily. (KJV)

Joel 2:12-13 Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: [13] And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. (KJV)

Psalm 13:5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

Psalm 27:7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. (KJV)

Psalm 30:10 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me: Lord, be thou my helper. (KJV)

Psalm 51:1 A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. (KJV)

Psalm 109:26 Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy mercy: (KJV)

For God is Spirit, so those who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth.

The Father is looking for anyone who will worship Him this way.

True worship is NOT repeating rituals, ceremonies, sacraments and pre-scheduled prayers over and over. These physical things actually produce a veil hindering us from getting close to the Lord; keeping us from enjoying His awesome spiritual Presence.

When we worship in spirit and truth, we worship COMPLETELY from our heart and soul. We literally pour out our gratitude to God, our hearts are actually bowing in awe to this magnificent Being! We literally and clearly express our appreciation of who He is and what amazing love He has for His children, what He is capable of, what He has done for us in the past, and what He will continue to do for us in the future.

Psalm 16:11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. [KJV] Only in His Presence can we ever have fulness of joy! The joy referred to here is NOT pleasures and joys of this world, but of Heaven! Only at His right Hand will we ever have pleasures for ever more! And my friend, only our awesome God can show us the path of life! All those who love this temporary and fleeting world and trust it to satisfy their desires and longings are nothing but fools.

Matthew 6:19-21 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: [20] But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: [21] For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. (KJV)

Matthew 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? (KJV)

Many people today do not believe that our soul is eternal.

But, the Bible clearly teaches this Truth.

Eccles. 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. (KJV)

John 3:15-16 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. [16] For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (KJV)

John 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. (KJV)

1 John 5:10-12 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. [11] And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. [12] He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. (KJV)

We must believe what God states, and we must worship Him in spirit and truth or we will feel His wrath at the Judgment, and suffer in Hell for eternity.

• Everlasting punishment. Matthew 25:46

• Everlasting fire. Matthew 25:41

• A furnace of fire. Matthew 13:42, 50

• A lake of fire. Rev. 20:15

• Fire and brimstone. Rev. 14:10

• Unquenchable fire. Matthew 3:12

• Prepared for the devil. Matthew 25:41.

HELL is a real place! It absolutely does exist! See: Hell is real

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