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DRAW NEAR: TRUE WORSHIP IN SPIRIT
AND TRUTH
I. WORSHIP IN SPIRIT
John 4:21-24-“Jesus declared, "Believe me,
woman, a time is coming when you will worship the
Father neither on this mountain nor in
Jerusalem. You Samaritans worship
what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. Yet a
time is coming and hasnow come when the true worshipers will
worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they
are the kind of
worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers
must worship in spirit and in truth."
William Barclay, “True and genuine worship is not to
come to a certain place; it is not to go through a certain ritual or liturgy; it is not
even bringing certain gifts.
True worship is when the spirit, the immortal and invisible part of man,
speaks to and meets with God, who is immortal and
invisible.”
II. WORSHIP IN TRUTH
Genesis 22:5-“Abraham said to his young men,
‘Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go up there and
worship.”
Amos 5:23-24-“Away with your
hymns of praise! They are only noise to my
ears. I will not listen to your music, no matter
how
lovely it is. Instead, I want to see a mighty
flood of justice, a river of righteous living that will
never run dry.”
Isaiah 1:19 “If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the
land.”
III. WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH BRINGS GOD’S REVELATION
OF HIMSELF
John 14:22-24 “Judas, not Iscariot, asked Him, ‘Lord how is that you will
reveal Yourself-make Yourself real-to us and
not to the world?’ Jesus
answered, ‘If a person really loves Me, he will
keep my word (obey my teaching) and My father
will love him, and We will come to him and make
Our home (abode, special dwelling place) with him. Anyone who
does not (really) love Me does not observe and obey My teaching.’”
Both men went to the same church, on the
same Sunday morning.
Each found what he was looking for.