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WORSHIPPING GOD IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH

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TOPIC: WORSHIPPING GOD IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH

TEXT: JOHN 4:20-24

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26th

Key verse: John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and truth.
Jesus had a dialogue with the woman of Samaria on worship. She pointed to a mountain in her place and said their fathers worshipped there, but that the Jews were saying worship could only take place in Jerusalem. The word worship in the sense she used refers to the total of all the activities that go on in a place of religious meeting. 
The Jews were contented with Samaritans on the right place of worship. Jesus showed that the Samaritans did not know what they were worshipping. Only those who were saved could understand the Person of worship. The Jews were taught the way of salvation by which they could worship God with understanding. God’s temple was in Jerusalem and the Jews resorted to Jerusalem during prescribed feasts for worship. 
As the discussion proceeded, Jesus introduced to her the dispensation of grace in which worship would take a different dimension. Under the dispensation of the grace of God, worship is not in a place but the heart of worshippers. Hence the emphasis is not on the place of worship but on the life of worshippers. 
In the dispensation of grace, worship refers to full obedience to the word of God exhibited by a soul that is born again, which manifests in a work of righteousness and holiness. Many worshippers claim that they worship the living God, but not all of them are true worshippers of God. Jesus reveals that true worship is in spirit and truth. To worship God in spirit requires that the worshipper be a citizen of the kingdom of God. To be a citizen of God’s kingdom one must be born again.

Thought of the day: Worship God in the beauty of Holiness

Song for the day: Adonai we worship You, Son of God You are so good

Bible reading for the day:
Jeremiah 17-19; 1 Timothy 6
#Horemow.

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