Worship means to value something so highly that your affections are drawn to it, your focus is drawn to it and your time is spent with it.
To value something highly is to elevate it`s worth above other things of value.
Humans have an innate drive to worship something.
We were created to worship God. When we value God we rise to our potential.
When we worship things other than God we sink below our privilege.
Some of the things we worship other than God :
The first commandment was that we should have no other gods before the true and living God. This is not because God needs our worship. It is because we need to worship God. Worship opens up relationship with Him through which Grace flows.
In order to begin to understand God`s worth it is necessary to meditate on the available information regarding Him.
The Word Of The Lord is Spirit and life Joh 6:63.
Those who never find it never know the Lord who is life Rom 1:16.
Those who ignore it walk in darkness Psm 119:105.
How does it do that? By placing requirements on you that you will inevitably fail to keep Isa 53:6. Once you fail to keep one aspect of the Law you are guilty of breaking all the Law Jam 2:10. The penalty for breaking the Law is death Rom 5:12.
Jesus has redeemed us from this burdensome existence. We are now free from condemnation because of the power of the blood of Jesus to cover any and all sin Rom 8:1.
Rather than continuing in sin (though it is forgiven) we have the opportunity and the expectation to walk in newness of life Rom 6:4.
When we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and confess Him as our risen Saviour we are born of the Word and the Holy Spirit as New Spirit beings.
Accordingly, we are now Sons Of The Holy Spirit, even in these mortal bodies. What glory we will experience in the translation at His appearing!
The `appearing` of Christ has a two-fold meaning. ➛ Jesus will return with every eye seeing Him and with us being translated from corruptible to incorruptible. We will be gloriously changed into perfection ➛ The spiritual revelation of our identity in Christ is also an appearing of Christ in our psyche.
When we begin to see ourselves as New Spirit beings empowered by the Holy Spirit we become like Christ Jesus. The Mind Of Christ becomes our mind with the associated manifestation of His power and His authority. - Phi 2:5 Phi 3:15
With respect to trinitarianism, is this verse saying that we will be three persons in one as we will be like Him? Of course not. We are already like Him in form - Spirit Soul And Body - and we shall be like Him in quality when the corruptible puts on incorruption at His appearing and our translation 1Co 15:52,53 .
The Kingdom Of God is the Kingdom Of Heaven. It is about relationship with the Holy Spirit Father of Christ Jesus, by which we manifest His righteousness, peace, joy and love.
The Kingdom Of God is, first of all, in our minds and hearts. From there it transforms our thoughts, our words, our actions, our very lives. Gal 5:25
This verse reveals to us that God is first and foremost Spirit ➛ He is the Holy Spirit. ➛ The Holy Spirit is the Father of Christ Jesus. ➛ Jesus and the Father are one. ➛ Jesus is the express image of His Holy Spirit ➛ Jesus is God.
Any Worship that does not acknowledge the Holy Spirit does not acknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ. Such worship is futile.
The Word Of The Lord is Truth. Joh 17:17
Any Worship that does not honour the Truth does not acknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ. Such worship is futile.
Such people have no recourse but to worship the physical creation because they have denied the Lord of life.
Since they do not believe that there is a Creator who upholds all things by the Word of His power, they feel that they must manage the earth.
Examples of their foolish usurpation of the Creator`s role in the universe is that they try to ➛ Social Engineer, ➛ manage Climate Change and ➛ handle Population Control.
Because of the Beast`s control of the world financial system he will effectively have the attention of all people, demanding and receiving obedience to all his edicts, and enlisting and gaining their trust. In other words, they worship him.
Jesus is the righteous judge who will judge the living (believers) and the dead (unbelievers) 1Pe 4:5.
A graven image is often worshipped instead of God. That image may be graven in our minds based on not being filled with His Spirit (the Spirit Of Truth) and/or not knowing the Truth - the Word of God.
Our excitement about the true and living God must come from knowing Him personally - not from emotional, sensual stimulation.