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[ Created: 2025-01-12 07:38:49  Updated: 2025-01-12 08:20:01 Owner: rl ]
Title: True, acceptable, meaningful, powerful worship    
  
  
  
  

    

  
  
  
  


Jesus says unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when you shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
Neither the Jews nor the Samaritans have it right.     

We worship the Holy Spirit of Christ Jesus.     

Location of worship is irrelevant.     The Holy Spirit is everywhere and He makes His abode in those who receive Him in Jesus` name..

You worship you know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
The Messiah is Saviour and He is born of the Jews.

But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeks such to worship him.
A true worshipper is one who offers acceptable worship to the one being worshipped.     

How is our Heavenly Father gratified?     
   ➛ the Spirit is the Holy Spirit
   ➛ The Holy Spirit is our Heavenly Father
   ➛ The Holy Spirit is the Spirit Of Christ Jesus
   ➛ the Word is Truth
   ➛ Jesus is the Truth

For us to please the Lord Jesus Christ we fellowship with Him in His Holy Spirit in meditation upon His Word.

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Jesus is Spirit Soul And Body just like we are .     
   ➛ We are created in the image of God, so
   ➛ God is Spirit Soul And Body.     

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.     

Any Worship that does not honour the Truth does not acknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ.     Such worship is futile.

The woman says unto him, I know that Messiah comes, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
She knew enough to recognize that Jesus demonstrated the traits of the promised Messiah.

Jesus says unto her, I that speak unto you am he.

In order to worship the Lord in a true, acceptable, meaningful, and powerful way which is Spirit and Truth we must understand what Truth is, what Spirit is and the reason they are coupled together.   

Refer to Spirit And Truth for more detail, but for the purpose of this article let me just say that the Spirit is the Spirit Of God and Truth is the Word Of God which issues from the Soul Of God.   Jesus is the Body Of God in which the Spirit Of God and the Soul Of God are manifested in the physical world.   

So, for us to visualize an object of worship the eternal Spirit And Truth which is One God made Himself a Body and called Himself Jesus.   Hence the object of our worship is the incarnation of the Spirit And Word whose name is Jesus.   

Any worship that is not anchored in Jesus, the express image of Spirit And Truth, is misguided at best and evidence of polytheism at worst.   

There is a long history of trinitarianism in which worship was of some person who is not Jesus but the 'Father of Jesus'.   All such worship has been off target because this person does not exist apart from Jesus.   The Holy Spirit is the Father of Jesus and Jesus is the express image of His Father - so Jesus is His own Father .   

If you are struggling with what has been presented above, just refer to the links for more clarification.   

Assuming you have grasped the fact that Jesus is the incarnation of the Spirit And Truth we can focus on which it really means to worship Jesus.   
   ➛ believe on Him (exactly what is stated above)
   ➛ hear Him (listen to what He said)
   ➛ receive Him (accept His Words as Truth)
   ➛ be filled with His Spirit ( Holy SpiritBaptism)
   ➛ submit your mind to the Mind Of Christ
   ➛ obey Him (allow His Holy Spirit to work in and through you)

Such is true worship in Spirit And Truth.   It is not a form of godliness.   It is not a religious service.   It is not even a spiritual worship service.   It is manifesting as a Son Of The Holy Spirit - a Son Of God.   

Thanksgiving and praise become normal to one who has entered into the state of Worship In Spirit And Truth.   Such a person
   ➛ does not need to be in a congregation
   ➛ does not need for there to be music
   ➛ does not need for there to be great singers
   ➛ does not need for there to be lights and smoke
   ➛ does not need for there to be gowns and collars and hats.   
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Jesus said tarry in Jerusalem until you be endued with power from on high.     The power that was received was the Holy Spirit, the Lord Himself.     

The Holy Spirit, who is the Lord, is the power of our faith.     To deny the power of the Lord is to deny the Holy Spirit in us who is Christ in us, our only hope.     

This is not to say that any of the things mentioned above are bad.   
It is to emphasize that worship is a state of existence rather than a moment in time.   

Put worship in you and then you can put of your worship, or better said, allow worship to flow out of you.   

It Isn’t God’s Fault by Barry Bennett The level of unbelief in the church is astounding.   Doctrines have been created to explain a lack of power, and other doctrines have been created to explain a lack of results.   

Some will say that the power of God has “passed away”.   The gospel has become an excuse filled ideology of fatalism in which God gets most of the blame for our troubles.   

What do you truly believe?   
Truly, truly, I say unto you, He that believes on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
In order to do the works that Jesus did one must Believe On Jesus.     To Believe On Jesus is to believe exactly and only what Jesus just told His disciples in .     

This is one of the most ignored things that Jesus said.     Why?     Due to the doctrine of the trinity believers have relegated Jesus to just being Saviour.     So, they believe on Jesus for salvation but defer to 'God' as the real deity.     

Disciples follow their master in His footsteps learning from Him and imitating Him.     

Jesus is telling us that we are to spread the Gospel, heal the sick, set captives free and make disciples of all men.     Doing so is doing Good Works, Mighty Works.     

We can only do this by the power of the Holy Spirit Of Christ Jesus operating in a vessel with the Mind Of Christ Jesus.     

What did Jesus mean by 'I go unto my Father'?     Jesus returned to the Spirit Realm ( Heaven) when He ascended where the Holy Spirit Father is most readily experienced.     It is the seat from where The Majesty emanates throughout the universe.

Jesus said unto him, If you can believe, all things are possible to him that believes.
In this statement Jesus lays out the revolutionary Law Of Faith revealing how He has enabled us to access all Spiritual Blessings He has provided for us in Heavenly Places.     

How does He enable us?     By His Holy Spirit.     
The Holy Spirit gives us supernatural faith that enables us to believe, and so to receive.

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed.
Jesus` perfect finished work has made us the righteousness of His Holy Spirit.     His broken and beaten body has healed us.

For truly I say unto you, That whoever shall say unto this mountain, Be you removed, and be you cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he says shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he says.
Faith is what Jesus will be looking for when He returns.     Faith pleases Him because He operates in it and wants us to as well.     It is divine faith - the Faith Of Christ Jesus.     It is how His power is released and how His will is accomplished.

Submit yourselves therefore to the Lord.     Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
These commands ensure victory.     

The Lord wants only your best interest served, so work with Him.     

Satan, on the other hand, is the enemy and must be resisted whenever and wherever he appears.     

We submit from our will just as we rebel from our will.     The rebellious attitude leads to destruction while the submissive attitude leads to eternal, abundant life in the Holy Spirit.     

By the way, you don`t have to submit to someone who has Extreme Sovereignty.

This is just a brief sampling of the true power of the gospel.   

We could speak of the gift of righteousness, the power of the Holy Spirit, the gifts of the Spirit, the armor of God, the better covenant established on better promises, and so much more.   

If the “gospel” you are hearing denies these truths or explains them away, then you are believing a lie.   

God has graced us with every blessing and has given us the authority to preach this gospel with power.   While we have been taught to wait passively on Him, He is waiting on us!   

The power is in the church.   

God isn’t going to swoop down and make your problems go away.   He has given you His Name, His Spirit, His blood, His better covenant, His promises, His gifts, His righteousness, His authority, His faith, His joy, His peace, His power, and the keys to His kingdom!   

You are equipped to “reign in life”.    The gospel is the power of God if you are believing the true gospel.