Title Let's Have a Good Worship!
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Bible Text: John 4:23-24 Title: Let's have good worship!
Today, the phrase “worship in spirit and truth” is mentioned again and again in the last two verses of the text.
We would like to reconsider the meaning of the word.
In verses 23-24, Jesus said, “Those who truly worship the Father
The hour is coming and now is the time to worship in spirit and truth.
The Father is looking for those who worship him like this.
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” You did.
Here, we believe that worship in spirit and truth is true worship.
First of all, you can know that this is the worship that God is looking for.
Then, what kind of worship is worship in spirit and truth?
Verse 24 says, “God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
Judging from what God said, worship in spirit and truth means meeting with God who is the Spirit,
In other words, it should be viewed as worship with spiritual encounters.
However, in order for us to have a spiritual encounter with God, we must have the work of the Holy Spirit.
This is because we humans cannot meet God who is spirit by ourselves.
That would be impossible without the work of the Holy Spirit who mediates between God and us.
Through the work of the Holy Spirit, we can come to know Jesus Christ and
It is only when we come to God with a profession of faith that the meeting between God and us can happen.
that becomes possible. “I am the way, the truth, and the life, except by me
No one comes to the Father” (John 14:6) said Jesus Himself.
Also, from the beginning God was with the Spirit, and the Word of God became flesh.
It is Jesus who has come among us (John 1:1, 14).
A spiritual encounter between God and us is possible because we have a spirit like God.
Not because he was born, but because he who was a spirit became flesh like us.