True Worship

 

“God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

—John 4:24

Sociologists have deemed our current American society as “Post-Christian.” In the harsh reality of daily life, I’m not at all certain that such labels mean very much. As I look at the world around me, Christian values and ethics may well have given way to immoral and unethical behaviors.

Nevertheless, I notice that “worship” has not ceased in our society. People worship a great variety of self-created “gods”—greed, deception, sexual depravity, juvenile celebrity, political ideology, and a host of other decidedly non-Christian influences. Even we “Christ’s-ones” seem to have allowed ourselves to begin to worship only slightly less offensive versions of these worldly influences.

From time to time it seems worthwhile to remember Jesus’ words recorded in John 4:23-24:

“Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.

“God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

We who follow the Great King Jesus can ask the Holy Spirit to help us purify our worship. With God’s help we can lay aside the alluring objects of this world and give Him our 100% devotion. May God grant us great joy, as we worship Him in a spirit of holiness—a holiness given to us by the Holy Spirit.

 

Based on a blog originally posted on Tuesday, September 22, 2015

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