Worship in Spirit and in Truth

The word we translate as "worship" in the Bible means to sacrifice the blood of any animal. Christ finished that so now we Praise!!!!!

We no longer need to sacrifice animals as a demonstration of worship to God. Christ sacrificed Himself for us so that the killing of animals is no longer necessary.

 
The animal sacrifices of the old testament was a demonstration of faith in what was to come that is Christ. The blood on the door posts at the Passover,was a picture of Christ to come. When He sacrificed Himself He did away with these expressions of future events and now we rest in His finished work on the cross.

We no longer "worship" through sacrifice of animals, but we praise Him because He finished it all with His own blood on the cross.

 
John 4:23-24
23 But a time is coming, and even now has arrived, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people, the Father seeks to be His worshipers. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Worshiping in Spirit is not in actions, sacrifices or through objects of any kind, but in the Spiritual and in the Truth, Christ is Spirit and He is Truth.

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It seems that edifying one another in the Word and the Lord's Supper is glorifying God even if the word worship, as in sacrificing animals, is not in the assembly. The Sacrifice was done by Christ once and for all. This is the answer to my prayer about the phrase; "worship in Spirit and in Truth."

Don't Try Just Ask God to Do It

If we are trying real hard to be what God wants us to be then we are doing it in the flesh. Our prayer ought to be that God change us into what we should be and it will come so naturally without trying that we don't even notice we are doing it, but others will notice. 

If we are trying real hard to be what God wants us to be we are doing it in the flesh. Our prayer ought to be that God change us into what we should be and then it will come so naturally without trying that we don't even notice we are doing it, but others will notice.

Gossips and Narcissists

Gossips know everything even without any information, based on their feelings or desire to believe.

Narcissists and gossips know all the answers without asking questions before rendering their "facts".

Narcissists interpret events based on how they feel about a person, if they like them because the person elevates them, they are all good. If they dislike you everything you do and say is wrong and foolish.

It is not enough for the narcissist to personally hate you, they must make sure others hate you too. If they are vulnerable narcissists who worry about how people think of them they will frame their gossip as concern for you. Overt narcissists will clearly state their beliefs about you without knowing the facts. All narcissists want more than anything to bring you down to elevate themselves and always with the help of their flying monkeys who also do not know the facts but enjoy the gossip. 

Proverbs 16:28: "A perverse man stirs up dissension, and a gossip separates close friends"

Proverbs 20:19: "Do not associate with a gossip"

Romans 1:29
"29 people having been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, and evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice; they are gossips,"

2 Corinthians 12:20
"20 For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish, and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, selfishness, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;"

In short, God hates gossip, especially those who attempt to destroy the peace and reputation of believers. 

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Depending Entirely on the Holy Spirit

It is common for those who love Christ to be isolated, not because they are hermits but because others are convicted by their dedication and the Holy Spirit Who lives in them. Most church attendees are disinterested in speaking of Christ, even irritated at us for thinking everything should be about Him.

I cannot count the number of times I brought up the Bible and the name of Christ in front of Christians and they recoiled as though it was embarrassing to them even though they were people who attended church gatherings every week.

I love it when believers are walking in the fruit of the Spirit and sharing their joy about Christ with me. I find that those who do this speak of little else in their lives because Christ overshadows everything.

Galatians 5:22-23: "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law"

Many times I have mentioned the Holy Spirit leading in something in my life and the Christian in front of me didn't seem to understand, even not knowing how to respond. I have had people ask me "what does it feel like to hear from the Holy Spirit", I think because they do not hear from Him.

It is so simple, just ask God to show you things of truth about His principles and commands and the flood gates of answers with wisdom will open wide.

James 1:4-6 "…4 Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6 But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind."

Those who have heard from the Holy Spirit on a regular basis do not question it because they know it is something that cannot be described but we know it when we experience it. It is far different from any emotions or thoughts we have been encountering. It is not based on us figuring things out for ourselves, in fact, often it refutes the human natural responses that come so easily to us.

When you hear from the Holy Spirit it will agree with the Bible and will come against what most people are saying and doing.

Romans 3 "God must be true, though every human being is a liar, as it is written:"

We cannot explain to others a formula on how to hear the Holy Spirit. We must ask God in faith for answers and wait on Him to respond. He will not ignore anyone who desires to know His truth directly from Him.

1 John 2:27 "But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him".

Hallelujah!