{"id":212,"date":"2024-09-28T14:26:26","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T14:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mylegacyden.com\/joedifalco\/worship-in-spirit-and-in-truth\/"},"modified":"2024-09-28T14:26:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T14:26:26","slug":"worship-in-spirit-and-in-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mylegacyden.com\/joedifalco\/worship-in-spirit-and-in-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship in Spirit and in Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What does it mean to worship in spirit? The first interpretive decision to make is to determine whether Jesus is talking about the Holy Spirit or the human spirit. The context seems to reveal that the word \u201cspirit\u201d in John 4:23\u201324 is referring to spiritual worship in response to the question of the place of worship (see John 4:21\u201324).<\/p>\n<p>This kind of worship is in response to the Holy Spirit. It is the filling of the Spirit (Ephesians 5:18) that results in true worship (Ephesians 5:19\u201320). To worship in spirit is to worship from our heart or inner being.<\/p>\n<p>To \u201cworship in spirit\u201d is to let the true you speak to the true God. It is the awesome privilege of coming to Him with your fears (Psalm 34:4), anxieties (Philippians 4:6\u20137), need for cleansing (1 John 1:7\u20139), true desires (Psalm 37:4), and temptations (Hebrews 4:15\u201316). God\u2019s people were not to let their true lives hide behind their external worship.<\/p>\n<p>When we worship in spirit, God tells us that these are appropriate sacrifices that the believer can offer.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A broken and contrite heart (Psalm 51:16\u201317)<\/li>\n<li>The presentation of our bodies (Romans 12:1)<\/li>\n<li>The fruit of our ministry (Romans 15:16)<\/li>\n<li>Financial gifts to God\u2019s servants (Philippians 4:18)<\/li>\n<li>Praise and thanksgiving (Hebrews 13:15)<\/li>\n<li>Doing good and sharing (Hebrews 13:16)<\/li>\n<li>Prayer (Revelation 5:8; 8:3\u20134)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Father is seeking worshipers who respond to the Holy Spirit and offer such sacrifices.<\/p>\n<p>To worship in spirit is to worship with \u201ccomplete sincerity,\u201d and to worship in truth is to worship in \u201ccomplete reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An idol is that which a person looks to in order to meet the thirst of their heart. If one rejects God, we will look to an idol and in so doing \u201c[exchange] the truth of God for a lie\u201d (Romans 1:25). To worship in truth is to worship the one \u201ctrue God\u201d (John 17:3) in line with God\u2019s first commandment, \u201cYou shall have no other gods before Me\u201d (Exodus 20:3).<\/p>\n<p>There is no truth in the Devil, who is \u201ca liar and the father of lies\u201d (John 8:44).<\/p>\n<p>He lusts for worship and one day will empower the antichrist, who will demand that people worship Satan (2 Thessalonians 2:4; Revelation 13:4). Even now the Devil sows lies to distract you from the worship of the true God.<\/p>\n<p>Because truth is in Jesus (John 1:14; 14:6), worshiping in truth will always lead you to Him. We can depend upon the \u201cSpirit of truth\u201d to guide us into the worship of Christ (John 16:13\u201315). His truth sets one free (John 8:32), and worshiping in truth will set us free to worship God as He has revealed Himself.<\/p>\n<p>God is spirit and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth (John 4:24).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does it mean to worship in spirit? The first interpretive decision to make is to determine whether Jesus is talking about the Holy Spirit or the human spirit. 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