April 14, 1985
There can be no more vital theme for God’s people to consider than acceptable worship, explains Alistair Begg. A proper understanding of this important topic helps correct our tendency to focus on how worship benefits man, returning us instead back to a God-centered focus. We will never worship God rightly until we acknowledge that worship’s principal element is an overwhelming sense of reverence and awe in God’s presence.
19The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that pyou are qa prophet. 20rOur fathers worshiped on sthis mountain, but you say that tin Jerusalem is uthe place where people ought to worship.” 21Jesus said to her, v“Woman, believe me, wthe hour is coming when xneither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22yYou worship what you do not know; zwe worship what we know, for zsalvation is afrom the Jews. 23But bthe hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father cin spirit and dtruth, for the Father eis seeking such people to worship him. 24God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
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