By Alberto Valdivia Cier
Message Night of praise
Text: John 4:19-24
Jesus explained in this passage as God expects us to worship Him. Should pay attention these principles so that our worship does not remain superficial. We study these four truths:
Our worship does not depend on locations or methods (v.19-21)
The Samaritans believed that the effectiveness of their worship was in the place where they worshiped (the Mount), Jesus explains that True worship does not depend on places or ways, because God does not look at that but the heart. The forms are useful but do not depend on them to worship, or believe that the effectiveness of worship lies in them ... your worship is true if your heart is true to God.
Our worship must be born of a deep knowledge of God (v.22)
Jesus said, "we worship what we know, there was the success of Jewish worship ... the more we know about God the better our worship, we must study the Bible and learn about God's being, their features and works only with that knowledge we can experience a full and deep worship, so the Psalm 119:7 says: "I will praise thee with uprightness of heart when I learn your righteous laws" do it with all my heart and holiness (v.23)
Our worship must be sincere, heartfelt and holiness (v.23) Jesus explains
in this verse that our Worship must be done in spirit and in truth, what does those two concepts?
1. Worship in spirit is related to worship God wholeheartedly, from the depths of our being, we should not be superficial, singing, clapping and nothing else, you have to understand what we do and do it with any delivery. not a matter of doing it as a ritual to look good to others, or to meet, do so with pleasure, with all my heart (Psalm 111:1)
2. worship in truth is related to genuine worship God, born of a pure heart that truly loves and honors. When there is sin, worship will indeed ever, as we are not genuine to him, we must first confess our sins to sanctify, to worship that way is beautiful to God (Ps 33:1)
Our worship must be born of a heart needed ( v.24)
Jesus says here that it is necessary to worship God, why?, because worship it brings benefit to our souls, we connect with God and thus opens the way to get all their blessings, that we must worship God in need, with extreme desire and longing. That is how the psalmist sought the Lord:
"... my love thirsts for you, my body longs for you" (Ps 63:1)
"... and yet my soul longs ardently for the courts of the Lord" (Ps 84:2
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