The Power of Worship
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Distraction, Deception and Delusion
Distraction, Deception and Delusion
Sermon:
True Worship
Hook: Toxic Relationships
Book: ”But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”“
John 4:23-24 NKJV
God the Father God the Spirit God the Truth
Worship ‘in spirit and truth’ is easy to understand negatively: worship is no longer tied to sacred sites. It is harder to say what it means positively. Most likely it means worship through the Holy Spirit, whom Jesus would give to those who believed in him, and in accordance with the truth of God as it has been made known through the person and teaching of Jesus. The Father seeks people who will worship him in the Spirit and in accordance with the teaching of Jesus. This is a reminder that worship is not restricted to what we do when we come together in church, but about the way we relate to God through the Spirit and in accordance with the teaching of Jesus, and that touches the whole of life.
Colin G. Kruse, John: An Introduction and Commentary, vol. 4, Tyndale New Testament Commentaries (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2003), 136.
There is another reason why this new form of worship is necessary: God is spirit, and his worshippers must worship in spirit and in truth. The evangelist is not defining the essence of God, but rather showing that God is of a different order to human beings, and therefore worship must be ‘in spirit and in truth’. To say this, reinforces Jesus’ words to Nicodemus—that to see/enter the kingdom of God one must be born of the Spirit. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Only as people are born of the Spirit, only as they receive the gift of the Spirit, can they truly worship God who is spirit.
Colin G. Kruse, John: An Introduction and Commentary, vol. 4, Tyndale New Testament Commentaries (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2003), 136.