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What does it mean to worship
the Lord in truth?
Message
#7 (of 20) from the PrayerPower radio series
Jesus taught that we must worship in truth when He spoke with the Samaritan woman at the well--"...a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth...." [John 4:21]To worship in truth certainly means to worship in the truth of Scripture, understanding what it tells us of the God we worship, but it’s much more than that. Worshiping in truth is to worship the Lord in personal koinonia fellowship, the abiding spiritual intimacy that Jesus wants with each of us. We know that because Jesus said, "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life." [John 14:6] He didn’t say He would teach us the Truth, He said He is the Truth. Through His Holy Spirit, Whom He identified as the Spirit of Truth [John 16:13], He lives in us and through us.In that abiding relationship, our Lord is constantly revealing Himself to His obedient children. As we live in close, personal fellowship with Him, we are able to know the Truth of Who He is. As we know Him in a personal way, we begin to love Him and to worship Him in the light of our personal experience with Him. Worship in truth becomes an expression of our love, based on the reality of His presence in our lives, and our knowing Him in a personal way.
Pray with me now -- Father, we come as Your children, asking You to help us worship You in truth, through the person of our Lord Jesus Christ. In His name, amen.
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