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TRUE WORSHIPPERS: WORSHIP THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT
FRIDAY, AUGUST 4
Philippians 3:1-11
John 6:63
“It is the spirit that quickeneth;
the flesh profiteth nothing.”
TRUE WORSHIPPERS:
WORSHIP THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT
To worship through the Holy Spirit is not to worship with wonders and signs or with “speaking in tongues,” or “being drunk or slain in the Spirit,” or “new revelations,” or “prophetic utterance,” etc. We should not be deceived by such fake “spiritual gifts,” as sign gifts have ceased (1 Cor 13:8-10) and God’s revelation is complete and sufficient. No one is to add anything to or subtract anything from God’s Word (Rev 22:18-19). Moreover, the Holy Spirit comes to glorify Jesus Christ alone (John 16:14) not any human agent, and He is the Divine Author of the Scripture, so He cannot contradict the Scripture. Truly, “God is not the author of confusion, but of peace” (1 Cor 14: 33).
It is the Holy Spirit who guides us into all truth (John 16:13), helps us understand spiritual things (1 Cor 2: 10-16), regenerates us and sanctifies us (John 3:5; Rom 15:16) and helps us worship God and serve Him (Phil 3:3). To worship through the Holy Spirit is to trust in Him, not in our ability, and pray earnestly for His presence, guidance and blessing upon our worship, as without His presence, our worship, prayers, preaching and singing are dead! It is the Holy Spirit who teaches us to pray, tunes our hearts to sing praises to the Lord meaningfully, illumines our hearts to understand the message and be edified. Realising this, we must humble ourselves always and trust in the Holy Spirit, not in ourselves. When I preach a message, surely I must pray earnestly for the guidance, illumination and anointing from the Holy Spirit. Otherwise my preaching is dead. The hearers may understand with their mind but their hearts may not be touched and their lives not transformed! Why? “It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing” (John 6:63). Sadly, many “great speakers” nowadays have much confidence in the flesh, in their credentials and scholarship, thinking that they are qualified to preach God’s Word with their arrogant textual criticism! “God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble” (James 4:6).
THOUGHT: Only the Holy Spirit gives life, and the flesh profits nothing.
PRAYER: Father, keep me humble and trusting in the Holy Spirit always.