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TRUE WORSHIPPERS: BE BORN-AGAIN
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1
John 4:19-26

John 4:23

 

“The true worshippers
shall worship the Father

in spirit and in truth.”

 

TRUE WORSHIPPERS: BE BORN-AGAIN
 
In this world, there are so many religious groups, and all claim that their religions, their “gods,” their books, their beliefs and practices are true. Then what are the criteria to help us discern and judge which group is true or who are the true worshippers of the living and true God? The criteria must come from God’s Word (John 17:17). Only through God’s Word can we know how to worship the living and true God properly as He wants us to.
 
John 4:23 tells us that God is seeking “true worshippers” who will worship Him in spirit and in truth. What does it mean to worship the Father in spirit and in truth?
 
The Bible says that we “were dead in trespasses and sins” (Eph 2:1). A physically dead man cannot do anything. Likewise, a spiritually dead man cannot communicate with God and cannot worship Him properly. Through God’s Word we know that God created Adam and Eve but they disobeyed God and were cursed. Sin and death came into the world: physical death (separation from soul), spiritual death (separation from God), and eternal death (condemnation to Hell forever on the Judgment Day). Separation from God means separation from His truth, spiritual light and life. And Satan deceived them and misled them to worship all kinds of false “gods” and idols. “But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils” (1 Cor 10: 20). The first condition to be true worshippers is to be born again with a new heart and a new spirit to worship God properly (Ezek 36:26).
 
THOUGHT: To be true worshippers, we must first be born again.
PRAYER: Father, I thank Thee for saving me so that I may worship Thee properly in spirit and in truth.

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