WORSHIPING GOD IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH

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In the Gospel of John 4: 23-24, the Lord says:

23 But the hour is near, and it is the hour when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth; because also the Father such worshipers seeks to be worshiped. 24 God is spirit; and those who worship him, in spirit and in truth, it is necessary that they worship.

Worship is surrender and reverence to the only sovereign God. God is worthy of supreme praise and worship. We adore him for his works, for his immense love expressed to mankind through Jesus Christ, we adore him for what he is in essence and represents in his creation.

The worship of our God is expressed through: sacrifice, offering, praise, songs, meditation on his Word, fasting, grace and service to others.

All worship of God must lack inclination and reverence for things that can represent God on earth. God's mandate for his people Israel was not to imagine some things in heaven and earth, which translates into idolatry.
In that sense, true worshipers of God must do so in spirit and in truth. The worship in spirit is the communion with God through the Holy Spirit, does not require intermediary represented in images carved in wood, silver, gold, plaster, etc.
In worship in spirit, the important thing is not the place where worship is rendered, but the disposition of the person's mind and heart. True worship does not consist in a mere formula or ritual, but in a spiritual reality that is in harmony with the nature of God, which is the Spirit.

The worshiper, in addition to worshiping God in spirit, must also do so in truth. The mere fact that it is really implies: sincerity, integrity and precision. In other words, worship when it really implies that you should be transparent, sincere and in accordance with the biblical mandate.

When a person is aware that God is worshiped in spirit and in truth, the Word says that such worshipers "God seeks." When God searches for you, it is because he liked you. Then you become an instrument of worship that God will use to bless many people.

Being a worshiper motivates God 24 hours a day to have his eyes on you, "because the Father also seeks those worshipers."

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(1) "... is necessary", that is, it is not optional but essential to worship "in spirit"; It is indispensable, mandatory, essential. Any other type of worship is unacceptable.

(2) "... in spirit", that is, in my own spirit and not in the flesh; as a spiritual being, as a soul, and not as a carnal or material being. Spiritually, and not carnally or materially. Because God is not carnal or material but Spirit, a spiritual being. The carnal, material or worldly cult simply does not harmonize with its nature of spiritual Being.

(3) "... in truth" means "according to the truth." The truth of who? The truth of God Where is the truth of God? "Your word is true" (John 17:17). The truth of God is found in the Bible, this divine truth not being relative but exact and absolute.

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