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1 | How to recognise worship in spirit | John 4:24 | drroychungath | 148128 | ||
Your Question How do we know what people do in worship are guided by the holy spirit. How can we choose fellowship, or what are the criterias that should guide us in selecting the spirit lead fellowship. Regarding your second point all, even nonchristians and traditional chrstians worship their Gods in body soul and spirit. So is their worship also in truth and spirit. |
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2 | How to recognise worship in spirit | John 4:24 | EdB | 148142 | ||
Only God knows the heart of the true worshipper. However one of the gifts of the spirit is discernment. If you seek spiritual discernment and pray for it God will through His Holy Spirit give you such a gift. We also play a part we have to learn to use our minds and undertake critical thinking. Does the worship focus us on God or something else. Does the worship glorify God or something else. Much of today's worship is really self glorification. We sing about what we are going to do in Christ. Or our position, or the benefits of being a Christian instead of worshipping God. All said you will probably never know if someone is in fact worshipping correctly or not but that is not your concern. Your concern is to worship God in spirit and truth. You said all even nonchristians worship in body and soul. That is not true most worship in outward appearance only. However there are those that worship something other than the living God but you can determine that by listening to what their worshipping. EdB |
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3 | How to recognise worship in spirit | John 4:24 | Ray | 148166 | ||
Hi EdB, Good post. You said however, "one of the gifts of the spirit is discernment." I see the Holy Spirit as the Giver of the gift of spirit or spiritual discernment. Just as the last sentence of your first paragraph says, the gift that we seek through His Holy Spirit is spiritual discernment. So I would say that one of the gifts of the Spirit is discernment. And for John 4:24, I still have penciled in my personal copy, "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in Spirit and truth." We worship Him (Spirit) and are seeking to be filled with His spiritual words of truth. And verse 25 says that when that One comes, He will declare all things to us. From the heart, Ray |
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4 | How to recognise worship in spirit | John 4:24 | EdB | 148168 | ||
Ray Right you are. I was amiss in my capitalization. Sorry EdB |
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