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1 | Will worshiping the Lord change in Rev? | Deut 11:19 | Searcher56 | 175434 | ||
Scripture ... Rev 4:10, 5:14, 7:11, 9:20, 11:16, 14:7, 15:4, 19:4, 19:10 ... When everyone else bows in worship, will those who have been mistaught about the Lordship of Christ have an excuse? Do we study the worship scenes in Revelation and practice it today? Will our knees bend? Have we cheapen the word worship, Lord, Alamighty, King ... God? Pligrim, I want you to answer, please ... as well as others. Searcher |
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2 | Will worshiping the Lord change in Rev? | Deut 11:19 | Fellow Pilgrim | 175449 | ||
Searcher, If you are implying that if we "cheapen" the name of Jesus Christ by not using the term "LORD", you have missed the point of my original question. I firmly believe and acknowledge that Jesus is LORD of all - even of those who fail to acknowledge Him. Yes, one day "at the name (ie. the public declaration that Jesus as LORD of all) every knee shall bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is LORD, to the glory of God the Father." (Phil 2:10,11) That was the response of Moses at the bush, Isaiah after he saw the glory of God, and John when he glimpsed heaven. And I am sure it will be the response of all, those who have repented of their sin and accepted Jesus as Saviour and LORD, and even those who have rejected the claims of Jesus Christ to be LORD of all (but for a very different reason - for them it will be too late to repent). I am not seeking to misteach anyone, nor to cheapen the meaning of the word "LORD", but to seek an alternative to a word for those who have little or no comprehension of its true meaning. Maybe the English language has cheapened the meaning of the word "Lord" in such places as the English parliament where the term is used to describe a sometimes questionable group of individuals! In answer to your second question, if one truly understands and begins to comprehend all that Jesus Christ has done for us, we are left with no alternative but to "bow the knee" to Him. The amazing thing is that He then (figuratively speaking) stoops down and lifts us up saying, "You are my brother/sister, come walk with me." What grace! What love to we who in no way deserve this from God. Those who claim the salvation offered by Jesus do well to better understand all that this implies and regularly bow the knee to the LORD Jesus, so that, as the apostle Paul reminds us, we do not become "carnal" Christians, the type John records Jesus as saying He will "spit out." (Rev 3:16) Fellow Pilgrim |
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3 | Will worshiping the Lord change in Rev? | Deut 11:19 | Wild Olive Shoot | 175451 | ||
Just a quick note I wish to add to this. This evening at the dinner table, I posed the question, "What does Lord mean to you?" to my nine year old and my seven year old. My nine year old's response: "King?" My seven year old's response: "Boss" Both stated "ruler or person in charge" when I asked what their responses meant. I thought it was pretty interesting. It took us to a good conversation throughout dinner. I think an assumption is being made that the youth of today cannot comprehend the words in which God uses to describe His own self or others. I think our young understand better than we think they do. Maybe we need to be giving them more credit and emphasizing that in recognition of understanding the meaning to the words, there has to be accountability. Personally, I think many just do not want the accountability and therefore disregard the true meaning. Just some thoughts. WOS |
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4 | Will worshiping the Lord change in Rev? | Deut 11:19 | Fellow Pilgrim | 175485 | ||
WOS, Thanks for your contribution; I found it most helpful. Yes, maybe the kids of today are not as dumb as they at first seem. Maybe it is that they are often fed the cheap stuff, but nevertheless they do recognise value when it is presented to them. Others, like the Pharisees and Saducees, saw what Jesus did and recognised He was something special, but refused to acknowledge His LORDship. There is certainly a God-consciousness in all of us (Rom 1:19,20). And God's Spirit does reveal Himself as He wills. I once heard a testimony of a Chinese man who, as a young man, would visit with his mother to the shrine of the family gods. He just knew that there was more, and often would go behind the shrine and speak to the Being he just knew must be around him. Years later he came in contact with a group of followers of Jesus. Immediately he knew that they worshipped the One true God. He promptly took Jesus as Saviour and LORD, and never looked back! More recently I have spoken with an Iraqui refugee who had a vision of Jesus Christ when on the battlefield in the war against Iran. That vision caused him to leave Iraq, go to Japan, where he continued to seek. Eventually he settled in New Zealand and went to a Baptist Church in Aukland. During the service he again saw the vision of Jesus and made enquiries about Him. He decided Christ was the only way and he took Jesus as Saviour and LORD. What a miracle! Blessings, Fellow Pilgrim |
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