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NASB | John 4:23 "But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 4:23 "But a time is coming and is already here when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit [from the heart, the inner self] and in truth; for the Father seeks such people to be His worshipers. |
Subject: Do tongues relate to worship in context? |
Bible Note: Thank you for the message, brother! I don't recall personally attacking any specific individual in my posts. What I object to is religious spirits that know the "letter of the law" but avoid the weightier matters (i.e., the "Spirit" behind the Word of God). In other words, there are lots of folks out there who have "head" knowledge of our Lord, but no "heart" knowledge. They can quote Scriptures 'til they're "blue in the face" but they wouldn't know the Lord Jesus if He walked up to them today! I asked Hank if he loves and adores our Lord and if he worships Him. But, I never said, or meant to imply, that he doesn't have a relationship with Him. Speaking in tongues, or not speaking in tongues, is not an issue worthy of protracted debate, to me. How one chooses to worship the Lord, is not worthy of lengthy debate, to me. All that is important, to me, is that the Lord be glorified by those who sincerely desire to magnify Him and not their own intellectual prowess (please note: I haven't named any specific individual): Please allow me to leave you with the following Scripture. The bracketed words are my own translation (i.e., sorry, Bible scholars... my translations are not the greek derivatives of the words translated): Now accept the one who is weak in faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his opinions. One person has faith that he may eat all things [silently adore, shout to the Lord, dance, stomp, speak in tongues wildly, and/or shake tambourines], but he who is weak eats vegetables only [silently adores]. The one who eats [silently adores, shouts to the Lord, dances, stomps, speaks in tongues wildly, and/or shakes tambourines] is not to regard with contempt the one who does not eat [shout, dance, stomp, speak in tongues and/or shake tambourines], and the one who does not eat [silently adores] is not to judge the one who eats [silently adores, shouts to the Lord, dances, stomps, speaks in tongues wildly, and/or shakes tambourines], for God has accepted him. Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. One person regards one day above another, another regards every day alike. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind. He who observes the day, observes it for the Lord, and he who eats, does so for the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who eats not, for the Lord he does not eat, and gives thanks to God. For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself; for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore whether we live or die, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living. But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you regard your brother with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God. For it is written, "AS I LIVE, SAYS THE LORD, EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW TO ME, AND EVERY TONGUE SHALL GIVE PRAISE TO GOD." So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God. Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather determine this--not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a brother's way. I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him who thinks anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. For if because of food your brother is hurt, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not destroy with your food him for whom Christ died. Therefore do not let what is for you a good thing be spoken of as evil; for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. For he who in this way serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men. So then we pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another. Do not tear down the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are clean, but they are evil for the man who eats and gives offense. It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother stumbles. The faith which you have, have as your own conviction before God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin. - Romans 14:1-23 Comprende?!? blessings, prazn |