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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: Is it true worship? |
Bible Note: Is it true worship?---- con't It is not about making God feel good about Himself any more than it is about making us feel good about ourselves. He is complete, He is not an egotist who needs building up, He is God! For goodness sake, where did we ever get the idea we could add to the sum of who God is and what God is? Did we think, like Zebedee's wife, that we could come and bow before Him to seek our own will? The religious mind likes to think that all of God's creation is about God and that we are here just to serve Him and for His pleasure - and there is an element of truth in this, but we need to look deeper. Why did God want dear children, why did He, who was complete in Himself, want a family? Because Love, by His very nature, has an innate desire to reproduce, to expand, to fulfill, to provide, to be expressed. Praise and Worship is so much more than thanking God for what He has done, it is loving God for who He is. Love is unconditional, Worship is unconditional. I love my wife not for what she can do for me, but for who she is. I am learning to love her in a deeper way, by learning to "know" Love, and when I am in agreement with Love, I am the Oneness I am with Love, and so Love is being perfected in me and I love with the Love of the Lord. Just Love God for who He is, for He is Love.-- Strom |