The Heart of True Worship: Embracing Spirit and Truth
Beloved saints, let us reflect this morning on how God desires to be worshipped and who He is. We look to Jesus, the Word of God and the fullness of the Godhead dwelling bodily, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary. In John 4, Jesus revealed the heart of worship and specific instructions on how to approach God. It is significant that Jesus revealed this not to a religious leader, but to a Samaritan woman—a social outcast whom the Jews typically avoided. Yet, to her, Jesus unveiled himself as the Messiah and explained the nature of God. In John 4:21-24, when the woman asked whether worship should occur on the mountain or in Jerusalem, Jesus declared that the hour was coming when true worshippers would worship the Father in spirit and in truth. He explained that because God is Spirit, those who worship Him must do so with sincerity and truth, rather than focusing on a specific location. To understand this, we look to the first worshippers in Genesis 4: Cain and Abel...