DRAW NEAR: TRUE WORSHIP IN SPIRIT

AND TRUTH

I. WORSHIP IN SPIRIT

John 4:21-24-“Jesus declared, "Believe me,

woman, a time is coming when you will worship the

Father neither on this mountain nor in

Jerusalem. You Samaritans worship

what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. Yet a

time is coming and hasnow come when the true worshipers will

worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they

are the kind of

worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers

must worship in spirit and in truth."

William Barclay, “True and genuine worship is not to

come to a certain place; it is not to go through a certain ritual or liturgy; it is not

even bringing certain gifts.

True worship is when the spirit, the immortal and invisible part of man,

speaks to and meets with God, who is immortal and

invisible.”

II. WORSHIP IN TRUTH

Genesis 22:5-“Abraham said to his young men,

‘Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go up there and

worship.”

Amos 5:23-24-“Away with your

hymns of praise! They are only noise to my

ears. I will not listen to your music, no matter

how

lovely it is. Instead, I want to see a mighty

flood of justice, a river of righteous living that will

never run dry.”

Isaiah 1:19 “If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the

land.”

III. WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH BRINGS GOD’S REVELATION

OF HIMSELF

John 14:22-24 “Judas, not Iscariot, asked Him, ‘Lord how is that you will

reveal Yourself-make Yourself real-to us and

not to the world?’ Jesus

answered, ‘If a person really loves Me, he will

keep my word (obey my teaching) and My father

will love him, and We will come to him and make

Our home (abode, special dwelling place) with him. Anyone who

does not (really) love Me does not observe and obey My teaching.’”

Both men went to the same church, on the

same Sunday morning.

Each found what he was looking for.