"God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."(John4:24)
All scripture is God breathed so the word gone forth from his mouth and written down must be the basis for worship. So knowing what is His will and doing it must be considered as the only way acceptable to Him. "And the knowledge of the holy is understanding."(Pr.9:10-12)
So in understanding knowledge thus acquired must be helpful in worshipping him in truth and in Spirit. In Charismatic worship one find plenty of happy clappy worshippers, which is well and good. David did to the much displeasure of his Michal; so did Saul when he came upon school of prophets. But that did not help his case since he had no understanding what his holiness meant. David on the other hand was a man after his own, meaning that his life was the double for his Son. In short worshiping God is with understanding why we all were called before the worlds began.
God's calling is consistent. Some are called to be prophets to which the name Jeremiah is pre-eminent. (Je.1:5) Some are called to be helps, teachers etc., The Bible being god-breathed it bears names of holy men crediting them as authors, more accurate would be to call them as having taken dictation from the Holy Spirit. Conversations quote unquote therefore owe their truth to the Spirit.
St Paul writes as to how the Spirit helps us with our prayers.(Ro.8:27-28) The same holds true with dictating what transpired between parties where the Spirit is setting down precisely the truth, ("Thy word is truth"). For example Jonah praying from the belly of the fish only the Spirit could do justice. So faith is essential in order to understand how several parts in the God document relate to one another. Literal approach will not be of much help.
"God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."(John4:24)
All scripture is God breathed so the word gone forth from his mouth and written down must be the basis for worship. So knowing what is His will and doing it must be considered as the only way acceptable to Him. "And the knowledge of the holy is understanding."(Pr.9:10-12)
So in understanding knowledge thus acquired must be helpful in worshipping him in truth and in Spirit. In Charismatic worship one find plenty of happy clappy worshippers, which is well and good. David did to the much displeasure of his Michal; so did Saul when he came upon school of prophets. But that did not help his case since he had no understanding what his holiness meant. David on the other hand was a man after his own, meaning that his life was the double for his Son. In short worshiping God is with understanding why we all were called before the worlds began.
God's calling is consistent. Some are called to be prophets to which the name Jeremiah is pre-eminent. (Je.1:5) Some are called to be helps, teachers etc., The Bible being god-breathed it bears names of holy men crediting them as authors, more accurate would be to call them as having taken dictation from the Holy Spirit. Conversations quote unquote therefore owe their truth to the Spirit.
St Paul writes as to how the Spirit helps us with our prayers.(Ro.8:27-28) The same holds true with dictating what transpired between parties where the Spirit is setting down precisely the truth, ("Thy word is truth"). For example Jonah praying from the belly of the fish only the Spirit could do justice. So faith is essential in order to understand how several parts in the God document relate to one another. Literal approach will not be of much help.
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