Hi thewatchman
How did you know I owned a pink tutu?
Yes I agree with you that true worship is obedience as Ray covers in the passages below:
Worship In Spirit And Truth! audio
Matt 26:42 Again a second time He went away, and prayed, saying, My Father, if this cannot pass away, except I drink it, Your will be done.
Even when it came down to life and death and something just very painful and very difficult, He worshipped God, He served God. He knew what He was sent here to do. He said, I’ll do it. That’s worship.
That’s what worship is, it’s not waving your arms. I mean you can wave your arms if you wanted to, and you can sing a hymn or you can get on your knees when you pray. But none of that is of any value unless you obey and serve God. That’s what true worship is. Worship is obedience.
And later this passage:
Can you see what is important in worship? Forget about the waving hands. If you got to do it, well then do it. But you know the big thing is OBEDIENCE and that goes with family relations…..husband and wife, you’ve got to be obedient to those vows. If those vows were good and Godly, you’ve got to be obedient.
But obedience, that is where it is at. Sometimes we come short, I know. But there is no doubt in my mind, that's what it’s all about, and I know what it’s all about.
From Is Jesus God Bible study audio
John 14:17 Even the Spirit of truth… for He dwells with you, and shall be in you.
This is what the Father wants. Now are you going to be one of those that grants His wish, so to speak. Out of, I don’t know how many people have ever lived, I’ll say out of 20-30 billion the Father picked you and me. He only picked a few, only a couple out of 30-40-50 BILLION He picked us to be true worshippers. You were hand picked.
John 6:44 No man can come to Me, except the Father which hath sent Me draw him:
Christ does not decide who is going to inherit the kingdom of God. Now once the Father picks them, He says I know who they are. He knows those that are His, but He doesn’t pick them. God hand picks us and He picks people that He wants to worship Him now, in spirit and in truth. He wants them to be a light to the world, just not all out greedy, greedy, greedy. Be a light to the world and there are many many Scripture where it talks about producing fruit, good fruit, lots of fruit. So He wants us to produce fruit and then He’s going to give us the kingdom of God and a huge reward.
And from Ray’s emails about David:
David was "a man after God's own heart" in those areas that God caused him to be a man after His own heart. In all other areas David was as carnal as any man who ever lived. David was not spiritually converted. David DIED IN HIS SINS as an unforgiven murderer. The New Covenant teaches us that if one does not forgive, neither shall he be forgiven, if one hates in his heart, he is a murderer, and a murderer does NOT have eonian life abiding in him (I John 3:15). David's dying words were for his son to finish off those on his hit list, and to do it soon and to make it bloody! (I Kings 2:5-9).
Most of these Christians have no idea what worship is and David was carnal. Perhaps David’s worship was the same as these Christians. Just a big fraud.
It’s all about what God is doing and what He is shaping us into. These people act like the scribes and Pharisees and this is what the Lord says about them:
Mat 23:27 `Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like to whitewashed sepulchres, which outwardly indeed do appear beautiful, and within are full of bones of dead men, and of all uncleanness;
Outward signs are just terrible. Seen too many other Christians using them from my time in the church without no real change.
Let’s not be like them. I use to be like them but I am glad God is cleansing me and shaping me into what He wants. Feels like I die everyday and I wish it would be over soon but it will be over in God's time.
Rhys
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