Daily Bread - 05/19/07
John 4:24 - God is the Spirit and those who worship Him by necessity worship Him in Spirit and Truth.
Although, we could just consider truth as sincerity of the heart it goes far beyond that. Certainly, sincerity of the heart is part of what God establishes in our life through the washing or regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit; for God desires truth in the inward parts and in the hidden parts He will make us to know wisdom (Titus 3:5; Psalms 51:6). Yet what far surpasses sincerity and purity of heart is the word of God. Although Jesus is the truth the way and the life we know that He established beyond all question the superiority of the word of God - which is the word of truth (Titus 3:5; Psalms 51:6). Yet, what far surpasses sincerity and purity of heart is the word of God. Although Jesus is the truth the way and the life we know that He established beyond all question the superiority of the word of God, which is the word of truth (John 17:17; Ephesians 1:13; Colossians 1:15; Malachi 2:6; John 1:17; 6:63; 12:47-48). It has always been God's desire that His people learn to live by the word so He taught Israel that, "man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God" (Deuteronomy 8:3; Luke 4:4). He taught Joshua to not let the word depart out of his mouth but to meditate on it both day and night that he might observe to do it; for then he would make his way prosperous and have good success (Joshua 1:8).
If we are going to worship God in the way that He has desired, then we are going to do it as the word of God describes. Our attitude before Him must be one of confidence and assurance according to his exceeding great and precious promises (2 Peter 1:4; Ephesians 3:12; Hebrews 10:35). We have been born of the word of God and He has written His word upon the tables of our heart so that we will do them (2 Corinthians 3:3; Hebrews 8:10; 10:6). The word of God has brought faith into our hearts so that we might please Him (Hebrews 11:6). The Holy Spirit has come to teach us the word of God and to lead us and guide us into all the truth of His word (John 16:13). By the word of God we are set free from every lie that would attempt to ensnare us and hold us back from the greatness of this life in Christ Jesus (John 8:32; 2 Corinthians 6:7; Acts 20:32; Romans 10:8; 1 Thessalonians 2:13).
Be blessed,
Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
abidingplace.org
About Me
- Carol L
- San Diego area, California, United States
- I started this blog back in 2005, but in 2006 began dedicating it solely for the purpose of posting email messages called, Daily Bread, sent out Monday through Saturday by my pastor, Mark Spitsbergen. These daily emails contain fresh revelation that Mark gets from the Word of God by the Holy Spirit for that day for the church that God has called him to pastor, Abiding Place. 1 Peter 4:11 says, "If any man speak let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister let him do it as of the ability which God gives that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever. Amen." Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, (John 14:6), and He says, "The words that I speak to you are Spirit, and they are Life." (John 6:63). For the Word of God is quick (alive), and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12).
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