new worship john 4. new worship john 4 meeting the elite – nicodemus-theologian, politician
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New WorshipNew WorshipJohn 4John 4
New WorshipNew WorshipJohn 4John 4
Meeting the Elite –Nicodemus-
Theologian, Politician
The Outcaste-Samaritan Woman
Part of an outcaste nation“the daughters of the Samaritans are menstruants from their cradle’Within this outcaste nation she is outcasteComes alone
Nablus
Mt Gerizim
Mt Ekbal
Town of Sychar – Askar today on shoulder of Mr Ekbal
Traitors to JudahConspired to invade Judah
Assyrians 722— 721 BC deported all the Israelites of substance and settled the land with foreigners. Who intermarried with them contaminating with their religion
The Samaritan Woman
John 4:7 7 There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."
Comes alone
The Samaritan Woman
John 4:9 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, "How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?" ( For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
John 4:13-14 13 Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty forever. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
fresh, running water from springs
Living Water=Eternal Life
The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
The Samaritan Woman
John 4:15 15 The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water."
Like Nicodemus misunderstands
Confronting sinJohn 4:16-18 16 Jesus said to her,
"Go, call your husband, and come here." 17 The woman answered him, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You are right in saying, 'I have no husband'; 18 for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true."
She does not turn away
John 4:19-20 19 The woman said to him, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship."
Mt Gerizim
Highest in worldManasseh330 bc
GenesisExodusDeuteronomyLeviticusNumbers
Judges1-2 Kings1-2 ChroniclesPsalmsProverbsJobIsaiahEzekielAmosetc…..
Mt Gerizim
Mount Gerazim Jerusalem
Which place true worship?
Mt Gerizim
John 4:21 21 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
Setting the record straight-worship is
based on truthJohn 4:22 22 You worship what
you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
John 4:23 23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.
John 4:24 24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."
In Spirit and Truth
Not
In Spirit and In Truth (NIV and KJV)
Composite term to be used togetherNot understood as sum of individual items
Worshiping God
It means more than ..
Sincere worshipWorship from the heart
OT worship was meant to be sincere anyway
Isaiah 1:11-17 11 "What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the LORD; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of goats.
14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates; they have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them. 15 When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood. 16
Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil, 17 learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.
New Worship=Impending and current realityJohn 4:23 23 But the hour is
coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.
Means that it has not happened in the pastMeans it is new worship
Worship based on God’s nature
John 4:24 24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."
Not God is a spirit like one of all other spirits
Does not mean He is just invisible –ghost or not physical not feltHe is not material
Difference between created and Creator
Isaiah 31:3 3 The Egyptians are man, and not God, and their horses are flesh, and not spirit.
Different dimension
GOD IS SPIRIT
LoveInvisible
Divine
Life giving
Light-Righteous
Facets of what God is as revealed to us
Implications
Exodus 20:4 4 "You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
Apis Bull -Egyptian Fertility god
Old boyfriend
Troubled Worship
Samaritans Jews
Sincere TRUTH
Promised in OTEzekiel 11:19-20 19 And I will give
them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, 20 that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
Fulfilled in Jesus
John 4:23 23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.
Worship in Spirit and Truth
Worship that is God centered ,made possible by
the gift of the Holy SpiritAnd in personal knowledge and
conformity to God’s Word made flesh, the One who is God’s Truth
DA Carson “ The Gospel according to John, PNTC page 225
Enabled by the Holy Spirit and Based on Truth about God
revealed by Jesus
Anyone can worship
Julia Fisher-recent book 100000 Messianic Jews
Even Samaritan Woman with 5
husbands
Given the Holy Spirit-Living Water=Received
God’s natureThe water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
Mt Gerizim
Not based on Location
Not limited by LocationDoes not mean worship in building more effective than at homeHoly Room in the housePilgrimage to Jerusalem
Radical shift from location to person
Church of Holy Sepulchre
House churches
Not limited by TimeWorship does not only happen in church building on Sunday
Hebrews 13:15 15 Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.
Not limited by ritual
Any time, Any Place
Both spontaneity and discipline
Based on Truth about God=Centered on
Jesus
We all Worship Supreme Being
Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day
Saints
Church of Latter day saints
Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Belief that He is the Only Begotten
Son of God and the Savior and Redeemer of the world.
He suffered for your sins, afflictions, and infirmities. When you have faith in Christ, you accept and apply His Atonement
Joseph Smith
"The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man's; the Son also."
D & C 130:22
"God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man...
Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 1973 ed., p. 346 -
There are many godsHierarchy of authority
1. Book of Mormon, 2. Doctrine & Covenants
3. Pearl of Great Price. 4. Speeches and writings of the current
president of the church are also authoritative 5. Bible full of errors esp where conflict with
Mormon writings
Worship in Spirit and Truth
15 When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 1:15
Acknowledge Sin, No hypocrisy
Ezekiel 36:27 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.
Based on Jesus Righteousness
1 John 1:9 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Come and enjoy the musicand worship God at same timeTwo for price of one
In most sophisticated formthe emphasis has changed tothe man leading the worship or singingCome and worship by listening to Gdfrey Birtill
Not Performance orientated
Story of a man who came out of a worship sessionAnd said that he really did not get anything out of it. Pastor said I beg your pardon , we weren’t worshipping you?
Emotional Uplift
Create music and prog so emotionsare created and upliftedThey come out up lifted
Not designed to create emotion but to express
praise
Psalm 149:1-3 Praise the LORD!Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of the godly!
2 Let Israel be glad in his Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King!
Emotion is based on who He is and what He
has doneNot the music
glad in his Makerrejoice in their King
The music is the
expression3 Let them praise
his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!
Does it matter if I am sad?
Psalm 55:1-4 Give ear to my prayer, O God, and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy! 2 Attend to me, and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and I moan, …….4 My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
Psalm 55:1 TO THE CHOIRMASTER: WITH STRINGED INSTRUMENTS. A MASKIL OF DAVID.
Why we worshipPsalm 147:1 Praise the LORD!For it is good to sing praises to
our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of
praise is fitting.
John 4:23 …for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.
Worship
Worship is the work of acknowledging the greatness of our covenant Lord
Worship in Spirit and Truth John M. Frame
Does it matter what style it is?
It focuses all glory on Him
Wonderfully powerful words
Deep in expression of praise based on who He is
Crammed in too tightly for younger mind set
Thin on deep understanding of who He is
Man centered-evoking emotion
Contemporary genre..more appealing to younger crowd
Depth of worship
Based on Truth about God as revealed by
Jesus
Breadth of WorshipExpanded to include
whole lifeRomans 12:1 Romans 12:1 I
appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
"Worship conducted here three times daily."
Not valued because no visibility
"So whether you eat or drink or whatever you
do, do it all for the glory of God." (1 Cor
10:31 NIV)
Worship
Adoration
Action
Off all the peoples in the world
John 4:23 …for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.
John 4:28 28 So the woman left her water jar and went away into town
She became the water pot the vessel full of the Spirit overflowing , the conduit of salvation to others