Conservative Post

We live in a day and age when the church is more interested in a personal worship experience that actual worship of God. The truth is the latter is antithetical to the former.

Jesus said that the Father is looking for those to worship in Spirit and Truth ( John 4:24). This means our worship is to be guided by the Word of God and lead by the Spirit of God. Jesus also said that the job of the Holy Ghost is to point you to Christ (John 15:26). The Word of God is Christ centered and so our worship should be Christ Centered. Our worship is to be lead by the Spirit of God and so our worship should be toward that very thing that the Holy Ghost is to point us to. When we fail this we walk away from true worship John 4:24.

Therefore, we can rightly conclude that the Holy Ghost never points us to a personal worship experience. Because His job is to point us to Christ and Christ alone. Much like our prayers our worship is to be done toward the Father because of Christ and lead by the Spirit and guided by the Word. True worship is a complete focus on God and not at all on our selves. When we begin to be concerned for our own personal experience then we have lost true worship.

It is much in the same way in a marriage relationship. Men we are to love our wives unconditionally which means that we love them in a way that our actions are not dependent on how they love us. It is to love them with no expectation of anything in return. What a freedom that gives us to love! Our self preservation is nothing more than bondage and is the source of many conflicts.

Wives you are to love your husband the very same way. It is to be unconditional which again, means you love your husband with no expectation of anything in return. What freedom we can obtain for ourselves when we set aside our own agenda to love someone else. How many conflicts can be avoided and resolved when we free ourselves from this bondage of self preservation.

The end result is that when both the husband and the wife are both loving unconditionally and having no concern for themselves then the needs of both are being met and they are being met in a way that gives freedom from self preservation and the end result is that we are correctly following God’s prescription for marriage.

In the same manner when we worship God we are to do so with no concern for self or personal experience. How many conflicts can be avoided in our churches when we apply this freedom concept to each other and to God. When we free ourselves of ourselves and love our spouses, our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, and our One True and Living God with this freedom concept then the church begins true worship that Glorifies God (John 17:20-26).

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