God is Spirit It is required of all that worship God that they worship him in spirit and in truth. We must worship God, [a.] In spirit, Philippians 3:3. We must depend upon Gods Spirit for the strength and assistance, laying our souls under his influences and operations; we must devote our own spirits to, and employ them in, the service of God (Romans 1:9), must the worship him with fixedness of thought and a flame of affection, with all that is within us. Spirit is sometimes put for the new nature, in opposition to the flesh, which is the corrupt nature; and so to worship God with our spirits is to worship him with our graces, Hebrews 12:28. [b.] In truth, that is, in sincerity. God requires not only the inward part in our worship, but truth in the inward part. We must mind the power more than the form, must aim at Gods glory, and not to be seen of men; draw near with a true heart, Hebrews 10:22.
Posted on: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 22:56:39 +0000
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