Today,
reply is on the origin of heartfelt worship by mankind as the result
of divine process and substance that are to exist within the living,
rather than an artifact of emotion, divine government, sacred law,
obedience, or finite human willpower. Christian believers are to
continue in ongoing relationship with GOD that is made possible by
sacred operations, and deposits of the eternal purpose and sovereign
will of GOD imparted from the makeup of divinity. Included are
atonement, forgiveness, joy, peace, repentance, rebirth,
reconciliation, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ,
sanctification, and eternal life. It is written: Psalms 51: 9-11,
King James Version (KJV): 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and
renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from thy
presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. 12 Restore unto me
the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall
be converted unto thee. 14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God,
thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of
thy righteousness. 15 O LORD, open thou my lips;
and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. 16 For thou desirest not
sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt
offering. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a
broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. A fighter
in the “Yahoo! Answers” public forum on Religion &
Spirituality who uses the ID “Mother Trucker” (Level 1 with 3,249
points) posted the following:
Does
God prefer a free society where people can worship or not worship as
they please, or a theocracy where worship is compulsory?
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: Wherewith shall I come before the LORD,
and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him
with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? Will the LORD
be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of
rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He hath shewed
thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD
require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk
humbly with thy God? The LORD’s
voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see
thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. (Micah 6:
6-9, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: I Am So Satisfied (12/18/2019); Conflict Among
Multiple Wills? (09/20/2019); Those Who Prefer Evil (09/02/2019); The
Elimination of Sin (11/25/2018); Be Ye Therefore Perfect
(07/22/2016); A Christian Dictatorship? (03/05/2015); The American
Covenant? (03/03/2015)
“Mother
Trucker”, authentic worship arises from the purpose and substance
of mankind, rather than the demands and requirements of sacred law.
Most Christian believers acknowledge the account of Creation that
teaches the first man, Adam, was formed from the dust of the earth,
and became a “living soul” only when GOD imparted life essence
(breath; spirit; word) from the makeup of divine fullness (divinity;
the Godhead; the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit). In the same way,
sinners who turn away from desire, lust, and worldliness will become
“born again” by receiving a fresh endowment of life essence
that transforms them to exist as sons and daughters of GOD, joint
heirs with Jesus Christ, and the new creation. Developing
believers are to “grow-up again” through discovery, gradual
growth, fellowship with anointed and mature believers, continuing
sacred practices (e.g., fasting, praise, prayer, worship), study of
the holy writings, unselfish service, and suffering. All are to
display the image of GOD, and are to resemble, reflect and reveal the
character and likeness of Jesus Christ. This is possible for they
will contain inseparable aspects of divinity that include balance,
commitment, faith, forbearance, holiness, longsuffering,
lovingkindness, personhood, righteousness, truth, wisdom, and wrath
against sin. The primary focus among Christians is not so much
choosing and deciding what-to-do in agreement with emotions,
feelings, society and the world (i.e., the law, correction,
damnation, obedience, and punishment). Focus is on what-we-are
becoming (i.e., mature/ripe for harvest by the Lord at his coming),
and on displaying and expressing the divinity that resides within
ones consciousness, lifestyle, daily routine, and self-will
(willpower). Consider the following that uses language from the
Bible, and a selection from the prophesies and music ministry of
DeWayne Woods:
(1.)
Isaiah 58: 10-14, King James Version (KJV): 10 And if thou
draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then
shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the
noon day: 11 And the LORD shall guide thee
continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones:
and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water,
whose waters fail not. 12 And they that shall be of thee
shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the
foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The
repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. 12 And
they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou
shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be
called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell
in. 13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from
doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight,
the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt
honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure,
nor speaking thine own words: 14 Then shalt thou delight
thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to
ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the
heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD
hath spoken it.
(2.)
John 4: 23-24, KJV: 23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the
true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth:
for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24 God is a
Spirit: and they that worship him
must worship him in spirit and in truth.
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended (for example, (3.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76o4xhxIKfs). Even so, I
trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your
faith.
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