“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God
that brings salvation to everyone who believes…”
Romans 1:16
Is it always adequate as a believer to simply say: “I worship God”?
Yes or no?
Sometimes when a person states that they worship God it can raise more questions than the answers their lifestyle provides. You may think to yourself:
“I hear you say you worship God but what god (small g) is it that you worship?”
Now we often may think that because either:
There is no evidence of a lifestyle that pleases God – our definition of worship.
Or
There is ample evidence of worship in their life but it resembles
nothing we find in the Bible.
Maybe their worship includes crystals, or ‘Mother Earth’ or the human body or a host of other things they have defined as “worship of god”.
We can find nowhere in the evidence of their lives that the Bible is used to set the parameters for their worship. It may be a hundred other things like self-will, peer pressure, the knowledge of man, but it is certainly not the Wisdom of the God of the Bible that informs their worship.
In today’s world and culture it may not be politically correct to say:
“I worship God”.
However, it is, at least, more politically correct to say:
“I worship God” than it is to say “I worship Jesus.”
Just the mention of the name of Jesus is offensive to so many today.
The name of Jesus, which the Bible tells us is above all other names, seems to anger so many just by its mention.
You know you can more easily get away with explaining that He is
“the big guy in the sky” or the “great spirit” or even the “father of us all”
but don’t you dare be so exclusive as to say you worship the Lord Jesus Christ.
After all, that’s not very inclusive.
You know what, you’re right, it’s not.
But we should make no apologies for the exclusiveness.
Jesus Christ is worthy of our praise and worthy to be worshipped!
that brings salvation to everyone who believes…”
Romans 1:16
Is it always adequate as a believer to simply say: “I worship God”?
Yes or no?
Sometimes when a person states that they worship God it can raise more questions than the answers their lifestyle provides. You may think to yourself:
“I hear you say you worship God but what god (small g) is it that you worship?”
Now we often may think that because either:
There is no evidence of a lifestyle that pleases God – our definition of worship.
Or
There is ample evidence of worship in their life but it resembles
nothing we find in the Bible.
Maybe their worship includes crystals, or ‘Mother Earth’ or the human body or a host of other things they have defined as “worship of god”.
We can find nowhere in the evidence of their lives that the Bible is used to set the parameters for their worship. It may be a hundred other things like self-will, peer pressure, the knowledge of man, but it is certainly not the Wisdom of the God of the Bible that informs their worship.
In today’s world and culture it may not be politically correct to say:
“I worship God”.
However, it is, at least, more politically correct to say:
“I worship God” than it is to say “I worship Jesus.”
Just the mention of the name of Jesus is offensive to so many today.
The name of Jesus, which the Bible tells us is above all other names, seems to anger so many just by its mention.
You know you can more easily get away with explaining that He is
“the big guy in the sky” or the “great spirit” or even the “father of us all”
but don’t you dare be so exclusive as to say you worship the Lord Jesus Christ.
After all, that’s not very inclusive.
You know what, you’re right, it’s not.
But we should make no apologies for the exclusiveness.
Jesus Christ is worthy of our praise and worthy to be worshipped!
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