The Search – John 4:19
READ: John 4:19
CHALLENGE: Truly Connect with God
GOD IS SEEKING TRUE WORSHIPERS
How about this thought. Just like we’re looking for God, God is looking for us!
Vv19-21 – “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet. 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
Joshua 24:25-26 – On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he reaffirmed for them decrees and laws. 26 And Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak near the holy place of the Lord.
There are six observations I’d like to make about worshipping God.
1. Worship is About WHO; Not
Romans 12:1 – Therefore, I urge you,.
2. Worship is to the Father
3. Worship with Knowledge
V22 – You Samaritans worship what you do not know;.
Matthew 7:21-23 – “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”
4. Worship in Spirit
Vv 23-24 – Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
Psalm 51:17 – My sacrifice, O God, is a broken and contrite heartyou, God, will not despise. Joel 2:12-13 – “Even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart,with fasting and weeping and mourning.”13 Rend your heart.
5. Worship in Truth
Hebrews 11:6 – And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him. ·
6. Worship God who is SPIRIT
24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.