John 4:23,24 “But the hour is coming, and
now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.
24God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
The woman at the well had asked in John 4:19,20 – Our fathers worship on this mountain and your people say in
Jerusalem. – location?? Physical
Acts 7:49,50 - ‘Heaven
is My throne,
And earth is the footstool of My feet;
What kind of house will you build for Me?’ says the Lord,
‘Or what place is there for My repose?
50 ‘Was it not My hand which made all these things?’ same as Isaiah 66:1,2
Does He need to have a building for us to worship Him?
Nature, music, read His Word to us
Romans 12:1,2 (NIV) Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s
mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. 2Do
not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able
to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Our body is the
Temple of God:
If anyone defiles
the Temple of God, God will destroy him – 1 Co 3:16,17
Your body is
the Temple of the Holy Spirit – 2 Co 6:16
We are to be living sacrifices –
I desire mercy not sacrifice – Matthew
9:13; 12:7; Hosea 6:6
1Pe 2:9,10 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood,
a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous
light; 10who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but
now have obtained mercy.
Philippians 3:2,3 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the
mutilation! 3For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence
in the flesh,
Matthew 18:8,9 ‘This people honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far away from Me.
9‘But in vain do they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’”
Psalm 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken
spirit, A broken and a contrite heart—These, O God, You will not despise.
Hebrews 13:15,16 Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice
of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. 16But do not forget to do good
and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Psalm 141:2 Let my prayer be set before You as
incense, The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Ps 27:6 And now my head shall be lifted up above
my enemies all around me; Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle;
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.
Ps 4:5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And
put your trust in the Lord.
1 John 3:7 Little children, let no one deceive you.
He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.
Matthew 11:28-30 Come to
Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29Take
My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
Enter His Rest as in Hebrews 3:7 – Hebrews 4:12
Thessalonians 5: 16-18 Rejoice always, 17pray without ceasing,
18in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Psalm 34:1 I will bless the Lord at all times; His
praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Colossians 3:36,17 - Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another
with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17Whatever
you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.
Ephesains 5: 19 - be filled with the Spirit, 19speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual
songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; 20always giving thanks for all things in the name
of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; 21and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.
John 7:37,38 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus
stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”
Where is our citizenship?
Philippians 3:20 - For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;
21who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.
Ephesians 2:6 -
But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great
love with which He loved us, 5even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ
(by grace you have been saved), 6and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places
in Christ Jesus, 7so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward
us in Christ Jesus. 8For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the
gift of God; 9not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10For we are His workmanship, created
in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
Colossians 3:1-3 - Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep
seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2Set your mind on the things above,
not on the things that are on earth. 3For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.
Ph 4:8 - Finally,
brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of
good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things. 9The things you
have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
Re 7:15 Therefore they are before the throne of God,
and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will dwell among them.
Isaiah 66:23 And it shall come to pass That
from one New Moon to another, And from one Sabbath to another, All flesh shall come to worship before Me,” says the
Lord.
Re 21:22 - I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23And
the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is
the Lamb.
Worship is not to be relevant to us but to Him. Look
at Cain – Genesis 4; Aaron and Israelites at the time Moses was on the mountain with the Lord – Exodus 32; Nadab
and Abihu – Leviticus 10