"Meaningless. Worship"

“Meaningless Worship Condemned”

Worship to be seen God gets no Glory

Isaiah is warning Israel and us concerning meaningless worship.the reality is God knows our hearts. The Old saints would sing I won't to be like Jesus In my heart. I am one of those old saints. God is the only one know our heart., therefore we cannot fool him with our worship. Listen to the Scriptures

Lesson: Isaiah 29:1-16

Golden Text: KJV—verse 13: “This people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men”

Worship entails paying reverence to God in thought or action to acknowledge His worth. The essence of worship is that the worshipper is absorbed in humble adoration of God.

Meaningless: without any clear purpose, value or importance

Worship: a. The reverent love and devotion accorded a deity, an idol, or a sacred object.

b. The ceremonies, prayers, or other religious forms by which this love is expressed.

2. Ardent devotion; adoration

Condemned: To express strong disapproval of; To lend credence to or provide evidence for an adverse judgment against; blame, convict

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In this lesson we see that the people were not worshipping God with an sincere heart. They opened their mouth to begin to speak worship unto him and with their lips to honor him, but the true spiritual hearts were not connected to the Father. They were worshipping the Father with sense of how men begin to teach them as going through the motion and not being sincere. Because of this, God closed the eyes of the prophets and the seers, who was anointed to tell the people what was coming into their lives and what was going to happen, but because the prophets and the seers begin to act and do the same thing the people were doing, he caused them to be able to use the gifts that he gave them. Their worship became vain and meaningless and the Lord did not accept their worship, because the Lord knows the truth of the heart of man. The Lord said that he would perform miracles and do wonders in the sight of those who were wise and intelligent, and they will see these things, but they will perish, because they will not be able to understand what was going on. The people wanted to offer up worship unto the Lord that came from the creation of man and not from God, the Lord would not accept their worship.

God Bless you

Focus On You

Focus On You

 

_“The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever; Do not forsake the works of Your hands.” Psalm 138:8 (NKJV)

 

When we go to God asking Him to change a person in our life, He always shows us things we need to change about ourselves.  It’s like “Lord, can we please take the focus off of me right now?”  He responds with an emphatic, “No, I will take care of them, but let’s talk about you.”  It forces growth in us that is unpleasant, but necessary.  Many of us adamantly demand change in others while they themselves either remain the same or slowly improve.  This is not to say that you are to ignore wrong behavior or that you can’t offer positive criticism, but when your entire focus is on what someone else isn’t doing, you’re missing it.  The truth of the matter is, you can’t change others, but you can change yourself.  It’s like driving a car.  You can’t concentrate on the road and be overly consumed with the car next to you.  If you do, you will wreck your car.  You will live a more peaceful life if you learn to focus on you and leave the rest for God to take care of.

Prayer: 

Heavenly Father, I thank You for being so interested in my personal growth and development.  Help me to be patient with those around me as You work on me.  In Jesus Name, Amen.