WORSHIP
Sunday,
January 31, 2016
John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave
he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
To
attend to worship in church or while walking in the woods et al, without Bible
study resulting in increasing knowledge of God, what He has and does for us,
and who we are as born again sons and daughters of God (Jn.1:12; 3:3;
2Cor.5:17) can make for limited worship.
Understanding His provisions definitely increases reverent awe.
To
that end, I share some definitions:
"received"; means to objectively or
actively to take or to get hold of
* "power"; the sense of ability
and privilege, force, capacity, competency, freedom, or (objectively) mastery
(concretely magistrate, superhuman, potentate, token of control), delegated
influence: - authority, jurisdiction, liberty, power, right, strength.
* "became"; a primary verb
(action); to cause to be (“gen” -erate), that is, (reflexively) to become (come
into being), used with great latitude (literally, figuratively, intensively,
etc.): - arise be assembled, be (come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to
pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, be done, draw, be ended,
fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, grow, happen, have, be kept,
be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be
published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be
turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
* "believe"; to have faith (in,
upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), that is, credit; by implication
to entrust (especially one’s spiritual well being to Christ): - believe (-r),
commit (to trust), put in trust with.
* "name"; involving authority and
character
In
the spirit of worship I write from my awed heart: I, personally, have
objectively and actively taken hold of Lord Jesus Christ with a gained sense of
privilege and ability, force, capacity, competency, mastery in delegated
influence to me, with all provided authority, jurisdiction, liberty, power,
right and strength. In this truth I became and continue to be joined to God,
ordained by Him alone (Jn.1:13), wrought and fulfilled by His provision without
any goodness or earning on my part (Eph.2:8-9), turned as a new person in
Christ. This accomplished by trust alone; having faith in Jesus authority and
character as Almighty God; sole deliverer from the eternal penalty of my sin!
In
continuance I endeavor to, in submission, allow His hold on me to increase.
EBB4
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