WORSHIPING IN PLACE

WORSHIPING IN PLACE

Sunday, July 10, 2016

Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made.

Ephesians 2:1-3 And He has made you alive, who were once dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience; among whom we also had our way of life in times past, in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.       

Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, in order to prove by you what is that good and pleasing and perfect will of God.

Galatians 5:1, 9 Stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made us free, and do not again be held with the yoke of bondage. …  A little leaven leavens all the lump.

  I’ve been asked why I keep going back to certain Bible verses. Today’s for example.

  This is like asking a carpenter why he keeps picking up a hammer when nailing or saw when cutting.

  Indeed all Scripture is inarguably profitable. (2Tim.3:16, another repeater of mine) However, some passages, like hammer and saw, play a bigger part in framing and structuring a person. For me personally, these verses do for they are basic tooling that I need to carry mindfully near at hand at all times and places. If I do not, I am without proper equipment in every circumstance; at a loss to be or stay secured or cut as needed.

  Which brings me to today’s title, a phrase the cunning one, Satan, has and still does greatly use to influence thinking of both Christian and unbeliever. “Time of worship.” is another foxy (Son.2:15) phrase from Lucifer; it and “Place of worship.” imbedded philosophically as repeated by saved and lost alike for ages, including from Christian pulpit and teaching desk.

  We are not to hold mindset of special place or time of worship.

  We are to be “A person of worship.” wherever, whenever, everyplace at all times. Consider the lessons of the life lessons Apostle Paul, John Bunyan, the men in the Hanoi Hilton, and others in place and time separated from religious edifice and hour.

  This means that this morning, as a John 1:12 existing person of worship, I will however join with others at a building in an episode of mutual community in worshipping the Lord of Lords. It also means that when weeding or while constructing 3-in-1 Amish chair for grreatgrandson Slayde, there too should be place and time of worship.  EBB4