WORSHIP

 

WORSHIP

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 from Greek:

 

 "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 blessed responsibility, privilege and ability, force, capacity, competency, mastery in delegated influence, 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), regenerated as a new person in Christ. This by trust; 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.

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