Mark 5:6-7 KJV
But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,
And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
I am reminded today that not all worship is godly nor is it all to be accepted. The Lord rebuked this man (really the demons in him) for their worship and refused to accept it.
Too often in our day we are only too happy to accept any and all who will come for "worship." They might have wrong motives, believe the wrong things; they might expect our form of worship to be modified some to allow for their own concepts of what is worship. But we are often thrilled just to have someone who will meet with us in worship.
Young Christians often do not discern the difference between worshipping the Lord in Spirit and in truth and simply worshipping. Sometimes new church plants are too quick to accept into their baby congregation people whose own ideas of worship are not what they ought to be. To the new pastor, just having someone to hear him preach is counted a blessing.
Not so with our Saviour. He was meticulous concerning what was proper worship and who was properly prepared to do the worshipping.
Lord help me to be more anxious to teach people right doctrine and worship than to have a lot of people who will worship alongside me, even though they do it differently than I see in the Bible.
But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,
And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
I am reminded today that not all worship is godly nor is it all to be accepted. The Lord rebuked this man (really the demons in him) for their worship and refused to accept it.
Too often in our day we are only too happy to accept any and all who will come for "worship." They might have wrong motives, believe the wrong things; they might expect our form of worship to be modified some to allow for their own concepts of what is worship. But we are often thrilled just to have someone who will meet with us in worship.
Young Christians often do not discern the difference between worshipping the Lord in Spirit and in truth and simply worshipping. Sometimes new church plants are too quick to accept into their baby congregation people whose own ideas of worship are not what they ought to be. To the new pastor, just having someone to hear him preach is counted a blessing.
Not so with our Saviour. He was meticulous concerning what was proper worship and who was properly prepared to do the worshipping.
Lord help me to be more anxious to teach people right doctrine and worship than to have a lot of people who will worship alongside me, even though they do it differently than I see in the Bible.
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