Volume 5 Chapter 4 Page 22
Wednesday April 30, 2008
25 Nissan 5768 (Hebrew 7th Month) "Worshipers ARISE!"
As Believers in Christ, offer Praises to our Creator, for whom 'All Praises Belong', and as HIS Glorious and Holy Presence is revealed, our Worship of God then becomes a corporate and unified Proclaimation of HIS Majesty and Rule.
Christ Jesus talked with the Samaritan woman at the well saying,
Acknowledging that God's Spirit inhabits the Believer, this fulfills the 1st part of what Christ reveals to me about TRUE(genuine) Worshipers.
Jesus came as a man, and as God in the 'flesh', and it our 'Praises' to a Holy God that removes the 'flesh' attitude from our hearts, as that is a condition which restricts us from entering into the Holiest of Holies, that sacred place where we desire to intimately Worship HIM in HIS Presence.
Holy Spirit is God's 'Spirit of Worship', requiring that our bodies be offered as a 'living sacrifice'.
The Apostle Paul reinforces this 'Truth',
Unless the 1st requirement is met as Jesus explained, then the 2nd requirement is neither attainable, and as in the case of the Samaritans, and it would only be a carnal(foolish) excersize to think otherwise.
For TRUE Worshipers it is through Christ as HE is THE 'TRUTH', where we understand also that HE is THE 'WORD', HIM who speaks clearly and directly to us in our 'Spirit'.
The 'Call' to ARISE, comes from the traditional Hebrew ceremony of Tabernacle Worship, that when God's Holy Presence descends into HIS 'earthly' dwelling place, then TRUE fellowship with God begins,
Therefore, it is clearly Luke's intent as he records in the Book of Acts, to convey and REVEAL the 'Spiritual' understanding of exactly what the symbolism which Christ uses means, when HE explains the heart of a Believer(s) 'standing' in TRUE Worship.
