March 9, 2006
-
Worship Mark 6, Mathew 14 & John 6 all record the story of Jesus walking on water. Taking all these accounts we get a complete picture. Matthew 14 says – And those who were in the boat worshiped him saying, “You are certainly God’s Son.” Yet, in Mark 6:52 it says, “They were astonished for they had not gained any insight from the incident of the loaves but their heart was hardened. How can one account say they worshipped and another say their heart was hardened? I would suspect their worship was not of the Spirit and Truth. Mark 6 says they were astonished. We can be amazed at what God does and worship his miracles but that is not the true worship He’s looking for. Young people can be amazed and worship rock stars – it’s the same result as the disciples worship -earthly. Worship in Spirit & Truth is what God seeks.
Comments (4)
We do see what seems to be a lot of contradictions in the bible. Jesus heals a father’s child after the father basically says to Jesus, “I do believe, but help me believe.” Being human beings, belief can come one day and skepticism can come the next…depending on what it is…especially when it comes to the supernatural. Due to my recent supernatural encounter, I completely understand these contradictions now. I believe my encounter to be true one day and am skeptical the next….trying to find holes (i.e. disprove) the encounter without any luck yet.
When kids see water walkers and not boat talkers – the real deal – then we have an opening.
I would like to hear more on this… ok… so you’ve said what is not true worship… so please consider writing a post about what is true worship. I would love to read that.
I would also like to hear about how your ministry is going!
God bless you!~Becca
Amen to that.