What Did Jesus Say? - About Worship?
Worship – what is worship?
Worship is said to be the act of showing reverence, adoration, to
adore; to love; and to admire.
The earth is the Lord's and the
fullness thereof. It was made by him, and was all his from the
beginning, but he temporarily laid aside all that rightly belonged to
him so as to become one of us earthlings, made a little lower than
the angels, so that he could share in our miseries, and pay our sin
debt so that we could be like him.
Many wonderful things that God has
made and placed within our reach tempts us to be covetous. Satan,
while tempting Jesus, reminded him of all the kingdoms of the world
that he could rule over if he would just turn his affection away from
God the Father, and worship him, who had gained control of all these
things through the fall of the human race.
Satan said to Jesus: “All these
things will I give thee if thou will fall down and worship me.” In
other words, Satan was saying , all can be yours if you will
reverence, adore, love and admire me above all else, including God
the Father.
What did Jesus say? “Then saith
Jesus unto him, get thee hence, Satan, for it is written, thou shalt
worship the Lord thy God and him only shall thou serve.” Matthew 4:
10.
This beautiful world that God has
made is full of enticements for us to covet. Some things are good
for us; others are not right for us to have. We are likewise tempted
by our flesh, and by Satan to neglect our worship and service to God
to go after those things, forgetting that God our Father, who gave
his only begotten son to save us, will through him also give us
freely all good things to enjoy if we will dedicate our worship and
service to him only.
When we seek material things more
than we seek a spiritual relationship with God our Father, we are
falling into Satan's trap to worship him. The result is that we may
have pleasure and comfort for a season, but in the end only misery
and desolation.
Let us be wise as serpents and
harmless as doves, and remind ourselves as Jesus said: “It is
written, thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou
serve.” Math 4: 10
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