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A Closer Walk

Attitude of the Righteous

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Our ministry is to reach out to the world with the Good News of Jesus Christ and to help believers be equipped with a solid knowledge of the Word of God, the Bible, and be encouraged to apply it in every aspect of their daily lives. There are simple truths for these complex times to help people live in a way that brings real spiritual victory to them and more importantly, through the Lord Jesus Christ, glory to God our Father.

Romans 12:1
(The apostle Paul wrote) I urge you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
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Jesus said to a Samaritan woman at Jacob's well in Sychar as the conversation turned to worship that, 'an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. {Jn.4:23} So we thank the Lord that He has told us just what that true worship is—presenting ourselves as a living and holy sacrifice.
 
If worship was a song, and it is not although we might sing while doing it, that song would have to be 'I Surrender All'. Jesus gave us the perfect example of worshiping in spirit and in truth as He faced the horror of the cross and said to His heavenly Father, "Not My will but Thine be done." {Lk.22:42} Remember that it was an offering. Jesus said speaking of the death on the cross He was facing, ‘No one takes it (His life) from me, but I lay it down of my own accord.’ {Jn.10:18}
 
One of the very first times that the word 'worship' appears in the bible is when Abraham telling his servants who were with them that he and Isaac were going up the mountain to worship. Of course, as we know, at the command of God, he was taking his beloved son Isaac—his only son—up the mountain prepared to present him as a sacrifice to the Lord. {Gen.22:1-18}

Praise God, when Abraham prepared to offer Isaac God stopped him at the last minute and a ram was provided and offered. That was a foreshadowing of the great truth: The Father would provide the acceptable offering, the sacrifice of His own Son Jesus as the sacrifice that saved us—all who will receive it! Abraham called the name of that place, "YHWH will provide", YHWH-Jireh. {Gen.22:14}
 
As always, God who is a god of good order, has shown us the plan: We are to enter into the fullness of His presence by first entering His gates with thanksgiving, followed by going into His courts with praise, {Ps.100:4} but of course the ultimate goal is the Holy of Holies. And as a living and holy sacrifice we must joyfully obey the Word to enter that holy place: “Come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before YHWH our Maker.” {Ps.95:6}
 
Remember that when this present age is done the first picture we are given of the believers there in their heavenly reward is the 24 elders and…

  "the twenty-four elders will fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and will worship Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their crowns before the throne, saying, "Worthy art Thou, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for Thou didst create all things, and because of Thy will they existed, and were created." (Revelation 4:10-11)
 
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