Why Worship

As previously stated, this has not been recorded as any special mealtime; just that some of Jesus’ disciples were eating. Hence these questions were posed to us. How does worship fit in here? What or where in this is worship to God?

Now we sit with humbled hearts and minds, to receive, as we seek the Holy Spirit’s enabling to listen, learn and live. What is Jesus saying to them that we also ought to hear? Among the many things this is the one which we need to hear now. When traditions and laws interpreted and given by humans, take over the hearts and minds of the worshippers of God, they judge others accordingly. All that these religious people, who live by tradition and rules as interpreted and enforced by the elders look for, is works.

Their eyes of tradition notice that the Jew from Nazareth, who styles Himself as a Rabbi, with a growing following of disciples, has some of them disrespecting the traditions of the elders. For these eyes of lawfulness, the show of their works is what matters. This is the principle under which they operate and this is the same principle under which all believers whose master is works, operate. It is their principle of worship, they who are the worshippers of Jehovah, the One True God.

This is what I mean. I worship on the seventh day because that is what the law states. However, when I see friends, family and other people worshipping on another day, I become very concerned and even judgmental of their spiritual lives and where they will spend eternity. I am concerned because they are not living according to the traditions of our elders. I pray for them and ask Jesus to show them the Light, so that they will worship God on a Saturday, keeping Saturday holy.

But Jesus Himself calls me a hypocrite, no one else but Jesus, saying that I give perfect testimony to the description Prophet Isaiah publicly publicized for all generations to see. My worship to God on the very good and lawful day, is totally flawed and vain, for my works are pure ritualism and show. My works are lawful, but my heart, which God is looking at, is far from Him; far from Him in countless ways, including this way. I look at the lawful keeping of the laws of God according to me, and neglect the condition and state of the heart. This is how I come to worship God, each time I come, for I come seeing me as the true, right and holy people, and my sisters and brothers, friends and neighbours as all lawbreakers.

Listen to Jesus! The Holy Spirit is telling and showing how all of us who call Him, His disciples and people who do not observe the traditions, as wrong and dishonouring of the good law, are hypocrites. Yes hypocrites; no tweaking, no compromise and no accommodating of any additions and subtractions from the word, hypocrite. They have lips – works and show - for Me, but that is all they have. On the inside, in the heart – humility and selflessness - that which excite and interest Me, are far from them.

Their worship is all in vain, because worship is in Spirit and Truth, both of which are of the heart, not the hands.

We hasten on tomorrow, to be given even more undeniable proofs about our worship to God, regardless of who we are.