mysteryman2014:


In simple one sentence what is worshipping God in spirit and truth.

In Spirit means wholesome activities without having to do with a certain place or see anything like miraculous signs {Mark 8:12} and in Truth means speaking in agreement with God's word so that no contractions arises within over Sacred matters! John 17:20-23 1Corinthians 1:10

Yeah, this is what I call an edifying message. The Word of Christ is truth because they are the Word of God; the divine purpose of God revealed by the appearing of Christ(2 Timothy 1:9-10) and settled in the risen Christ who is Lord of all things to the Church (Ephesians 1 vs 20-23). The Word is Life and Light(John 1 vs 4-5); it is the God ordained means of Life which we receive when we believe with our hearts and confess with our mouth the Lord Jesus Christ (John 3 vs14-18). God bless you bruv. Interesting15 please take note!!

Wakabet490:
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NwaAmaikpe:




Worshiping in truth and spirit simply means being true to yourself and not thinking with your carnal mind but being led by the spirit.

It means, when you go to church with the intent to give N100 as offering even when you know you won't have transport fare back home that you shouldn't.

You should be true to yourself to know you can't afford it and also spiritually mature to know that God doesn't need your N100 to be God.

You made a good point. But I also believe that worshipping the Father in Spirit and Truth has nothing to do with going to church.
The main reason Jesus made this statement was because the Samarian woman at the well side told him "Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”
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Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father... (John 4:20-21).
Jesus was only informing her that the first covenant era, where people used to worship God in earthly places of worship(Hebrews 9:1) is over, and the new covenant era, where we don't need to go to mountains and temples to worship God is already here.

Simple answer: by doing unto others what you want others to do unto you. That's all.

The Watchtower, July 15, 2002

Christians Worship With Spirit and Truth

“God is a Spirit, and those worshiping him must worship with spirit and truth.”​—JOHN 4:24.

JEHOVAH’S only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, left no doubt about worship that pleases his heavenly Father. While giving a heartwarming witness to a Samaritan woman at a well near the city of Sychar, Jesus said: “You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, because salvation originates with the Jews. Nevertheless, the hour is coming, and it is now, when the true worshipers will worship the Father with spirit and truth, for, indeed, the Father is looking for suchlike ones to worship him. God is a Spirit, and those worshiping him must worship with spirit and truth.” (John 4:22-24) How are we to understand those words?

2 The Samaritans had false religious views. They accepted as inspired only the first five books of the Holy Scriptures​—and these just in their own recension, called the Samaritan Pentateuch. Whereas the Samaritans did not really know God, the Jews had been entrusted with Scriptural knowledge. (Romans 3:1, 2) It was possible for faithful Jews and others to enjoy Jehovah’s favor. But what would this require of them?

3 To please Jehovah, what did Jews, Samaritans, and others of the past have to do? They had to worship him “with spirit and truth.” So must we. Although service to God must be spirited, or zealous, and motivated by a heart filled with love and faith, worshiping God with spirit especially requires that we have his holy spirit resting upon us and allow ourselves to be guided by it. Through study and application of God’s Word, our spirit, or mental disposition, must be attuned to his. (1 Corinthians 2:8-12) For our worship to be acceptable to Jehovah, it must also be rendered to him with truth. It must conform to what God’s Word, the Bible, reveals about him and his purposes.

Truth Can Be Found
4 Certain students of philosophy have developed the view that ultimate truth is not within the reach of mankind. In fact, Swedish author Alf Ahlberg wrote: “Many philosophical questions are of such a nature that it is not possible to give a definite answer to them.” Although some say that there is only relative truth, is that really so? Not according to Jesus Christ.

5 Let us imagine ourselves as observers of the following scene: It is early in the year 33 C.E., and Jesus is standing before Roman Governor Pontius Pilate. Jesus tells Pilate: “For this I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth.” Pilate asks: “What is truth?” But he does not wait for Jesus’ further comment.​—John 18:36-38.

6 “Truth” has been defined as “the body of real things, events, and facts.” (Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary) However, did Jesus bear witness to truth in general? No. He had specific truth in mind. He commissioned his followers to declare such truth, for he told them: “Make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you.” (Matthew 28:19, 20) Before the end of this system of things, Jesus’ genuine followers would declare “the truth of the good news” earth wide. (Galatians 2:14) This would be done in fulfillment of Jesus’ words: “This good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come.” (Matthew 24:14) So it is vital that we identify those who are teaching all nations the truth by preaching the good news of the Kingdom.

How We Can Learn the Truth
7 Jehovah is the Source of spiritual truth. In fact, the psalmist David called Jehovah “the God of truth.” (Psalm 31:5; 43:3) Jesus acknowledged that his Father’s word is truth, and he also declared: “It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by Jehovah.’ Everyone that has heard from the Father and has learned comes to me.” (John 6:45; 17:17; Isaiah 54:13) Clearly, then, those searching for the truth must be taught by Jehovah, the Grand Instructor. (Isaiah 30:20, 21) Truth seekers need to acquire “the very knowledge of God.” (Proverbs 2:5) And Jehovah has lovingly taught or conveyed the truth in various ways.

8 For example, it was through angels that God transmitted the Law to the Israelites. (Galatians 3:19) In dreams, he promised blessings to the patriarchs Abraham and Jacob. (Genesis 15:12-16; 28:10-19) God even spoke from heaven, as when Jesus was baptized and these thrilling words were heard on earth: “This is my Son, the beloved, whom I have approved.” (Matthew 3:17) We can also be grateful that God conveyed the truth by inspiring the Bible writers. (2 Timothy 3:16, 17) By learning from God’s Word, then, we can have “faith in the truth.”​—2 Thessalonians 2:13.

The Truth and God’s Son
9 Especially has God used his Son, Jesus Christ, to reveal the truth to mankind. (Hebrews 1:1-3) In fact, Jesus spoke the truth as no other man ever had. (John 7:46) Even after his ascension to heaven, he revealed the truth from his Father. For instance, the apostle John received “a revelation by Jesus Christ, which God gave him, to show his slaves the things that must shortly take place.”​—Revelation 1:1-3.

10 Jesus told Pontius Pilate that He had come to the earth to bear witness to the truth. During his ministry, Jesus revealed that such truth related to the vindication of Jehovah’s sovereignty by means of God’s Kingdom with Christ as King. But bearing witness to the truth required more of Jesus than preaching and teaching. Jesus made that truth become reality by fulfilling it. Accordingly, the apostle Paul wrote: “Let no man judge you in eating and drinking or in respect of a festival or of an observance of the new moon or of a sabbath; for those things are a shadow of the things to come, but the reality belongs to the Christ.”​—Colossians 2:16, 17.

11 One way in which the truth became reality was by Jesus’ foretold birth in Bethlehem. (Micah 5:2; Luke 2:4-11) The truth also became reality at the fulfillment of Daniel’s prophetic words about the Messiah’s appearance at the end of 69 ‘weeks of years.’ That took place when Jesus presented himself to God at baptism and was anointed with holy spirit, right on schedule, in 29 C.E. (Daniel 9:25; Luke 3:1, 21, 22) The truth further became reality by Jesus’ enlightening ministry as a Kingdom proclaimer. (Isaiah 9:1, 2, 6, 7; 61:1, 2; Matthew 4:13-17; Luke 4:18-21) It also became reality by his death and resurrection.​—Psalm 16:8-11; Isaiah 53:5, 8, 11, 12; Matthew 20:28; John 1:29; Acts 2:25-31.

12 Since the truth centered on Jesus Christ, he could say: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6) People are set free spiritually when they put themselves “on the side of the truth” by accepting Jesus’ role in God’s purpose. (John 8:32-36; 18:37) Because sheeplike ones accept the truth and follow Christ in faith, they will receive everlasting life.​—John 10:24-28.

13 The body of truth delivered by Jesus and his inspired disciples constitutes the true Christian faith. Those “obedient to the faith” thus “go on walking in the truth.” (Acts 6:7; 3 John 3, 4) So, then, who walk in the truth today? Who really are teaching all nations the truth? In addressing such questions, we will focus on the early Christians and examine Scriptural truth relating to (1) beliefs, (2) manner of worship, and (3) personal conduct.

The Truth and Beliefs
14 Jehovah’s written Word was highly esteemed by the early Christians. (John 17:17) It was their standard regarding beliefs and practices. Clement of Alexandria of the second and third centuries said: “They who are laboring after excellency will not stop in their search after truth, until they have obtained proof of that which they believe from the Scriptures themselves.”

15 Like the early Christians, Jehovah’s Witnesses esteem the Bible highly. They believe that “all Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching.” (2 Timothy 3:16) So let us consider a few beliefs of the early Christians in the light of what Jehovah’s present-day servants have learned because they use the Bible as their principal textbook.

The Truth About the Soul
16 Because they believed what is said in the Scriptures, the first Christians taught the truth about the soul. They knew that “man came to be a living soul” when God created him. (Genesis 2:7) Moreover, they acknowledged that the human soul dies. (Ezekiel 18:4; James 5:20) They also knew that ‘the dead are conscious of nothing at all.’​—Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10.

17 Yet, Jesus’ early disciples had the sure hope that the dead in God’s memory would be resurrected, or restored to life. That belief was well-expressed by Paul, who declared: “I have hope toward God . . . that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.” (Acts 24:15) Even at a later time, professed Christian Minucius Felix wrote: “Who is so stupid or senseless as to venture to maintain that man, originally formed by God, cannot be remade by him anew?” Like the first Christians, Jehovah’s Witnesses hold to the Scriptural truth about the human soul, death, and the resurrection. Let us now consider the identity of God and Christ.

The Truth and the Trinity
18 The early Christians did not view God, Christ, and the holy spirit as a Trinity. Says The Encyclopædia Britannica: “Neither the word Trinity nor the explicit doctrine appears in the New Testament, nor did Jesus and his followers intend to contradict the Shema [a Hebrew prayer] in the Old Testament: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord’ (Deut. 6:4).” Christians did not worship the Roman triad or any other gods. They accepted Jesus’ statement that Jehovah alone is to be worshiped. (Matthew 4:10) Moreover, they believed Christ’s words: “The Father is greater than I am.” (John 14:28) Witnesses of Jehovah hold the same views today.

19 Jesus’ early followers drew clear distinctions between God, Christ, and the holy spirit. In fact, they baptized disciples (1) in the name of the Father, (2) in the name of the Son, and (3) in the name of the holy spirit, not in the name of a Trinity. Jehovah’s Witnesses similarly teach Scriptural truth and therefore differentiate between God, his Son, and the holy spirit.​—Matthew 28:19.

The Truth and Baptism
20 Jesus commissioned his followers to make disciples by teaching people the truth. To qualify for baptism, they need a basic knowledge of the Scriptures. For instance, they must acknowledge the position and authority of the Father and of his Son, Jesus Christ. (John 3:16) Baptismal candidates also need to understand that the holy spirit is not a person but is God’s active force.​—Genesis 1:2, footnote.

21 The early Christians baptized only informed and repentant individuals unreservedly dedicated to God to do his will. Jews and proselytes who assembled in Jerusalem at Pentecost 33 C.E. already had a knowledge of the Hebrew Scriptures. Upon hearing the apostle Peter speak about Jesus the Messiah, about 3,000 “embraced his word heartily” and “were baptized.”​—Acts 2:41; 3:19–4:4; 10:34-38.

22 Christian baptism is for believers. People in Samaria accepted the truth, and “when they believed Philip, who was declaring the good news of the kingdom of God and of the name of Jesus Christ, they proceeded to be baptized, both men and women.” (Acts 8:12) As a devout proselyte who had knowledge of Jehovah, the Ethiopian eunuch first accepted Philip’s statements about the fulfillment of Messianic prophecy, and then he got baptized. (Acts 8:34-36) Later, Peter told Cornelius and other Gentiles that “the man that fears [God] and works righteousness is acceptable to him” and that everyone putting faith in Jesus Christ receives forgiveness of sins. (Acts 10:35, 43; 11:18) All of this harmonizes with Jesus’ command to ‘make disciples, teaching them to observe all the things he had commanded.’ (Matthew 28:19, 20; Acts 1: Jehovah’s Witnesses hold to the same standard, accepting for baptism only those who have a basic knowledge of the Scriptures and who have made a dedication to God.

23 Total immersion in water is the proper form of baptism for believers. After Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River, he came “up out of the water.” (Mark 1:10) The Ethiopian eunuch was baptized in “a body of water.” He and Philip “went down into the water” and then came “up out of” it. (Acts 8:36-40) Scriptural association of baptism with symbolic burial also indicates complete submersion in water.​—Romans 6:4-6; Colossians 2:12.

24 The Oxford Companion to the Bible says: “The descriptions of specific New Testament baptisms indicate that the person being baptized was dipped under the water.” According to the French work Larousse du XXe Siècle (Paris, 1928), “the first Christians received baptism by immersion everywhere where water was found.” And the book After Jesus​—The Triumph of Christianity notes: “In its most basic form, [baptism] called for a confession of faith by the candidate, followed by complete immersion in water in the name of Jesus.”

25 The foregoing points regarding the Bible-based beliefs and practices of the first Christians are merely examples. It would be possible to cite other parallels between their beliefs and those of Jehovah’s Witnesses. In the following article, we will discuss additional ways to identify those who are teaching people the truth.

How Would You Respond?

• What kind of worship does God require?

• How did the truth become reality by means of Jesus Christ?

• What is the truth about the soul and death?

• How is Christian baptism performed, and what is required of baptismal candidates?

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. I love this post, I have been asking Christians how are they worship God in spirit?

Because in Bible there is no place where Jesus said singing and dancing is act of worship. Jesus pray and fell on his face to the ground in matthew, in book of Mark there is a verse Jesus left his home early in the morning and went to solitary place to pray. And in all what Jesus did Christian did not do any of it, according to the Bible from Genesis to revelation the only way to pray is by bow down to the ground and worship.


I want to ask Christian again how re u worship God?

Ostrogoth:
Yeah, this is what I call an edifying message. The Word of Christ is truth because they are the Word of God; the divine purpose of God revealed by the appearing of Christ(2 Timothy 1:9-10) and settled in the risen Christ who is Lord of all things to the Church (Ephesians 1 vs 20-23). The Word is Life and Light(John 1 vs 4-5); it is the God ordained means of Life which we receive when we believe with our hearts and confess with our mouth the Lord Jesus Christ (John 3 vs14-18). God bless you bruv. Interesting15 please take note!!

thank you my good friend.

malvisguy212:
As a leader, when you are truthful to your people, when answering yes or no, you don't need a jotter to take notes because there is nothing to remembered.

Truth extends to encouragement. If you speak a
positive truth about all people, you never have to avoid anyone.

Truth extends to implications. If you refuse to give false impressions, you never feel the need to cover up.

It is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error. It is better to speak the truth that hurts and then heals, than falsehood that comforts and then kills.

what is truthful ?

There are truths, there is being truthful and then there is the Truth. Truth is a person; KNOWING Him (not "about” Him) opens the door to Truth and becoming Truth-full.

John 14:16
“I am the way, the TRUTH, and the life; no one comes to the Father but by Me”

John 4:23
“A time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.”

We see then that to be truthful is MORE than being full of facts, correct knowledge, good information, right doctrines, correct articles of faith or creeds. Jesus' words and deeds were not His own, they were from the Father. It is impossible to be truly honest with ourselves, others and God without being full of “THE Truth.” Jesus was a human being, yet He was
not full of Himself. He expressed the Father, not Himself. He emptied Himself that He might be full of the Father's words, will, ways, and works. “God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself.”

Our touchstone for Truth, must not be our creeds, articles of faith, confessions, or our church leaders opinions. Nor should our touchstone be our Bible translation. “You search the Scriptures for in them you 'think' you have life. But they testify of Me that you might have life.” No,our touchstone for truth must be Truth Himself. Nothing else will do,not even our understanding of our Bible translation.

Dear precious brothers and sisters, let us take some time today to see if indeed the adversary has fertile ground in which to plant his lies which prevent us from manifesting God's glory which comes from being filled with His Spirit and His Truth.

It is truthfulness that makes one transparent. And it is this transparency that will allow the light of the Spirit to shine through us.

happy Sunday.

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malvisguy212:
. Cc Scholar8200 long time brother. hope you are fine.

Hello bro, all is well thanks

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NwaAmaikpe:
:oWorshiping in truth and spirit simply means being true to yourself and not thinking with your carnal mind but being led by the spirit.

I don't believe this to be true at all.

NwaAmaikpe:
It means, when you go to church with the intent to give N100 as offering even when you know you won't have transport fare back home that you shouldn't.

Jesus Christ never called anyone to church buildings... even His own disciples abandoned the only Jewish ways and sought people in other lands where there were no synagogues. So how could this even apply as far as the meaning of what Jesus Christ said?

NwaAmaikpe:
You should be true to yourself to know you can't afford it and also spiritually mature to know that God doesn't need your N100 to be God.

Why would Jesus Christ even suggest you be yourself when one of the costs to be paid in order to become born again is to, you guessed it, DENY self! You cannot both deny yourself and be yourself!

We are talking of Jesus Christ, the TRUTH of God(The word out of God's own Mouth, made flesh), who declared the following.

John 14:6(ERV)
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6. Jesus answered, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. The only way to the Father is through me.

Why would He then be flippant about His references to Truth, knowing the above? Obviously, by Truth, He meant His person. But who is Jesus Christ, the Truth of God?

Jeremiah 31 vs 31-34 (ERV)
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31. “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,
32. not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the Lord.
33. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

He is not only the Savior, He is in fact the New Covenant that we have with God, a covenant that comes to us carrying about 46 Laws/commandments that those who are in Jesus Christ are expected to model their lives after.

In the same John 14 where He declares that He is the Truth, He, Jesus Christ, introduces the Spirit of God, the seal of the New Covenant that is Jesus Christ. The Spirit of God is the Spirit of Truth to lead and teach us all things that are Jesus Christ, the New Covenant.

John 14:6(ERV)
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15 “If you love me, you will do what I command.
16 I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper[a] to be with you forever.
17 The Helper is the Spirit of truth. The people of the world cannot accept him, because they don’t see him or know him. But you know him. He lives with you, and he will be in you.

18 “I will not leave you all alone like orphans. I will come back to you.
19 In a very short time the people in the world will not see me anymore. But you will see me. You will live because I live.
20 On that day you will know that I am in the Father. You will know that you are in me and I am in you.
21 Those who really love me are the ones who not only know my commands but also obey them. My Father will love such people, and I will love them. I will make myself known to them.”

He, the Spirit of God, will lead us into obedience to all that which is Jesus Christ's commandment. He is the one to write the law of God(Jesus Christ) on our hearts. Yes, the Spirit of God who will live inside of us (those who belong to Jesus Christ) will cause us to worship/serve God in Truth(in obedience to Jesus Christ's commandments), and Spirit (by leading, teaching, counseling, comforting, and helping us to accomplish all that which God has willed).

mysteryman2014:
In simple one sentence what is worshipping God in spirit and truth.

In the God context, "worship" implies serving/obeying God - not to be confused in any way with your worship rituals observed in your churches today which have nothing to do with that which God in fact commanded of His followers.

Obeying God in Truth and in Spirit refers to the kind of obedience that God obtains from those followers of Jesus Christ who are imbued with both the Spirit of Truth(Jesus Christ) and the Spirit of God(God) - they are Righteous in Jesus Christ, going about doing the Will of the Father, just as Jesus Christ Himself did and commanded that we do.

NwaAmaikpe:

Worshiping in truth and spirit simply means being true to yourself and not thinking with your carnal mind but being led by the spirit.

It means, when you go to church with the intent to give N100 as offering even when you know you won't have transport fare back home that you shouldn't.

You should be true to yourself to know you can't afford it and also spiritually mature to know that God doesn't need your N100 to be God.

No one who worships God in Truth and Spirit will even attend your churches and this best your churches are against God, and His commandments.

The Spirit of God will never lead a one to worshipping idols, in much the same way, He would never any one Son of God to worshiping your pastors and their businesses.

gentlegenius:

You made a good point. But I also believe that worshipping the Father in Spirit and Truth has nothing to do with going to church.
The main reason Jesus made this statement was because the Samarian woman at the well side told him "Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”
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Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father... (John 4:20-21).
Jesus was only informing her that the first covenant era, where people used to worship God in earthly places of worship(Hebrews 9:1) is over, and the new covenant era, where we don't need to go to mountains and temples to worship God is already here.

Man's churches are businesses built to the glory of men and not God. There pastors are not called or anointed by Him.. Ezekiel 34

So those who belong to Him will certainly not be led by Him to serve idols in the churches of men.

Kokoebapluse:
. I love this post, I have been asking Christians how are they worship God in spirit?

Because in Bible there is no place where Jesus said singing and dancing is act of worship. Jesus pray and fell on his face to the ground in matthew, in book of Mark there is a verse Jesus left his home early in the morning and went to solitary place to pray. And in all what Jesus did Christian did not do any of it, according to the Bible from Genesis to revelation the only way to pray is by bow down to the ground and worship.


I want to ask Christian again how re u worship God?

Worship were God is concerned implies serving or obeying God. It means nothing like the act you see portrayed in churches world over since God never commanded His followers to do any of that for Him.

Serving God in Truth(Jesus Christ) and in Spirit(God) implies living in obedience to the commandments of Jesus Christ, the Truth and being led by the Spirit of God to doing the Will of the Father in Heaven.

It is a state of existence that can only be achieved through continue acceptance and obedience of the commandment/teachings of Jesus Christ, the New Covenant Law of the Kingdom of God.