TEXT:
JOHN 4:3-24
Jesus
in the passage
Ø He
was in transit: verse 3 left Judea enroute Galilee but wasn’t only concerned
about His journey or the assignments attached to His destination He wasn’t too
busy for others, He was led and submitted to the Spirit of God.
Ø He
didn’t discriminate: even as God the all-knowing, knowing the past of the woman,
He interacted (as against the norm) and presented the gospel to her verse 7
& 10.
Ø He
was wearied and hungry: verse 6, 31 even in this state He was still focused on
His father’s business, the scriptures in tandem with this says 2 Cor 12:9a says and he said unto me my
grace is sufficient for thee, for my strength is made perfect in weakness.
He practically placed the flesh under control
Ø He
ministered to her: verse 10 & 16.
Features
of worship done in the spirit
Ø It
starts with the knowledge of God: verse 10, John 4:24 says God is spirit…. we can’t worship well what we do not
know or in the spirit if we do not know God.
Ø A
thirst /yielding and submission is required :verse 15
Ø It
is the only form of worship that is acceptable by God: verse 24.
Ø It
is powered by God. Verse 24.
Ø It
is the birthplace of miracles. 4:14.
Perceptions
about worship
Ø Well
is deep: verse 11 some are of the opinion that worship that is in the spirit is
for angels and beyond human comprehension or capacity. a line in CACGHB 76 in
the Yoruba language corrects this stance where it says be lawa eda re niwon
talase ao ma juba re ao ma yin o meaning also we human within our capacity we
will worship and praise you.
Ø Nothing
to draw: like the Samaritan woman thinking Living water can come out of
physical well in verse 11 some are also of the opinion that sophisticated temple,
musical notations or instrumentation or specially made robe are required for a worship
in the spirit, A broken heart based on the knowledge of both who God is, what
He has done and a connected spirit even in the lowest of places can worship in
the spirit.
Ø Art
thou greater than our fathers: verse 12, the kind of worship that is our
concern which deals with eulogizing God with songs, especially that which is
done in the spirit is a spiritual exercise and not subjected to our man made
process and proceedings which some of us uphold even above the Spirit which is
God and even the word of God which is God himself. God is clearly not an author
of confusion but His Spirit is at the helms of the affairs that concerns
worship in the spirit and not our laws.
SHALOM.
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