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Posted : 6 Aug, 2011 11:29 AM
I didn't get a chance to comment on the other thread James posted about worshipping the Holy Spirit. One thing I do know is that we are called to worship God and our Lord Jesus Christ through the empowerment of the Holy Spirit in spirit and in truth ( meanng our spirit connected together in unity and in one accord with the Holy Spirit) , and when we do this, He the Holy Spirit also receives our worship and praise.
When we bless the name of Jesus Christ the Holy Spirit is also blessed. When we thank God for HIs Holy Spirit, we are also giving thank to the Holy Spirit. When we invite HIm into our hearts or in our presence to worship and praise God, we are inviting HIm to assist and help us in this worship and praise to god thorugh Jesus. We are told that the HOly Spriti will not speak of HImself but will direct our attention to God and Jesus Christ. We are commended to worship and Praise God through Jesus Christ, and when ths is done God's Holy Spiirit is also being praised and worship.
Pasover, you are correct there are no scriptures wherein we are commanded, or the apostles praised or worshipped the Holy Spiriit. BUT, when we give all honor and praise and glory and power to God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ in worship and praise, we are also giving all things in worship and prasie to the Holy Spirit.
Shalom, I too, for some reason wasn thrown on that last paragraph of that article... I don't think it was that well written or something. Or maybe the guy didn't explain well what he was saying...
I found this on the internet ... hope this will help for better understanding.www. gotquestions.org
Question: "Should we worship the Holy Spirit?"
Answer: We know that only God should be worshipped. Only God demands worship, and only God deserves worship. The question of whether we should worship the Holy Spirit is answered simply by determining whether the Spirit is God. Contrary to the ideas of some cults, the Holy Spirit is not merely a �force,� but a personality. He is referred to in personal terms (John 15:26; 16:7-8, 13-14). He acts as a Being with personality would act�He speaks (1 Timothy 4:1), He loves (Romans 15:30), He teaches (John 14:26), He intercedes (Romans 8:26), and so on.
The Holy Spirit possesses the nature of deity�He shares the attributes of God. He is neither angelic nor human in essence. He is eternal (Hebrews 9:14). He is everywhere present (Psalm 139:7-10). The Spirit is omniscient, i.e., He knows �all things, even the deep things of God� (1 Corinthians 2:10-11). He taught the apostles �all things� (John 14:26). He was involved in the creation process (Genesis 1:2). The Holy Spirit is spoken of in intimate association with both the Father and the Son (Matthew 28:19; John 14:16). As a Person, He can be lied to (Acts 5:3-4) and grieved (Ephesians 4:30). Furthermore, some passages in the Old Testament that are attributed to God are applied to the Spirit in the New Testament (see Isaiah 6:8 with Acts 28:25, and Exodus 16:7 with Hebrews 3:7-9).
A divine Person is worthy of worship. God is �worthy of praise� (Psalm 18:3). God is great �most worthy of praise� (Psalm 48:1). We are commanded to worship God (Matthew 4:10; Revelation 19:10; 22:9). If, then, the Spirit is deity, the third Person of our triune God, He is worthy of worship. Philippians 3:3 tells us that true believers, those whose hearts have been circumcised, worship God by the Spirit and glory and rejoice in Christ. Here is a beautiful picture of worship of all three members of the Godhead.
How do we worship the Holy Spirit? The same way we worship the Father and the Son. Christian worship is spiritual, flowing from the inward workings of the Holy Spirit to which we respond by offering our lives to Him (Romans 12:1). We worship the Spirit by obedience to His commands. Referring to Christ, the Apostle John explains that �those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us� (1 John 3:24). We see here the link between obeying Christ and the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, convicting us of all things�especially our need to worship by obedience�and empowering us to worship.
Worship is itself a function of the Spirit. Jesus says that we �worship in spirit and in truth� (John 4:24). Those who are spiritual are those who are indwelt by the Spirit who testifies to us that we belong to Him (Romans 8:16). His presence in our hearts enables us to return worship to Him in the Spirit. We are in Him as He is in us, just as Christ is in the Father and the Father is in us through the Spirit (John 14:20, 17:21)
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Side Bar: I love this Doxology we sing in our church: Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him all creatures here below. Praise God above ye (you) heavenly host; Prasie Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen!
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