But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men
Posted : 7 Mar, 2021 12:03 PM
Here is the answer to why worshiping, is our life or our death.
God is a jealous God, worshiping any other god is destruction for us..
Exodus 34:14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
Deuteronomy 8:19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
We know God is Holy, that is why what God requires of man is Holy worship..
Psalm 29:2 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
This is where the way to worship God is revealed, with meekness and lowliness ( as the meek inherit the earth)..
Psalm 99:5 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.
Then the purpose of the Gospel would be to lower the pride of man, to teach meekness, to cast down idols that were worshiped, and fear the Lord who arose to shake the earth, when we saw the glory of His majesty, and go into the clefts of the rocks for fear of the Lord..
Isaiah 2:17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish.
19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
But when that great day of the wrath of the Lamb of God comes, all men on earth worshiping the beast, hide themselves in the rocks..
Revelation 6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
This is all men who have transgressed against the Lord, where their worm dies not, as all flesh comes to worship before the Lord..
Isaiah 66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain.
23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.
24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
Fulfilled right here, which mocks hvsgrpcalling, who makes mockery of not being able to avoid looking on a woman to lust after her, as if we should not hear with fear the Lord, and avoid all of us being cast into hell where our worm dies not..
Mark 9:47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
So refusing to hear Gods words ? Good or not good ? Walking after our own hearts imaginations, which is serving other gods and worshiping them and then, we are good for nothing..
Jeremiah 13:10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.
This is the final word in the old testament in worshiping the Lord God, how all men worship God from our own place, as the previous idols were deteriorated..
Zephaniah 2:11 The Lord will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.
To emphasize this change right here in the Gospel of Christ, the devil shows it requires worship from the Son of man, Jesus answers the god of this world, we shall only worship the Lord our God and HIM ONLY WE SHALL SERVE..
Matthew 4:9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Matthew 4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Jesus testifies for us then, that the peoples heart is far from Him, they worship, but in vain, adhering to men;s commandments, which draw away from Gods commandments, to be MORE THAN MOUTH..
Matthew 16:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Remember how God came to lay low the haughtiness of men ? It is layed low, men just do not know they are also destroyed by not having worship by sitting in the lowest way in life..
Luke 14:10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
This is the most important thing to know, do we not think, to know how to worship God, and how we are not worshiping God ?
Just read them together to see, they worship, they know not what, as worshiping God is not by sinners, it is by the Spirit, which is to have nothing to do with the flesh, and the ignorant worship has God declared to man..
John 4:22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
John 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
John 9:31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
Acts 17:23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To The Unknown God. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Philippians 3:3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
Now look again, it is the last testimony on the worshiping of the god of this world, the devil who seeks to be worshiped as God, opposing all of the Lord, with deceivableness, in unrighteousness ( that man of sin and all unrighteousness is sin) in this time of faithlessness on earth..
2 Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2 Thessalonians 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
2 Thessalonians 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
Does the world repent of worshiping devils, idols, which is covetousness, no, they worship the beast, all on earth, instead of worshiping and FEARING GOD, apart from those who have the witness of Christ, which is His word, and not received that mark of the beasts name, which is the lie of and the 100 years as told so many times, is a thousand years is as a day with the Lord, judgement day and forever..
2 Thessalonians 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Isaiah 44:20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? (for the deceivers here Ezekiel 13:22)
2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Revelation 9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
Revelation 13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
Revelation 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Revelation 14:7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Ending on the point, (which the false prophet rejects) that worshiping in the Spirit is not worshiping as children of the flesh ( in the flesh, no Spirit and no ending of flesh/sins, they worship, this whole world believing sinning is always forgiven and that self exaltation exalts the Lord ?)
Romans 9:8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. (Ephesians 2:3 for the deceiving spirit again )
Romans 6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
Romans 6:20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Matthew 23:12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
