Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Do we truly worship and serve God?

Excerpt from yesterday-- 

Mat 4:8  Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
Mat 4:9  And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Mat 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 told the devil to go away and then He used the power of the written word of God-

Thou shalt WORSHIP the LORD THY GOD, and HIM ONLY SHALT THOUGH SERVE.

Jesus would NOT bow down and worship the devil - not for the entire world!  

How many of us give up worshipping the Lord- for so much less?

Tempted with the kingdoms of the world-  but NOT the world itself. The devil did NOT tell Jesus he'd give him the world, or everything in the world. He tempted Him by telling Him, he would give him the kingdoms and the glory of those kingdoms and yes, that was a lot of to offer, but to our Savior it was nothing. Jesus didn't want the kingdoms and their glory, Jesus wanted the lost, the sinners, the love of those He created.

The devil wanted Jesus' worship. The devil wanted to be like the god -of the God who created Him.

Isa 14:12  How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
Isa 14:13  For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
Isa 14:14  I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High

The devil wanted to be like the most high, and if he could get Jesus to worship Him, he would accomplish that goal.

Jesus wanted nothing to do with the devil, He knew him for what he was, the evil He was through and through.

The words Jesus used to answer the devil's third temptation- 'Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written'

He told the devil to go away!
He told the devil -  "IT IS WRITTEN"
And He told Him something very, very important, something we ALL need to remember constantly. "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve."

This is TRUTH! We need to WORSHIP the Lord our God!
We need to only SERVE God!

We need to comprehend what this means, truly comprehend it, not just read it and nod as if we understand without truly letting it sink in.

Worshiping the Lord our God- ONLY.   We need to think about what it means to WORSHIP and then- worship as God desires of us.
We need to serve ONLY GOD and like worshiping, we need to comprehend what it means to serve God.

By HIS GRACE may we study this so we know, truly know what it means to worship and serve God.

We do NOT want Jesus to tell us to get away from Him and He will… He really will…

Mat 7:22  Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Mat 7:23  And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

More tomorrow all by the GRACE and MERCY, the overwhelming, unfathomable LOVE of our GOD!

Forever and ever!

AMEN.

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