From our Introductory Post:
“The righteous have sat back and allowed the wicked to take over our relationships to God, families, churches, governments, schools and colleges, journalism, entertainment, sports, sciences, and a whole litany of other endeavors in our society.”
Relationship to God - Worship
Our previous post discussed our relationship to God in light of human civilization’s destruction. At the end of the flood, as the ark landed, the first act after Noah and his family stepped onto the dry ground was worship (Genesis 8:20 – 22). This was not what commonly passes for “worship” today, which we will discuss in a later post. The worship spoken of in this passage was TRUE worship of the One Who had delivered Noah and his family. It involved the sacrificial death and blood shedding of animals, and the Lord was pleased with it.
It was the nature of this sacrificial act of worship to remind Noah and his family of their sin and of the awful price of atonement. The system of animal sacrifice pointed to the Sacrifice to be offered some 2500 years later as Jesus Christ was murdered by wicked humans according to the plan of God on a cross in Jerusalem. His Sacrifice was the ONLY effective sacrifice for our sins (Hebrews 10:1 – 10).
At the conclusion of Noah’s worship service God promised to never again send a worldwide destruction by water upon humans. He told Noah and his sons to fill the earth with people and to have exercise stewardship over all the creatures of the earth.
Summary
As we conclude this series of posts regarding our relationships to God, we do well to consider how those relationships lead us to worship God. Do we acknowledge Him as Creator? Are we obedient to Him? Are we growing in Him? Are we moving toward joy in His presence? We can only truly worship Him when we are reminded of His wonderful sacrifice for us. When we have truly worshipped, we can expect to receive God’s promises and direction for our lives.
I remain yours in the name of Jesus Christ, the Creator and Name above every name.
“Mr. Phil”
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God tells us that those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth. In a real sense, those who honestly try to find and act according to truth are acting according to the commands of God. Discussions with unbelievers will show that they try to pretend that humans can define reality, and are not capable of understanding the issue. They wind up worshiping something that is not God, and can't tell what they are doing.
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