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Concise Bible Dictionary
:
The worship of
God
has been described as “the honor and
adoration
which are rendered to Him by reason of what He is in Himself, and what He is to those who render it.” It is pre-supposed that the worshipper has some relation with God, and that the order of service or worship is prescribed. The Israelites had been redeemed out of
Egypt
by God, and thus as a ransomed people could draw near to His appointed place to worship according to His order. The Psalmist could say, “O come, let us sing unto the
Lord
: let us make a joyful noise to the
rock
of our
salvation
.... for the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all
gods
.... O come, let us worship and
bow
down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker. For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, and the
sheep
of His hand” (
Psa. 95:1-7
1
O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
2
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
3
For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
4
In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.
5
The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
6
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.
7
For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice, (Psalm 95:1‑7)
).
The worshippers could not enter God’s
sanctuary
in
Old
Testament
times
: their place of approach was its outer courts; and even the priests, except once a
year
, went no further than the holy place. All this is now changed:
redemption
has been wrought, the
veil
has been rent from top to bottom, God has come out, and worshippers, as priests, have boldness for entrance to the holiest. God has been revealed in the counsels of His love as
Father
, and
the
Holy
Spirit
has been given. The language of the
Psalms
therefore is hardly fitting for
Christian
worship, because of the nearness into which the
believer
is brought. In the
millennium
the
people
will not have access in the same sense: the true
figure
for the Christian attitude is that of the
priest
, not that of the people.
They that worship God must worship Him in spirit and in
truth
, and the Father seeketh such to worship Him (
John 4:24
24
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. (John 4:24)
). They delight in what He is: they “
joy
in God,” and they love Him. To worship “in spirit” is to worship according to the true
nature
of God, and in the
power
of that
communion
which the Holy Spirit gives. It thus stands in contrast to worship consisting in forms and ceremonies, and to the religiousness of which the
flesh
is capable. To worship “in truth” is to worship God according to
the revelation
which He has been pleased to give of Himself. It would not therefore
now
be worshipping God “in truth” to worship Him simply as “a great God,” “our Maker,” and “a great King above all gods,” as in Psalm 95; for He has been pleased to reveal Himself in another
light
, even as “Father” to those who are His. They enter into His presence in the spirit of sonship, and in the sense of the love which has given them a place before Him in Christ, as sons according to His good pleasure: the sense of this love, and of the good pleasure of God in having us before Him in Christ, is the
spring
of worship. The Father and
the
Son
are known, the Father’s will is that the Son should be honored as revealing the
fountain
of love, and the Son leading the hearts of the many sons into the Father’s love. Worship is thus distinguished from ascriptions of
praise
and thanksgiving; it is the homage of love (
Rom. 8:15
15
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. (Romans 8:15)
).
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Number:
4573
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Greek:
σεβάζομαι
Transliteration:
sebazomai
Phonic:
seb-ad’-zom-ahee
Meaning:
middle voice from a derivative of
4576
; to venerate, i.e. adore
KJV Usage:
worship
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“Study to show thyself approved unto God, … rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15).
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