1. Acts 17:26, 27 “And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.”

2. Jeremiah 10:23 “LORD, I know the way of man is not in himself; It is not in man who walks to direct his own steps.”

3. Isaiah 55:8, 9 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways, says the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.”

4. I Corinthians 2:10-12 “But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.”

5. John 4:19-24 The woman said to Him, "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship." Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews…

6. John 4:19-24 …But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."

7. “Worship in Spirit and Truth” I. Concepts of Worship. A Performance A Ritual A Service

8. “Worship in Spirit and Truth” I. Concepts of Worship. A Performance John 4:23, 24; Acts 20:7; I Cor 14:25 A Ritual Matt 6:7; I Cor 11:29; Luke 22:19; Heb 10:25 A Service Acts 17:24,25; II Tim 1:3; Rom 1:9; Heb 13:14-16

9. “Worship in Spirit and Truth” Acts 17:25 “Worshiped” therapeuo  From which we get our word in English “therapy”

10. “Worship in Spirit and Truth” I. Concepts of Worship. A Performance John 4:23, 24; Acts 20:7; I Cor 14:25 A Ritual Matt 6:7; I Cor 11:29; Luke 22:19; Heb 10:25 A Service Acts 17:24,25; II Tim 1:3; Rom 1:9; Heb 13:14-16

11. “Worship in Spirit and Truth” Romans 1:9 “Serve” latreuo  One who “serves for hire or renders religious service or homage.” Thayer

12. “Worship in Spirit and Truth” I. Concepts of Worship. A Performance John 4:23, 24; Acts 20:7; I Cor 14:25 A Ritual Matt 6:7; I Cor 11:29; Luke 22:19; Heb 10:25 A Service Acts 17:24,25; II Tim 1:3; Rom 1:9; Heb 13:14-16

13. “Worship in Spirit and Truth” II. Examples of Worship. Wise Men (Matt 2:1-2, 11). Christ’s Temptation (Matt 4:8-10). Jairus (Matt 9:18). Jesus’ Disciples (Matt 14:33; 28:9).

14. “Worship in Spirit and Truth” III. True Worship.

15. “Worship in Spirit and Truth” “Worship” proskuneo  Lit. “to kiss toward” Thus kissing the feet of one in honor reverence and submission.

16. “Worship in Spirit and Truth” III. True Worship. Worship is the submission of the individual life to the will of God in a reverent awareness of His presence. A. Involves our lives (Rom 12:1,2). B. Involves our spirits (Rom 12:1,2; Mark 12:30).

17. “Worship in Spirit and Truth” IV. Necessities for Worship. A. Proper Attitude (Matt 15:8,9; Col 2:23). B. Awareness of the Lord’s Presence (Acts 17:27; Matt28:20; 18:20; I Cor 14:25). C. A Relationship with God (I Peter 3:12; John 14:6; Romans 10:9; Acts 3:19; Gal 3:27).