Week 10: Styles

May 21, 2008 02:20 PM
This is taken from the John MacArthur web site, grace to you, gty.org.

I want us to look at that phrase, "Your spiritual service of worship," and just meditate on it a little bit. Spiritual service of worship is a notable phrase, and to begin with we focus on the word "spiritual," logikos, it simply means in the realm of the soul. When we talk about worship, we're talking about something that originates in the soul, in the inner person. The word actually could be translated reasonable, as it is in some translations. That is, it originates in the reason, in the intelligence. Worship is latreia, it is a religious worship, it is a word used for priestly activites. Our worship before God, the service that we render to God in worship is spiritual. That is to say it is internal rather than external. Music or no music, beautiful music or not so beautiful music, true worship originates in the soul, it is spiritual and that is where it begins. This is the worship, Paul says, that is acceptable to God. It is the kind of worship God desires. Greek term here means "utterly satisfying to God."

May 26, 2008 09:50 PM
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