Bible
Study - Are You Worshipping God In Spirit And In Truth?
Lesson 8
We Must Only Worship God
Jesus said in Matthew 4:10,
"You shall worship the Lord your
God and Him only shall you serve." If we
worship God in spirit and in truth, we cannot worship anyone
or anything else. Anything we worship, other than God, is
an idol. According to Webster, an idol is "an image used
as an object or instrument of worship."
God forbids us to make and
worship idols. God says in Exodus 20:4-5,
"You shall not make for yourself a carved image, any
likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in
the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;
you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the
Lord your God, am a jealous God." We see
we are not to make any image whether it is a statue or any
likeness of anything in heaven or earth to worship them. But
this is done today when people worship icons. People bow down
and pray to these statues and painted pictures whether they
be the supposed likeness of Mary the mother of Jesus or one
of the many other dead people who are called saints. This
is in direct disobedience to the command of God.
In 1 John 5:21 we read, "My
little children, guard yourselves from idols."
When I see people bowing down, burning candles, praying,
and worshipping an icon image of a saint, my heart bleeds
for them because they are putting their souls in jeopardy
of being lost. We are warned in Colossians 2:18,
"Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight
in false humility and worshipping angels." We
can loose our reward in heaven if we worship someone other
than God. He is the only one we are to worship because He
is a jealous God. God will not allow us to worship anyone
else other than Himself. Revelations 21:8 tells us that
"idolaters shall have their part in the lake which burns
with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."
We must only worship God and our worship must be in spirit
and in truth if we expect to be with Him in heaven when this
life is over.
Questions Lesson 8
We Must Only Worship God
(click on the button of the
answer of your choice)
1) (Matthew 4:10) We shall worship
and serve
Materialism.
The Hindu gods.
Only the Lord our God.
2)
God allows us to worship Buddha.
3) (Exodus 20:4-5) People
who bow down, worship, and pray to images whether carved or
painted pictures of Mary or one of the saints
Are doing the will of God.
Are in direct disobedience of the command of God.
Are excused by God.
4)
God forbids us to make and worship idols, including the
pictures and statues of Jesus' mother Mary or one of the saints..
5) (Colossians 2:18) If
we worship anything or anyone other than God
God is well pleased.
We will be cheated of our reward in heaven.
If God does not see it we can get by with it.
6)
God will allow us to worship someone else other than
Himself.
7) (Revelation 21:8) What
will happen to idolaters in eternity?
They will have their part in the lake which burns
with fire and brimstone.
Since God is a loving God, He will excuse them.
They will go to heaven since no one will be lost.
8)
We must only worship God in spirit and in truth if
we expect to go to heaven.
