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Simple question - why should I worship God?
Absolutely, and for the sake of argument I'm willing to give him credit. But why does that mean I should worship him?I would say He deserves it. He's done some pretty amazing stuffs. Look at pictures from NOVA or National Geographic; you'll agree it's quite impressive. Would you agree that it is impressive stuff?
Absolutely, and for the sake of argument I'm willing to give him credit. But why does that mean I should worship him?
Not necessarily, and in some cases, absolutely not.Should one love their mother?
-CryptoLutheran
Surely not! Whatever happened to free will?That's like asking why you should love your girlfriend/wife. When it's been revealed in your heart how much God has done for you, and how much He loves you, you can't help but worship.
Why do I need to worship him? What happens if I don't?And you will see that He doesn't need your worship, you need to worship Him.
If God has not done anything for you than you should not have any gratitude to worship him with.
You do not have to do anything you really do not want to do.
Meh, you may be looking at this the wrong way. I don't think the LORD wants us to worship him "against our will", but that worship is the result of an internal drive of appreciation and gratitude.
When my grandma gave me awesome presents even though it was neither my birthday nor Christmas, I had an internal drive to thank her.
When you realize what God has done for you, you also feel that compelling urge to let him know you love him! The LORD has shown us how to use this drive in a way that is pleasing to him in the Pentateuch.
So, yeah, if you don't love God then don't worship him, would be my guess.
I realise that worship isn't mandatory, perhaps my question was poorly phrased. Worship seems to be different to simply being grateful for something. I am thankful when a friend does me a favour, but that doesn't mean I'm worshipping her. I am awed by the images NASA produces via the Hubble telescope, but that awe doesn't count as worship.I'm with Bling. I think you are being foolish, and wasting your time to do anything if you feel no desire to worship God. It's simple. Just don't.
The Bible does not give the exact definition of worship just lots of examples and definitions for lots of wrong worship.I realise that worship isn't mandatory, perhaps my question was poorly phrased. Worship seems to be different to simply being grateful for something. I am thankful when a friend does me a favour, but that doesn't mean I'm worshipping her. I am awed by the images NASA produces via the Hubble telescope, but that awe doesn't count as worship.
So I guess my question resolves into two: what constitutes worship, and why is God worthy of it?
Simple question - why should I worship God?
Why?Because God alone is worthy of your worship.
So, would going to a church, singing hymns, speaking in tongues, handling snakes, etc, not be considered worship?The Bible does not give the exact definition of worship just lots of examples and definitions for lots of wrong worship.
My understanding of worship would be: the offering up of obedience to a command of God (which can be extremely broad and include everything a Christian is doing that is right).