“Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

A human being has something inside that desires to worship someone or something. This is part of human nature. Therefore, the worship itself is a very important and unseparated part of our nature. We, as humans, are created to be worshippers.

When God created our ancestors, Adam and Eve, they worshipped Him; the true and main meaning of worship was only to the Creator. Then, the devil deceived them, enticing them to sin and grow distant from the True Creator. Since those times, human beings started to worship idols, nature, people, false gods.

Then, when our Lord Jesus Christ came to this world, His main goal was to bring people back to the True God—to show how to worship Him, the true “object” of worship.

Nothing has changed since the beginning. People still worship different things and not the True God. We Christians sometimes think that idol worshippers are only in those nations who are not Christians and have their own gods. The truth is that idols exist everywhere in every nation and society. Idols exist in our so-called “Christian” reality. In the 21st century, people worship different idols: themselves, their nation, parents, careers, reputation, Christian heritage, church denomination, and famous figures. Yes, this is the sad reality.

Today, so many Christians fight each other trying to show that only their church or denomination is true. Think a moment, isn’t this idolatry? Whom do we worship? Our church, denomination, ministries, or the Lord?

In Jesus’ times, Jewish people thought that Jerusalem was the right place of worship, the Samaritans thought that their mountain was the right place, and sure, other nations had their places of worship. But our Lord Jesus Christ showed and confirmed what is true worship and who are true worshippers: “the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

So, let’s keep in our heart that our God seeks true worshippers: those who worship the Lord in the Spirit and in truth, which is His Word.

Let’s think for a moment: are we in the “list” of those worshippers, whom our God seeks, or maybe we have our own “idols,” which are not seen? Our Lord surely will help us to be true worshippers of Him.

By Artur Ispiryan, Bible League Armenia staff