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Think about it. When your church honors and worships the Holy Spirit and seducing spirits come in and fall on them, bringing tongues without interpretation or other sensational signs in the flesh resulting in confusion, you would have a hard time convincing these believers that was not the real indwelling Holy Spirit that had just come.
They were honoring the Holy Spirit and they were addressing the Holy Spirit in worship, so why wasn't that the Holy Spirit that came and fell on them, bringing signs? Isn't that the rudiment or the practice in these movements of the "Spirit" when they invoke the Person of the Holy Spirit to come & fall on them, and yet you say that is not of the Lord at all?
So why would God limit how we, as saved believers come to Him in worship? To prevent sinners from bringing in their spiritualism into christianity by coming to God the Father by the only way of the Son in worship.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Only Jesus can answer prayers by way of permission from the Father.
John 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
So when wayward believers address the Holy Spirit to invoke Him to come & fall on them in those movements of the "Spirit", that is not the Holy Spirit answering that prayer request.
This is why the Holy Spirit is excluded from being worshiped so as to keep the way narrow in coming to God the Father in how God the Father wants to honor Him in worship and that is by the only way of the Son. God's judgment is why.
John 5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
Jesus did not forget about the Holy Spirit when He said that if any one does not honor the Son, they honor not the Father, because the Holy Spirit is sent to lead believers to do the same thing He is sent to do; to honor the Son in worship.
John 16:14He shall glorify me:........
John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
That is how believers are led by the Spirit to honor the Son by testifying of Him in worship to glorify the Son and by Him, God the Father too. That is how spiritualism is kept out of the worship place when hymnals are honoring & glorifying the Son, not each individual member of the Triune God nor the name of the "Trinity", but only the Son to glorify the Father by.
That is the "obedience" Paul was stressing about in having that mind of Christ in worship because His name is above very other name in honoring & glorifying the Son and thereby honor & glorifying God the Father.
Philippians 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Whose workmanship are we?
Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:.......11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
We are to be disciples of Jesus Christ led by the Spirit of Christ to testify of the Son in seeking His glory and that especially includes only honoring the Son in the worship place to honor the Father in seeking to glorify God as God.
John 13:31 Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.32 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.
There you have it. God as God is glorified only in the Son and that is why Jesus is the only way to come to God the Father in worship.
If you do not narrow the way to honor God the Father in worship by only honoring the Son, but still including the honoring of the Holy Spirit, even in hymnals, you will have a very hard time to convince believers when seducing spirits come into the worship place, bringing signs and lying wonders, that those spirits was not the Holy Spirit when He is already in them as promised by faith in Jesus Christ at their salvation. That is why the Holy Spirit is excluded from being worshiped.
So are you led by the Spirit of Christ & the scripture to do what He has been sent in leading you to do or are you led by unBiblical church tradition that was started by men with the "modified" ecumenical Nicene creed of 325 A.D.?
Go before that throne of grace and ask Jesus for wisdom in discerning this issue of His words since we are living in these latter days where faith is hard to find, because the consequence of this iniquity runs the risk of being led astray by seducing spirits and thus left behind from the Marriage Supper.
John 10:1Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
The solution to prevent going around the Son in worship is to narrow the way back to the straight gate or else.
Luke 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: 26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.30 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.
I know ye not whence ye are identifies the iniquity by how believers came to Him in worship; not by the only way of the Son. So the only way Jesus will never say that to any believer is when they come to Him by the only way & that is Him.
This call of repentance is given for churches as well as individual believers to narrow the way back to the Son in worship, fellowship, and prayer in coming to God the Father for anything. There is no fellowship with God in going around the Son.
1 Corinthians 1:9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
They were honoring the Holy Spirit and they were addressing the Holy Spirit in worship, so why wasn't that the Holy Spirit that came and fell on them, bringing signs? Isn't that the rudiment or the practice in these movements of the "Spirit" when they invoke the Person of the Holy Spirit to come & fall on them, and yet you say that is not of the Lord at all?
So why would God limit how we, as saved believers come to Him in worship? To prevent sinners from bringing in their spiritualism into christianity by coming to God the Father by the only way of the Son in worship.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Only Jesus can answer prayers by way of permission from the Father.
John 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
So when wayward believers address the Holy Spirit to invoke Him to come & fall on them in those movements of the "Spirit", that is not the Holy Spirit answering that prayer request.
This is why the Holy Spirit is excluded from being worshiped so as to keep the way narrow in coming to God the Father in how God the Father wants to honor Him in worship and that is by the only way of the Son. God's judgment is why.
John 5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
Jesus did not forget about the Holy Spirit when He said that if any one does not honor the Son, they honor not the Father, because the Holy Spirit is sent to lead believers to do the same thing He is sent to do; to honor the Son in worship.
John 16:14He shall glorify me:........
John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
That is how believers are led by the Spirit to honor the Son by testifying of Him in worship to glorify the Son and by Him, God the Father too. That is how spiritualism is kept out of the worship place when hymnals are honoring & glorifying the Son, not each individual member of the Triune God nor the name of the "Trinity", but only the Son to glorify the Father by.
That is the "obedience" Paul was stressing about in having that mind of Christ in worship because His name is above very other name in honoring & glorifying the Son and thereby honor & glorifying God the Father.
Philippians 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Whose workmanship are we?
Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:.......11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
We are to be disciples of Jesus Christ led by the Spirit of Christ to testify of the Son in seeking His glory and that especially includes only honoring the Son in the worship place to honor the Father in seeking to glorify God as God.
John 13:31 Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.32 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.
There you have it. God as God is glorified only in the Son and that is why Jesus is the only way to come to God the Father in worship.
If you do not narrow the way to honor God the Father in worship by only honoring the Son, but still including the honoring of the Holy Spirit, even in hymnals, you will have a very hard time to convince believers when seducing spirits come into the worship place, bringing signs and lying wonders, that those spirits was not the Holy Spirit when He is already in them as promised by faith in Jesus Christ at their salvation. That is why the Holy Spirit is excluded from being worshiped.
So are you led by the Spirit of Christ & the scripture to do what He has been sent in leading you to do or are you led by unBiblical church tradition that was started by men with the "modified" ecumenical Nicene creed of 325 A.D.?
Go before that throne of grace and ask Jesus for wisdom in discerning this issue of His words since we are living in these latter days where faith is hard to find, because the consequence of this iniquity runs the risk of being led astray by seducing spirits and thus left behind from the Marriage Supper.
John 10:1Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
The solution to prevent going around the Son in worship is to narrow the way back to the straight gate or else.
Luke 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: 26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.30 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.
I know ye not whence ye are identifies the iniquity by how believers came to Him in worship; not by the only way of the Son. So the only way Jesus will never say that to any believer is when they come to Him by the only way & that is Him.
This call of repentance is given for churches as well as individual believers to narrow the way back to the Son in worship, fellowship, and prayer in coming to God the Father for anything. There is no fellowship with God in going around the Son.
1 Corinthians 1:9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.