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.
John 5:22 reads to me as a judgment that is over every believer in our walk with Him.
John 5:23 is the standard of that judgment that is over every believer. The latter end of that verse 23 is signifying the negative of not honoring the Son which is not honoring the Father. It reads to me that it is by "only" honoring the Son is how any believer can honor the Father.
I am applying that to mean there is to be no honoring of the Holy Spirit in worship because that is not the will of the Father in how He wants us to honor Him by in worship.
If the latter part of verse 23 was not written, then there would be no opposition to honoring the Holy Spirit since it left that honor wide open to honor the Father in other ways, but since it does exists, then whenever the believer stops honoring the Son, then they are no longer honoring the Father for why the honoring of the Holy Spirit is not an option in honoring the Father.
Taking a step back; there are no verses that supports the "practice" of worshiping the Holy Spirit with the Father & the Son. Yes, the Holy Spirit is God of the Triune God, but scripture has narrowed the way in how we are to honor the Father by and that is by only honoring the Son.
If we look at sinners in the world like the American Indians that dance and chant for the "Great Spirit" to come whom liken being drunk with alcohol as the same as for when they were communing with the "Great Spirit", then we can see "why" all invitations to come to God the Father in worship all points to honoring the Son as the only way to come to God the Father by 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.
John 10:1 Verily, 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....7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
Why does it have to be this way? By not having the focus or spotlight on the Holy Spirit in worship, how else can a sinner called away from their former spirit worship and other sinners that commune with such spirits, know they are coming to God the Father in worship? How else can they know that they have repented and departed from such spirits unless the focus is only on the Son in worship? How can the church know that these sinners have repented and not calling forth their "familiar spirits" if there was a spotlight on the Holy Spirit in worship? How can any believer test the spirits unless they know that the real Holy Spirit indwells in them to keep the spotlight on the Son so that spirit in the worship place, visiting with signs and lying wonders to draw believers away from honoring the Son in worship to go chasing after them is the spirit of the antichrist as discerned in 1 John 4:1-6 ?
Didn't Jesus warned about false prophets coming into the churches being ecumenical in nature as the modified Nicene creed of 381 A.D. did introduce the practice of worshiping the Holy Spirit with the Father & the Son ( Matthew 7:15-16 ) thus broaden the way in the worship place ( Matthew 7:13-14 ) whereby many do fall for not heeding His words that Jesus is the only way to come to God the Father by in worship in these "movements" of what they assume was the Holy Spirit ( Matthew 7:24-27 ) in spite of the miraculous in Matthew 7:21-23 because they were in iniquity for broadening the way, thus workers of iniquity? Although some will judge their extra phenomenon to be of God, and judge others as not of God, yet they share the same tree when the focus is on the Holy Spirit in worship ( Matthew 7:17-20 ) and so they fail to see they are judging other fruits as not of God when judging the other fruits are from that same tree.
Is the only way to avoid this iniquity in the latter days is to narrow the way back to the straight gate by only honoring the Son in worship if they wish to honor the Father? Luke 13:24-30 seems to suggest this strenuously to avoid the consequence in being left behind.
So how do you read & apply John 5:22-23 in these latter days where confusion reigns and yet God is not the author of confusion ( 1 Corinthians 14:32-33 ) ? Is overlooking John 5:22-23 the reason why Jesus said only a few will find the way in coming to God the Father?
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.
John 5:22 reads to me as a judgment that is over every believer in our walk with Him.
John 5:23 is the standard of that judgment that is over every believer. The latter end of that verse 23 is signifying the negative of not honoring the Son which is not honoring the Father. It reads to me that it is by "only" honoring the Son is how any believer can honor the Father.
I am applying that to mean there is to be no honoring of the Holy Spirit in worship because that is not the will of the Father in how He wants us to honor Him by in worship.
If the latter part of verse 23 was not written, then there would be no opposition to honoring the Holy Spirit since it left that honor wide open to honor the Father in other ways, but since it does exists, then whenever the believer stops honoring the Son, then they are no longer honoring the Father for why the honoring of the Holy Spirit is not an option in honoring the Father.
Taking a step back; there are no verses that supports the "practice" of worshiping the Holy Spirit with the Father & the Son. Yes, the Holy Spirit is God of the Triune God, but scripture has narrowed the way in how we are to honor the Father by and that is by only honoring the Son.
If we look at sinners in the world like the American Indians that dance and chant for the "Great Spirit" to come whom liken being drunk with alcohol as the same as for when they were communing with the "Great Spirit", then we can see "why" all invitations to come to God the Father in worship all points to honoring the Son as the only way to come to God the Father by 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.
John 10:1 Verily, 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....7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
Why does it have to be this way? By not having the focus or spotlight on the Holy Spirit in worship, how else can a sinner called away from their former spirit worship and other sinners that commune with such spirits, know they are coming to God the Father in worship? How else can they know that they have repented and departed from such spirits unless the focus is only on the Son in worship? How can the church know that these sinners have repented and not calling forth their "familiar spirits" if there was a spotlight on the Holy Spirit in worship? How can any believer test the spirits unless they know that the real Holy Spirit indwells in them to keep the spotlight on the Son so that spirit in the worship place, visiting with signs and lying wonders to draw believers away from honoring the Son in worship to go chasing after them is the spirit of the antichrist as discerned in 1 John 4:1-6 ?
Didn't Jesus warned about false prophets coming into the churches being ecumenical in nature as the modified Nicene creed of 381 A.D. did introduce the practice of worshiping the Holy Spirit with the Father & the Son ( Matthew 7:15-16 ) thus broaden the way in the worship place ( Matthew 7:13-14 ) whereby many do fall for not heeding His words that Jesus is the only way to come to God the Father by in worship in these "movements" of what they assume was the Holy Spirit ( Matthew 7:24-27 ) in spite of the miraculous in Matthew 7:21-23 because they were in iniquity for broadening the way, thus workers of iniquity? Although some will judge their extra phenomenon to be of God, and judge others as not of God, yet they share the same tree when the focus is on the Holy Spirit in worship ( Matthew 7:17-20 ) and so they fail to see they are judging other fruits as not of God when judging the other fruits are from that same tree.
Is the only way to avoid this iniquity in the latter days is to narrow the way back to the straight gate by only honoring the Son in worship if they wish to honor the Father? Luke 13:24-30 seems to suggest this strenuously to avoid the consequence in being left behind.
So how do you read & apply John 5:22-23 in these latter days where confusion reigns and yet God is not the author of confusion ( 1 Corinthians 14:32-33 ) ? Is overlooking John 5:22-23 the reason why Jesus said only a few will find the way in coming to God the Father?