'To worship God causes only separation from Him'?
Says WHO?
John 4
21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe
me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither
in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
22 Ye worship ye know not what: we
know what we worship: for salvation is of the Je-ws.
23 But the hour cometh, and now is,
when the true worshippers shall worship
the Father in spirit and in truth: for the
Father seeketh such to worship him.
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship
him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72502373 Then what do you do with Jesus' words that the Kingdom resides within us? And that his prayer for us is to be ONE with the Father, even as he is one with the Father? If you're one with the Father, do you worship yourself?
to do a study of the word worship in the aramaic and yebrew languages, one meaning is: Abad
1. `Abad means to work, serve, serve another by labor, serve as subjects, serve God, labor, do work for another (Qal)
2. To be worked, tilled (of land), to make oneself a servant (Niphal)
3. To compel to labor or work, cause to labor, cause to serve, to cause to
serve as subjects (Hiphil)
4. To be led or enticed to serve (Hophal
I understand this particular meaning to instruct us to live our lives as we were created in HIS image, and as Yahshua taught and demonstrated to us. That is to live in service to others. Expand on the Father's work through our lives of servitude.
If any part of us needs to prostrate ourselves before our Creator, it would be our ego.
