YOU WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU WORSHIPED BETTER. WHY WORSHIP? VERY SIMPLY THIS, WE BECOME LIKE WHAT WE WORSHIP. WHATEVER A MAN WORSHIPS CONFORMS THAT MAN. FIRST A MAN MOLDS THE IDOL AND THEN THE IDOL MOLDS THE MAN; WE BECOME LIKE WHAT WE WORSHIP. Announcer: PROFOUND TRUTH. SIMPLY STATED. THIS IS LOVE WORTH FINDING WITH PASTOR, TEACHER, AND AUTHOR, ADRIAN ROGERS.
♪ YOU TAKE YOUR BIBLES PLEASE, AND BE FINDING JOHN 4, JOHN 4 AND WHEN YOU FOUND IT, JUST LOOK UP HERE. A FACTOR OF FAITHFULNESS; IF YOU WOULD BE FAITHFUL TO THE LORD JESUS AND FAITHFUL TO HIS CHURCH IS INDEED WORSHIP. LET ME TELL YOU THIS, TO LEARN TO WORSHIP IS YOUR GREATEST NEED. TO WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH IS THE ULTIMATE PRIVILEGE.
AND TO WORSHIP GOD IS BEYOND A DOUBT, THE SUPREME DUTY OF ANY CHILD OF GOD. YOU WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU WORSHIPED BETTER. WHY WORSHIP? VERY SIMPLY THIS, WE BECOME LIKE WHAT WE WORSHIP. WHATEVER A MAN WORSHIPS CONFORMS THAT MAN. THE BIBLE SPEAKS OF THOSE WHO WORSHIP IDOLS AND PSALM 115:4-8, DON’T TURN TO IT, IT’S A VERY INTERESTING PASSAGE. IT SPEAKS OF THE HEATHEN.
IT SAYS, “THEIR IDOLS ARE SILVER AND GOLD, THE WORK OF MEN’S HANDS. THEY HAVE MOUTHS, BUT THEY SPEAK NOT: EYES HAVE THEY, BUT THEY SEE NOT: THEY HAVE EARS BUT THEY HEAR NOT: NOSES THEY HAVE, BUT THEY SMELL NOT: THEY HAVE HANDS, BUT THEY HANDLE NOT: FEET, BUT THEY WALK NOT: NEITHER SPEAK THEY THROUGH THEIR THROAT.