Think much alphamicky?
(glad you do...)
Another interjection and something else to ponder:
Heb 11:1 - "Faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities though not beheld." and 1Pe 4:19 - "So, then, also let those who are suffering in harmony with the will of God keep on commending their souls to a faithful Creator
while they are doing good. " (italics mine).
I find faith and worship can be, and are, two separate things, although one cannot work without the other.
As stated in the above scriptures, God has promised that for our being faithful to Him to the end (death or Har'maggedon), there is an assured expectation that what He promises us (to restore mankind and the earth to paradise conditions) will be given to us, though we cannot really see (literally) that this is taking place (and has been since Christ's death and ressurection). "Faith" in this gift of everlasting life under perfect conditions, helps us to endure hardships in this "world." God "has painted a beautiful picture of what that life will be like" when that time has come to pass.
However, we should not serve Him solely out of a desire for a reward. We ought to serve Him because we love Him(Mr 12:30) and we know that what he is teaching us (through the Bible) is the way in which we were meant to live (2Tim 3:16).
Worship. Well, you put very succinctly:
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As a Christian, your worship isn't a part of your life, it IS your life. Everything you do should be as if you are doing it for God and Jesus. When you dedicate everything you do in life to God, and always do it as if you are doing that task for God alone, then you are worshiping God in the most sincere way.
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But it seems like you are, in a way, contradicting yourself in your last paragraph. No. Contradicting may not the word I am looking for here...
If you take a look again at 2Pe 4:19 and the part that I italicized, faith
can be considered separate because one ought to have faith "WHILE DOING GOOD WORKS." (or put another way - while worshiping, as you stated above).
One also can have faith (belief in God and his Word), yet do nothing in the way of good works (like living as God wants us to and "in the most sincere way.") The Bible states that even the demons believe in God and knows (and have complete faith in the fact) that God
will eventually destroy them. They have no doubts as to what their fate is for the choice they have made. But are their works any good? Hardly.
So, what am I trying to say? I have no idea any more....
Ok, so faith and worship (according to His will (terms)) can and are two separate things, yet both are needed to be truly connected to God.
So when you state:
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I think a life lived in faith is the ultimate form of worship
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it is kind of contradicting to what you said earlier that the ultimate form of worship is:
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When you dedicate everything you do in life to God, and always do it as if you are doing that task for God alone, then you are worshiping God in the most sincere way.
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Where is faith in this statement? It is not here, only worship is. Faith would therefore be in the knowing that what you are doing is "right" in God's eyes and worship is the "doing of right" in accordance to God's will.
And again, one cannot truly be serving God fully, because "...faith without works is dead." (James 2:26) Likewise, works without faith would then also be dead (like the eventual fate of the fallen angels).
I am sure your interpretation was meant to include both; I just felt there was a contradiction in how it was expressed. I could be wrong though, in how
I am interpreting what you meant.
What are your thoughts on this?
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