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Wednesday, February 10 2010
The English word "worship" is actually a contraction of worth-ship i.e. worship means to honor what is honorable. There are a variety of Hebrew and Greek words of the Holy Scriptures that are translated as "worship" or "worshipper." While the English word has a single meaning, the words that it is commonly used to translate do not. Examples:
The Greek word pronounced thee-os-eb-ace means to revere God. It is translated in this verse as "worshipper."
"9:31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth." (John 9:31 KJV)
The Greek word pronounced neh-oh-cor-os means a temple sweeper. It is also translated as "worshipper."
"19:35 And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?" (Acts 19:35 KJV)
"The true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth"
The Messiah plainly stated that God seeks those who look up to Him.
"4:23 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.4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." (John 4:23-24 KJV)
On the other hand, consider the result when people idolize carnality.
"1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; 1:19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath showed it unto them. 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 1:23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
1:24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: 1:25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator [see Christ The Creator], who is blessed for ever. Amen.
1:26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly [see Sodomites], and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet.
1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a Reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; 1:29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers [see The Whisperer], 1:30 Backbiters [see Backbiting], haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 1:31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 1:32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them." (Romans 1:18-32 KJV)
Fact Finder: What "sweeping" is Jesus Christ going to do upon His return?
See Baptism Of Fire
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This Day In History, February 10
1258: Huegu, a Mongol leader, seized Baghdad, bringing an end to the Abbasid caliphate.
1364: A treaty was signed which guaranteed that Tyrol would be kept in the families of the Luxemburgs and Hapsburgs.
1720: Edmund Halley was appointed the second Astronomer Royal of England.
1763: The British gained control of Canada from the French with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The treaty, signed between Britain, France and Spain, which ended the Seven Years War, stripped France of all its possessions north of what became the United States, except for the islands of St. Pierre-Miquelon, which remained under French control. Spain won Louisiana and Havana.
1799: Napoleon Bonaparte departed Cairo, Egypt, for Syria, with a force of 13,000 men.
1814: Napoleon personally directed lightning strikes against enemy columns advancing toward Paris, beginning with a victory over the Russians at Champaubert.
1840: Queen Victoria of England and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg (Germany), both age 21, were married. The marriage was arranged by their uncle (Victoria and Albert were cousins) King Leopold of Belgium.
1846: Led by Brigham Young, the first Mormons began their westward exodus from Illinois to Utah.
1904: Russia and Japan declared war on each other.
1906: Britain's first modern battleship, HMS Dreadnought, was launched.
1942: The Second World War halted civilian car production at Ford.
1962: In a ceremony on a bridge between West Berlin and East Germany, Soviet spy Rudolf Abel was exchanged for captured U.S. U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers and a U.S. student who had been held in East Germany without charge for over 6 months.
1974: British coal miners began a national strike. The dispute caused energy shortages, a 3 day work week, and the collapse of Edward Heath's Conservative government.
1986: The largest Mafia trial in history, with 474 defendants, opened in Palermo, Italy.
1991: Lithuanians voted overwhelmingly for independence from the Soviet Union. Parliament had already declared independence in March 1990.
1996: An IBM computer called Deep Blue defeated world champion Garry Kasparov, the first victory of a machine under classic tournament rules.
