Reaching Priority: We are Missionaries The Act Of Worship John 4:19-20 The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.” Worship is About the Presence of God John 4:21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. Mathew 27:51 At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split Worship is About the Person of God John 4:22-24 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” 2 Kings 17:29, 33 But every nation still made gods of its own and put them in the shrines of the high places that the Samaritans had made, every nation in the cities in which they lived. 33 So they feared the Lord but also served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away. Samaritans focused on the Act of worship rather than the person worship. Matthew 15:7-9 You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said: 8 “‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; 9 in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’” 1 Corinthians 3:16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s spirit dwells in you? The best way to know how to worship, is to know the One we were made to worship. Worship is About Our Pleasure in God John 4:25-26 The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things.” 26 Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am he.” “God made us to worship Him, and when we’re not worshiping, we’re stars without light, sun without heat, clouds without water, and birds without song” -AW Tozer Before we can live on mission, we need to live out worship. Are you living a life of True Worship?