The Daily Scroll - Worship in This Love

 Powerful worship comes in more than one form. There is of course, singing and shouting praises to God with fellow believers. But there’s a deeper more profound experience of worship. 

I am quiet, reflecting on how much I miss the presence of the Lord. I am longing for the love of my soul. Then sweetly and suddenly He appears, like the song and scripture says, “I see the Lord, I see the Lord. High and lifted up, being worshipped by the peoples of the earth,” when suddenly His presence is before me. Me! The least of the brethren. I feel His embrace, their embrace, as the Love from the Lord is poured out upon my soul through my spirit. No words are spoken in this worship. It’s not singing, shouting, speaking….it’s being. Just being. The exchange of love melds into one. And there we rest. The world, the throne room, the universe fades, and all of existence is only us, and the worship in this love.

 I was disturbed when I heard the statistic that less than 25 % of Christians believe completely in the Bible. I am told that they pick and choose what they believe while accepting the world view and mixing the two to fit their lifestyles. 

Friends this is a danger to the very soul of the believer. Study and believe the Word of God because it is the Word of God.

The following are teachings of my church, the Church of God. Teachings I believe in, as I believe in the complete Bible. 

WE BELIEVE:

The Church of God believes the whole Bible to be completely and equally inspired and that it is the written Word of God. The Church of God has adopted the following Declaration of Faith as its standard and official expression of its doctrine.

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In the verbal inspiration of the Bible

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In one God eternally existing in three persons; namely, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

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That Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of the Father, conceived of the Holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin Mary. That Jesus was crucified, buried, and raised from the dead. That He ascended to heaven and is today at the right hand of the Father as the Intercessor.

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That all have sinned and come short of the glory of God and that repentance is commanded of God for all and necessary for forgiveness of sins.

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That justification, regeneration, and the new birth are wrought by faith in the blood of Jesus Christ.

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In sanctification subsequent to the new birth, through faith in the blood of Christ; through the Word, and by the Holy Ghost.

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Holiness to be God’s standard of living for His people.

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In the baptism with the Holy Ghost subsequent to a clean heart.

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In speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance and that it is the initial evidence of the baptism in the Holy Ghost.

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In water baptism by immersion, and all who repent should be baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

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Divine healing is provided for all in the atonement.

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In the Lord’s Supper and washing of the saints’ feet.

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In the premillennial second coming of Jesus. First, to resurrect the righteous dead and to catch away the living saints to Him in the air. Second, to reign on the earth a thousand years.

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In the bodily resurrection; eternal life for the righteous, and eternal punishment for the wicked.