A Few Thoughts on Worship: Part 3

What makes worship acceptable before God? Noel Due puts it this way, "it is not the offerer who receives approval because of the offerings, but the offerings because of the offerer." It doesn't matter what offering you bring to worship God (praise, money, service, etc...), if your life is not approved by Him, the offering is trash. This would be an incredibly depressing truth if Jesus was not in the picture.

Jesus was the only human to ever live a life completely pleasing to God. We all fall short and deserve to be judged and punished for it. But, in God's merciful plan, when Jesus died on the cross He switched spiritual places with everyone who would believe in Him. On the cross Jesus bore our sins in His body and covered us in His perfect life; His righteousness. Now, through the blood of Christ alone, we can stand before God blameless! What a Savior!

Christian, you can never do enough to earn God's acceptance. On your own God can't even look upon you because of your sin. Do you see the beauty, majesty, grace, value, and glory of Jesus Christ? Trust in the sacrifice He made for you on the cross and live a life of worship to God knowing that you are acceptable in His sight not because of you, but because of Jesus.

For the glory of God

Seth