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say, “I am the righteousness of God in Christ” (II Cor 5:21). They

may say, “As Jesus is, so am I in this world” (I John 4:17). Or they

may talk in terms of being a joint, equal heir with Jesus because

of his finished work.

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RULES. If you talk to someone who lives by rules about worship,

you will hear things about going to worship services, or about

how ‘good’ a worship service was, or how ‘bad’ it was. They will
talk of ‘enjoying worship,’ or about ‘not enjoying it.’ They will talk

in terms of the music, — the amount of ‘praise music,’ vs. the

amount of ‘worship music.’ They will talk about the drums, or

about the guitars, or whether the songs were ones they knew or

didn’t know.

RELATIONSHIP. If you talk to a person who knows Father loves

them like crazy because they are ‘in Christ,’ they have a whole

different perspective of worship. To them, worship isn’t a worship

service, or any other type of special time. Instead, it’s a constant

lifestyle. They wake up in the morning worshipping God —
before their feet hit floor. They talk of the gospel empowering

them to worship God in spirit and in truth, and of the Holy Spirit

infusing them with love for God. They don’t look at a so-called

‘worship service’ except as only one time to express their love

and gratitude to God, and to his Son Jesus.

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