Worship 4 Real – Dr. Eion Greaves

(Principle #1. Patterns are not meant to be cut, but followed)

Patterns do matter. It does not make any difference how long we live or how many books we read and study, the pattern for true worship remains the same. When the first man was created, God’s pattern for worship was always - and will be - In Spirit and In Truth. The Bible says that God walked in the cool of the day and communicated with Adam, thus establishing a model for worship we are yet to follow today. God represented the ‘Spirit’ aspect of worship, while His instruction to Adam as to how to walk and live depicted truth. The Lord was very serious about this pattern for being in His presence - Adam and Eve knew it very well. After violating the Lord’s principles, their frayed conscience drove them to cover the naked truth with their own beliefs and plans,

WORSHIP 4 REAL which was a futile attempt. God’s divine framework for worship was altered by fallen humanity that day. God then visited Moses Exodus 25:9,1, Chronicles Dr. Eion A. Greaves 28:12,18,19, and during the building of the tabernacle, He mandated Moses, “Build according to the pattern I will show you and don’t deviate, don’t alter, add, or change it.” Well of course, things did not go according to pattern, so He had to visit Amos and remind him in Amos 9:11-15 that, “I need spirit and truth. Can’t you tell that I am after your heart and not ur art?” He also indicated to Amos, “I will do it this time, I will repair and restore the tabernacle of David, as it was of old, so that no one else would miss it, and the

Gentiles will seek me as a result.” In John 4:23-25, Jesus brought to the attention of a Gentile woman - after a conversation on various forms of worship - that what God the Father was seeking could not be found in the flesh, where there is nothing good, but in the spirit, that reveals truth. Jesus re-established the original pattern for worship when He stated that the Father is seeking such that would worship Him in spirit and truth. The pattern must remain the same today. Nothing that God asks us to do should be seen as too hard, because He has done it before. Let me show you why He wants this pattern followed.

In Genesis 1:1-3, we can see that when the creation was out of order because of violation, the Spirit of God moved. True worship began again, and God set the pace, which was done in the Spirit and by the Spirit. So, wherever or whenever the Spirit of God moved, things changed, the crooked became straight ,the empty got filled, and those in the dark saw light again. Truth then came out of His mouth and things began to come back in order. The word of God says, “they that are led by the Spirit - not the singer, not the choir director, but the Spirit - are in truth the sons of God.” Today, our lives lack miracles, signs, and wonders, because the pattern is missing. In conclusion, why do we worship in Spirit?

Because the Spirit knows the heart and mind of the Father. Why in truth? Because nothing can be done without the word of God. His truth is what birthed us, and He can only recognize His truth if His Spirit is leading.

Dr. Eion A. Greaves

There are two types of BS in the world today: there is the good BS and there is the bad BS. My question is which side of the BS are u on? I know some of u have already started judging me for this statement saying, how can he talk like this on a Christian platform? But hold on before u throw your stones. If I can accommodate your lol, yolo, wbu, brb, btw, then please accommodate my BS. Now that I have gotten your attention, let us deal with this BS in front of us. Apostle Paul was one of the most profound intellectuals in his time, and he struggled and was caught up in a world of BS. He said to us in Romans 12:1- 3, “I beg u therefore brothers and sisters by the mercies of God, do not get entangled and confirmed to this world and it’s belief system but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” In other words, your belief system is off, so get rid of that BS. As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. Paul also said, “When I want to do right, I find myself doing wrong because of the two beliefs systems warring in me. The good belief system is whatsoever things are pure, right, lovely and of a good report; think on these things.” So now we are on the same page, let us go a bit deeper into the conversation. The Bible says to let this mind be in u or this kind of belief system be in u as is in Christ. Now here is the billion-dollar question: where did this bad BS come from? Well, it started in the Garden of Eden when a different kind of BS was introduced to the existing BS. That situation put us all in the current BS we have now. When we stop thinking like God, we start thinking like the beast or the serpent. The thoughts of the serpent are to kill, steal, and destroy; that is why Paul was able to slaughter Christians and thought he was doing justice to his BS, until he changed his BS and started writing thoughts, like, “If any man be in Christ, he is a new creation; the old BS is passed away and a new BS has come.” The psalmist makes it clear when he opens with the first psalm by saying, “Blessed is the man who does not walk in the BS of the ungodly nor stands in the way of the sinners, but his delight is in the BS of God,” and then we get the benefits of being on the side of the correct BS. A person’s way of life is their belief, and whatever you believe, you walk out in your daily life, so a belief system is a lifestyle or a behavioral pattern. The Bible says to let the words of your mouth and the meditation of your heart be acceptable to God. This is clearly saying what u meditate on comes out of your mouth and it can either condemn you or justify you. The Bible says that by your words, u are justified, and by your words, you are condemned. But what I love about God’s BS is there is always hope attached to it. The Bible says there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ, who walk not according to the flesh or the old BS but after the spirit and the new BS. In conclusion, change your BS and u will change your life.

Our belief system determines our destiny. Dr. Eion A. Greaves