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I believe the 2 accounts evidently indicate that pre-believers are able to worship God in spirit and in truth, and you have rightly indicated it by us, pointing Christ to them, as how Christ evidently showed Samaritan woman about the issue of the heart, the temple of our Living God. As well as Paul, informing the Romans about their misguided worship of an unknown Being, and rightly proclaiming the Gospel of truth, in order to illuminate their blindness. ++Both these two accounts do not say anything about nonbelievers worshipping correctly, neither were they commended for being able to worship in spirit and in truth. Instead it points to them worshipping incorrectly, ignorantly, or even a false god! Only those who have the Holy Spirit are capable of worshipping God in spirit and in truth. Remember, Jesus said “an hour is coming” to the woman. This in no way indicate that the woman was doing a great job of worshipping in spirit and in truth. Rather it points to a future time when people must worship God in spirit and in truth, when Jesus makes way for that to happen after His death, resurrection, and ascension, and in the pouring out of the Spirit. So how can pre-believers be worshipping God in spirit and in truth, they already are, as they have a moral law, written in each heart, called the conscience. All we as Christians have to do, is illuminate the Gospel of Jesus Christ to them, to show them what God has done, as evidenced in John 3:16-18. ++You are probably referring to Romans. However, the first few chapters of Romans do not talk about the worship of God, it talks about the knowledge of the existence of God that can be evidenced from creation and the relationship of the Law to both Jews and Gentiles, and how God judges impartially. |
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Hi RTC by Royston Ong, 2001, Dec 24
Untitled by RTC, 2001, Dec 26 
well so far I have found this site more antagonistic than debative.... so rather leave without antagonising anyone. eom by Royston Ong, 2001, Dec 26
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