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Worship isn’t enough. The Bible says that voluntary humility, severity to the body, acts of contrition, and such like may be nothing more than evidence of “will worship;” that is, serving one’s own interests (see Colossians 2:18-23). Furthermore, Jesus said that “not everyone who says unto me Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of Heaven<\/em>” (Matthew 7:21). The\u00a0only<\/i>\u00a0people who will enter into the joy of God’s reward are those who keep His commandments.<\/p>\nEven so, it is hard to convince people that it is God’s will that must be obeyed rather than man’s (especially our own personal will). When this church points out what God said<\/i> about a matter, many protests are received. Things are fine so long as the matter doesn’t cause the person to change his personal habits or convictions. It doesn’t matter to these people what God has to say about it. Some react as if saying, “Who does God think he is?” Well, to put it simply: He is God! It is His will that ought to be preeminent. Only the rebellious turn against His teaching. To learn more about this please visit, call, or write.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
by Floyd Chappalear modified by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Worship isn’t enough. The Bible says that voluntary humility, severity to the body, acts of contrition, and such like may be nothing more than evidence of “will worship;” that is, serving one’s own interests (see Colossians 2:18-23). Furthermore, Jesus said that “not everyone who says unto me…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[78],"class_list":["post-61025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-authority"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45045,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/everyone-worships-differently-but-does-it-matter-if-we-are-all-worshiping-christ\/","url_meta":{"origin":61025,"position":0},"title":"Everyone worships differently, but does it matter if we are all worshiping Christ?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I have one question that concerns me: There are many Christian denominations or groups such as Orthodox, Protestantism, Catholic, Baptist, etc. Each one of those denominations or churches has its own practices and symbols. Ones who have the cross without Jesus, ones who have the cross with Jesus, ones\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2735,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/we-may-disagree-but-it-doesnt-matter-so-long-as-we-get-to-heaven\/","url_meta":{"origin":61025,"position":1},"title":"We may disagree, but it doesn’t matter, so long as we get to heaven","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 9, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I disagree with some of your answers, but it doesn't matter. You have your own beliefs. Some people believe music and dancing is a sin. Who am I to argue with them? Whatever gets them to heaven. Answer: Your statement indicates that you don't believe there is a right\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":88520,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-the-holy-spirit-not-bound-by-only-the-words-in-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":61025,"position":2},"title":"Is the Holy Spirit not bound by only the words in the Bible?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 9, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hi Jeff, I heard a sermon a while ago, and someone recently shared it on Facebook to say that brethren are too worried about emotionalism, and they don't worship in the Spirit and truth as God intended. \"The Holy Spirit is not bound in the words alone within the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6802,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-do-you-distinguish-between-sin-and-areas-for-growth\/","url_meta":{"origin":61025,"position":3},"title":"How do you distinguish between sin and areas for growth?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 5, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Thank you for your reply. That was helpful. I agree we need to be mindful of differing levels of maturity. The crux of the matter comes down to this: (maturity issues aside) when is sin involved? Let me frame this issue another way: the brother in Romans 14 who\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":55725,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/creation-necessary-biblical-inferences\/","url_meta":{"origin":61025,"position":4},"title":"Creation: Necessary Biblical Inferences","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 12, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"by C.G. \"Colly\" Caldwell via\u00a0Truth Magazine, Vol. 52, No. 5, May 2008. The points we bring to your attention in this article are clearly taught in Scripture. They are, however, also necessarily inferred or implied by the very fact of Divine Creation. 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