“God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” John 4:24
To be without the truth of God’s Word, is to be without the authority of God. It is to be without faith, as faith comes by hearing the word of God, Romans 10:17. It is also to give credibility to lies, as no lie is of the truth, 1 John 2:2.
We are commanded to preach the Word (what is written in God’s Word), 2 Timothy 4:1. We are commanded to teach people to observe the words of Christ, Matthew 28:20. To not believe the record that God states, is to call God a liar, 1 John 5:10-11.
Moses disqualified himself from leading the nation of Israel into the promised land, because his varying from what God’s Word said was a failure to sanctify God in the eyes of the people, Numbers 20:12. King Saul lost his throne (1 Samuel 15) for not following the detailed specifics of God’s Word. The prophet in 1 Kings 13 was slain by a God sent lion for deviating from the Word of God.
Jesus rebuked the Pharisees for transgressing the commandment of God by their tradition, Matthew 15:3. He further declared that the holding to tradition instead of the truth is not only vain worship (Matthew 15:9), but is also the hypocrisy of lip service, instead of having their hearts right with God (Matthew 15:7-8).
Jesus gave one sign that is the truth of the gospel: “For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” Matthew 12:40 WHY NOT BELIEVE HIM???
Are there three days and three nights from Friday afternoon to before sunrise Sunday morning? NO!
To observe Friday as the crucifixion day is not worshipping in truth. It is exalting a lie above the truth. It is denying the Word of God. It is not believing the record of God, which is to call God a liar. It is not preaching the Word. It is teaching people to deny, rather than to observe, the words of Christ (what a precedent!). The observance of Friday as the crucifixion day not only boldly denies the truth of Christ, it is also a form of godliness that denies the power (authority) of God, 2 Timothy 3:5 “…from such turn away.”
The rejection of Christ’s word (Matthew 12:40) is very telling. The justification of that which differed from the truth is how the fall of man came about, Genesis 3:1-6. “Prove all things.”
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