1 Corinthians 2:11 says, "The thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God."
If you don't have the Spirit of God prompting your heart, motivating your heart, cleansing your heart, instructing your heart, you cannot worship God, because you cannot even know Him.
1 Corinthians 12:3 states: "No one can say 'Jesus is Lord,' except by the Holy Spirit." ...without the Holy Spirit, a person cannot truly affirm the lordship of Christ. To worship Christ as sovereign requires prodding by the Holy Spirit. And we receive the Holy Spirit only as we yield to Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. This confirms once more that the foundation of true worship is SALVATION!
- Excerpts from: Worship The Ultimate Priority - John MacArthur.
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