Instructions For Sinners in Worship

Once you have decided to become a true worshiper, one who worships the Father in spirit and truth, you commit yourself to come under the training of the Holy Spirit from the word of God. With that decision comes the understanding that you are not a true worshiper, but that you have been invited by the true Teacher, the Holy Spirit, to receive the right way to worship the Father. This is a humbling experience with the Lord. This is an enlightening experience with God. You will never be the same again, which is one of the ways of God.

In Psalm 25:8 – 9, you read, “Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in the way. He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.” One of the ways of God is that He gives instructions to sinners concerning His ways. And God is right in doing this, and it is good.

The Hebrew word for “sinners” is katah, and has the meaning of being on the wrong road and missing the destination. This is also called being lost and not knowing it. It is a humbling experience to learn that you have gone astray and that you are lost and do not know where you are going. Some will not believe and remain full of their own understanding and pride. But God instructs sinners who believe that they are wrong and that He is right, all the time and in every way!

The word for “instructs” is one of the primitive root words in the Hebrew language. It is the word yarah. Originally it meant to throw something with a forward motion and with great force. This developed into the idea of an archer shooting a straight arrow with a true bow. It later was used with the understanding of being refreshed with water after near exhaustion.

Used in the context of learning the ways of God it has the meaning of someone who has totally exhausted all of their ways, unable to move in the right direction or make any progress in life at all, when suddenly, like a bolt of lighting, God appears with the truth! With the truth, God gives a new direction, a forward momentum with great power, His power, in the right direction.

This is a humbling experience for sinners as well as an enlightening experience with great joy and refreshment! He instructs sinners in the way. God is good and right in doing this. He sees Himself in the instruction in your life and it pleases Him to do this. This is what it means to worship the Father in spirit and truth.