True worship
John 4:20-24 is going to be the touchstone for our study of worship. We'll be coming back to it intermittently throughout this series, and then we'll look at it in more depth. I believe John 4:20-24 is the most significant New Testament passage on the subject of worship -- so we must understand its truths. Our text is a conversation between the woman of Samaria and our Lord Jesus Christ. The word "worship" appears eight times in this passage. Therefore, it is essential that we understand what our Lord is saying here. Most people go to church for what they can get. Some people just check out the church page in their newspaper to see who's playing where on a given Sunday, and go for what will appeal to them, or "bless" them. Well, if you go to church for what you can get out of the music, or what you can get out of the sermon, or just to get blessed, you've missed the point. The music and the sermon aren't ends in themselves, they are but stimuli to cause you to worship God. And if you have any thought less than that, you've missed the point! - Introduction.