We worship what we know

We Worship what we Know – John 4:19-22

Miss. Manners would have thought Jesus to be when he told the woman that salvation was from the Jews. 

God isn’t to be worshiped in ways we to worship him

Examples: 

Leviticus 10:1-2 Nadab and Abihu

2 Samuel 6:1-5 Uzzah

The Golden Calf

If many people in our day heard Jesus’ words to the woman they would have been for him and called him a . 

Jews filled a unique place in history

Israel was taken into captivity by the

For the Orthodox Jew, the unforgivable sin would be to marry a

The Jews didn’t want the help of the Samaritans when r the temple — the Samaritans in turn built a temple and their religion became a religion. 

Only Jews possessed the religion by God — other religions were human . 

In the OT, people were saved by the of God alone through alone. 

God establishes the by which we come to him — and Gentiles were no exception: 

The example of Ruth

The example of Naaman

The Example of Esther 

These were not saved because they became — they became Jews because of their in the God of Jews and recognized that salvation was only found in the God of the Jews. 

Jesus predicted a change that would shortly come — Gentiles would approach God through the but through Christ himself. 

Today: The Hebrew Roots Movement (we must become Jews — at least in a sense)

Our worship must be centered around