When I am out of synch

False worship destroys everything, whether or not the intentions are for the good of the congregation or with the vilest intentions in mind. False worship ends in death (Rev 13:15, Rev 14:11) And false worship will mark me for the Devil, almost as strongly as I am marked for eternal life by pure participation in the Lord’s supper. If I am more concerned about doctrines, as an ends and which were nailed to the cross of Christ (Col 2), than truly worshipping the Father and using those doctrines as a tool to do so, I am no better than the Pharisee of whom Jesus spoke in Matt 15:9 that worshipped Jesus in vain. It is impossible to have tunnel vision in the law and truly worship God. (Mark 7:7)  Does this mean that the law is bad? No, all it means is that the law is abused by man, because man chooses to have a measuring stick and apply it his own way. Along came Jesus and said, “I am the only one with the right measuring stick. Use nothing else.” (Mark 2:27,28) If I don’t look at the seriousness of man’s and thus my blasphemy and abuse of God’s word then my death is imminent. (Rev 16:12, 9:20) And there are very serious results for false worship (Acts 7:43). God  cannot bless any false worship, but what He will do is allow me to practice false worship and then reap what I sow. What am I sowing? Peace? Love? Joy? Am I sowing the fruit of the Spirit against which there is no law? (Gal 5:22,23)  If I am this is what God smiles about and loves. If on the other hand, I am sowing hate and jealousy, I will meet judgment and death of my soul. Basically, God is giving me what I want. What is frightening and sobering is that false worship doesn’t have to be from evil persons. I can have the best intentions in mind, I may wish to take care of my family. The mother of the sons of Zebedee knew her sons were good boys and wanted them to sit at either side of Jesus in heaven.(Matt 20:20) I may want the best for my friends and family. But if I worship like this lady, expecting my friends to be honored and my family to be glorified for their worship by having a special seat by the Father, then that is vain worship, because my motives were not the sole purpose of worshipping either God or Christ. Only to acknowledge what a good person I am or my friends are or my family is.