"Singing is Worship". No it's not.

 

Someone has written, "Singing is worship. Remembering the Lord's supper is worship, driving a car isn't."

 

When Jesus said "worship in spirit and truth" in John 4:24, the base Greek word he used was 'proskuneo'.

 

This word does not mean "sing". It does not mean "remember the Lord's supper". It does not mean "drive a car".

 

It means none of these things. It means "bow submissively", and Jesus says to do it in spirit and truth.

 

Can you bow submissively in spirit and truth while "singing"?

 

Yes.

 

While "remembering the Lord's supper"?

 

Yes.

 

While "driving a car"?

 

Yes.

 

The writer's argument is to have us bowing submissively part-time, only during certain activities.

 

I believe we are to bow submissively in spirit and truth full-time, in everything we do, whether in word or deed.

 

That's the difference: The writer believes that submissively bowing to God in spirit and truth should be part-time. I believe it should be full-time.