The Son of God was the greatest example of what a true worshiper should be. Jesus' life and ministry was one-hundred percent devoted to the worship of God the Father. His entire was purpose was to worship God, and ended up performing the greatest act of worship in history. When Jesus hung on that cross, He took every sin upon Himself in order for us (the future) to have access to God.
There were many great examples of Christ's worship throughout the Gospels, but in John 4, Jesus comes into contact with a Samaritan woman and talks to her about worship.
The woman said to Him, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where on ought to worship." Jesus said to her, "Woman believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. "You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. "But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father is spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth" (Jn. 4:19-24).
The woman had a view of what worship was. She believed that worship had to happen in a certain place and there were these rules and regulations. But Jesus totally blew that to pieces when He told her what was to happen. In verses 23-24, "But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father is spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth" Jesus was telling her that everything was about to change soon, soon the Son of God would come to destroy the temple and raise it up in three days.
There are five lessons we can learn from this interaction. First, Jesus teaches us that true worshipers will have to go to places where most people will not go. True worshipers will go to the temples, to the mountains, and to the ends of the earth to proclaim God's name. Secondly, true worshipers will interact with people that some people wouldn't want to be around. Jesus hung out with the outcasts, sinners, and the diseased. These were the people who had no place in society. Third, Jesus has taught that true worshipers how to recognize lifeless non-thirst-quenching approaches to worship. Fourthly, true worshipers need to understand that they must approach the Father on His terms and not our own. Finally, we learn that true worshipers cannot be silent about their encounters with Jesus. So Jesus had so much to teach us about what true worship is.
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