worshipers worship the Father in “spirit and
truth”. Can you unpack those two words for
us, “spirit and truth”, as our definition of true
worship?
[Zach] I know that people have a tendency to
get fractious about this spiritual worship subject,
but for me the easiest way to break this down,
regardless of whether you’re a Baptist, or a
Charismatic, or a Pentecostal, look at Romans
12:1, which said, “Therefore brothers, in view
of Gods mercy, I urge you to offer your bodies
as living sacrifice, that this is your spiritual and
acceptable act of worship.” So regardless of
what you think it needs to look like in a musical
standpoint, according to Romans 12:1 spiritual
worship is when I submit myself to the Lord,
that’s a better spiritual worship than anything
that can come out of my mouth in song. I don’t
mean to belittle anything that comes out of my
mouth in song, but a submitted heart is spiritual
worship. This is the simplicity of scripture,
Jesus says, “I am the way and the truth and
the life.” So if you want to worship in truth, the
only way to do that is through Jesus Christ.
So there are all kinds of religious systems in
the world, but there is only one that worships
in truth. He was speaking to a Samaritan at
the time, and they used different spiritual and
religious systems and He is telling her that if you
want to worship in truth there is only one way to
go about that, and of course He explains, I am
that, I am the truth. So to me, through Jesus,
that’s the truth. And then full submission, when
the Bible says to love the Lord, the word ‘Lord’
entails complete submission.
[WM] It’s the “spirit and truth” part of the
equation that sticks to and impacts people’s
lives!
[Zach] Yes!
[WM] Your video series commences through
some absolutely foundational teachings for
anyone aspiring to and practicing, worship
leadership. And then you finish (for now), with a
teaching simply entitled, “Pastors”. Can you tell
us about this, and the ideal teamwork involved
between a pastor and the worship leader?
[Zach] Absolutely! I think that this has become
one of the most complicated relationships,
or it can be one of the most complicated
relationships in the church, between a pastor
and a worship pastor. It’s also one of the most
important relationships to get right, because a
pastor needs to trust his worship pastor, and
a worship pastor needs to be able to trust
and follow his pastor. For me, as I’m looking
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