Mark Roath

Husband, Father, Pastor NOT Reformed

[Faithfulness Okom @AttorneyF_]

Why does God even want worship? Isn’t that… needy? I was rewatching The Chosen weeks ago, the scene with the Samaritan woman and that question wouldn’t leave me alone. Jesus says, “The Father is seeking those who will worship Him in spirit and in truth.” It hit me harder than usual. Almost made me teary.

And then an intrusive thought slid in: Why does He care so much about worship?
So I sat with it. And slowly, something started to untangle.
We live in a world obsessed with creators and ownership. Artists sign their paintings. Musicians copyright their songs. Companies defend their patents. Architects protect their signature designs. Not because they’re insecure. Because authorship matters.
We instinctively know that to erase an author’s name from their work is wrong, and to twist their creation beyond recognition is violation.
That clicked for me.

If flawed humans protect the integrity of what they make… how much more would the God who authored galaxies guard His?
Reality itself is His masterpiece. Every law of physics, every spark of beauty, every heartbeat, signed, authored, claimed.
So when Scripture calls God jealous, it’s not describing a fragile deity craving applause. It’s describing a Creator who refuses to let His signature be erased from what He made.
Not insecurity, integrity. Not ego, essence.
He is jealous for us, not of us. Because when creation forgets its Creator, everything breaks. Meaning unravels. Purpose distorts. Worship misfires.
God’s “jealousy” isn’t about Him needing attention. It’s about Him refusing to let us live on lies. He knows that life only works when it aligns with Truth. And He is that Truth.

So when Jesus says the Father is seeking worshipers, it’s not desperation. It’s love. It’s rescue. It’s the God who authored reality inviting us back into alignment with it.
Divine jealousy isn’t proof of God’s weakness. It’s proof of His love. A love that protects. A love that refuses to hand us over to counterfeits. A love that will not let His creation forget who made it.
The universe is a signed masterpiece. Erase the signature, and you erase meaning itself. God refuses to let that happen. That’s where I landed. And honestly? It made me worship more, not less.

[Mark Roath @pastormark65]

@musk_news13 Yep

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@iam_shwa Secularism, syncretism and transconsubstantiation for starters.

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@jasonkovacs Great way to frame the question.

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@RobertKennedyJc yep

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@LloydLegalist

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@LloydLegalist Everything Bigger

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@lukedsimmons I might add, for conversation sake, the subtraction of internal lies and misconceptions that hold you back from hearing God’s voice and reaching His potential in you.
Love your posts.

[Darwin to Jesus @darwintojesus]

There is an ocean of evidence that the universe was designed

Yet atheist "scientists" refuse to accept reality

Here are the biggest problems that secular science can't explain (and what the obvious answers are)... 🧵

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@john316marshall Me too. But I’m more worried about a day where I wouldn’t be concerned. The concern reveals a fear of the Lord. You can’t truly preach without it.

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@darwintojesus Good post. The weight of many arguments is compelling.

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@claysmith79 Or talking about God Himself.

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@FailingPastor It has taken humanity many centuries to create an epistemology that blinds us of our own sin. We will never see it again with mere logic. It requires spiritual conviction.

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@WWUTTguy How can a doctrine do anything? Or is the living God, behind the doctrine, implied in your question…

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@mcuban What you say is true only IF ‘all history here untofor is a history of class warfare.’ (Communist Manifesto). The roots of your argument are corrosive. But I still like the Mavs. 😎

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@WWUTTguy Even though I had experienced the living Christ, my Christianity was mostly knowledge based. Now my Christianity is relationally based with knowledge and reason becoming a support.

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@kevinmyoung Shame is powerful. But no matter how hard you try, you cannot rid the world of it.

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@kevinmyoung And your evidence would be? Objective statements made from subjective conjectures.

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@kevinmyoung That’s like picking between a stinky smelly flea ridden, ignorant dog that stays home or a smart and clean dog that keeps running away and making you go and find it. Neither option is a good one.

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@libsoftiktok Nope