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ÒGod is SpiritÓ

John 4:24

 

In his indescribable solitariness, God is Spirit, eternal and incomprehensible. Our Lord Jesus Christ declares, ÒGod is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in Spirit and in truthÓ (John 4:24). The Bible often ascribes to God terms such as Òthe hand of the Lord,Ó Òthe mouth of the Lord,Ó Òthe eyes of the Lord,Ó Òthe arm of the Lord,Ó and Òthe ears of the Lord.Ó But these terms are mere accommodations of language to help our puny brains understand the works of God. They are anthropomorphic terms, human terms, used to describe the works of the Lord God. But they do not, in any way, represent the nature and being of God.

 

Idolatry Forbidden

As you read the Bible you cannot fail to notice that never once were men given any kind of physical, visible, tangible representation of GodÕs Being. Even under the types and shadows of the Old Testament age of ceremonial worship nothing was given as a representation of GodÕs Being. All the types and shadows of the law represented his work of redemption through Christ. But nothing represented God himself. Why? Because God is Spirit. He is the infinite, incomprehensible, invisible, omnipresent Spirit.

Because God is Spirit, he expressly forbids every form of idolatry (Exodus 20:3-6). The law of God forbids the acceptance of any other god, the worship of God through any image or icon, the representation of God by anything visible, and the use of religious images, symbols, or pictures. That includes pictures representing our Savior, crosses, crucifixes, imaginary representations of angels or angelic forms, and religious relics.

 

Spiritual Worship

All true worship and service rendered to God must be spiritual, heart worship. It is not sufficient to come before God on bended knee, with prostrate body, or with words of praise. We must worship God with our spiritual nature, our souls, our hearts, our minds, and our wills, in and by his Holy Spirit (John 4:23-24; Philippians 3:3).

 

ÒThe hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.Ó (John 4:23-24)

 

ÒFor we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.Ó (Philippians 3:3)

 

We must worship God alone. We must worship God spiritually. We must worship God sincerely. We must worship God in truth, in accordance with revealed truth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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