Our God - Spirit and Truth
"God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
-Jesus of Nazareth, 1st century
John 4:24
[This is the 3rd message of this series]
God Reveals Himself
So God is spirit. He is unseen -- invisible to the human eye.
And this shouldn't really surprise us. We know of many things that are invisible to the naked eye but we know they exist, or we know people came to the conclusion they exist, and we believe them.
Examples of these unseen things are common all around us, viruses, air, wind, atmosphere, gravity, heat, magnetic force, electric current, radio waves, ultraviolet waves, microwaves, and wi-fii to name a few.
[Even our feelings are real, we don't see them but we know they exist. When someone calls us a derogatory word, when it offends us, this feeling is real]
We know these unseen things are there but do not
see them. We know our microwave ovens are able to cook our food but don't understand or see why or maybe even how. We know we have internet connection or cellphone signal but these are invisible.
So many things that we believe are real but we don't understand.
God
Jesus told the Samaritan woman by the well that God is spirit, He is unseen (the verse we read above).
And those who worship God (acknowledge Him, respect Him, believe Him, honor Him, glorify Him, praise Him) should do so in spirit. And truth.
[For example most people know not to jump off a high flying airplane without a parachute or some other device to help them land back to the ground safely. Why? Because they believe gravity. They respect it.]
People who truly believe God, worship Him in truth.
True worshippers do so with their inner most being, under no pretenses or falsehood, not a care as to how they will look like to other people. They are worshipping God for who He is, and not for themselves or for others -- not for show or to score points or because they are forced to or coerced or to gain something.
God will still be God, whether we believe Him or not.
Jesus continued to say this to the woman at the well:
"But an hour is coming—it is here now—when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people as His worshipers."
Now
For a very long time now, the time for this is now. Be true to ourselves. If we believe that God is the God of Creation, the God of the Universe, the Beginning and the End, then we worship Him -- acknowledge Him, respect Him, believe Him, honor Him, glorify Him, praise Him in spirit and in truth.
So many things that we believe are real but we don't understand.
God
Jesus told the Samaritan woman by the well that God is spirit, He is unseen (the verse we read above).
And those who worship God (acknowledge Him, respect Him, believe Him, honor Him, glorify Him, praise Him) should do so in spirit. And truth.
[For example most people know not to jump off a high flying airplane without a parachute or some other device to help them land back to the ground safely. Why? Because they believe gravity. They respect it.]
People who truly believe God, worship Him in truth.
True worshippers do so with their inner most being, under no pretenses or falsehood, not a care as to how they will look like to other people. They are worshipping God for who He is, and not for themselves or for others -- not for show or to score points or because they are forced to or coerced or to gain something.
God will still be God, whether we believe Him or not.
Jesus continued to say this to the woman at the well:
"But an hour is coming—it is here now—when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people as His worshipers."
Now
For a very long time now, the time for this is now. Be true to ourselves. If we believe that God is the God of Creation, the God of the Universe, the Beginning and the End, then we worship Him -- acknowledge Him, respect Him, believe Him, honor Him, glorify Him, praise Him in spirit and in truth.
When we worship God, He must become greater and greater and we must become less and less.
"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."
-Apostle Paul writing to the first church in the City of Corinth, 1st century
2 Corinthians 4:18
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