John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. I. GOD IS INVISIBLE. We can only see what has form. It is no imperfection in our vision that it cannot see what it was never made to see. A spirit can only be known by its operations through a material body. God manifests Himself not to sense, but to experience. II. GOD CANNOT ASSUME A MATERIAL FORM, for it would confine Him, whereas He is everywhere. Whoever imagined the form of God. The most rapt prophet has only seen light unapproachable as His symbol. III. GOD HAS ASSUMED TERMS BY WHICH HE HAS MANIFESTED HIMSELF. 1. The pillar of cloud. 2. The burning bush. 3. The elements, as at Sinai. 4. A more definite form in Isaiah 6. 5. In the fiery furnace as a man. 6. As the angel of the covenant. IV. GOD HAS REVEALED HIMSELF IN THE HUMANITY OF CHRIST. "The image of the invisible God." (J. T. Duryea, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.WEB: God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." |
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