6/25/19 

John 4:24

²⁴ God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

The first mistake that is made about these words is to think they mean “God is spiritual”.  Their meaning is very straight-forward.  In I Timothy 2:5, Paul states “there is one God and one Mediator”, which is the plain statement there is not a plurality in the Godhead.  We worship one God in three persons and He is spirit.

What we are to understand is God is pure spirit.  He is invisible.  He has never been seen, is not visible, and never will be visible.  “No one has seen God at any time”,  John 1:18.  This being so, how can we know Him?  This is one of the most important questions there is for man.  The only rational answer is that He must reveal Himself.  And this He has done in three ways.

First is in the creation as a whole.  Psalm 19:1 “The heavens declare ..”  But this is only adequate to show the being and glory of God.

Secondly is the Word of God which declares His glory and His grace.  II Timothy 3:15 “which are able to make you wise unto salvation.”

Thirdly is the whole, the full, the final revealing of God in Jesus, John 1:18.  There is nothing left.