John 4:23-24. "But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him. 24.God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth."
This is not a test. I am seriously asking you how do you worship in the Spirit and in truth?
Hi Invisibilis,
I'm seeing that this passages reads a little differently than you have here, that the time is coming and now is, that the true worshipers shall worship the Father . . . "in spirit and in truth", rather than "in the spirit".
Worshiping in spirit would be as opposed to worshiping in flesh. We don't do outward acts of worship that require a bronze altar, and temple.
This was what the woman was asking about, where are we to worship? Jesus answers her, you are to worship God in spirit, an entirely different kind of worship.
Those who worship God worship in spirit and in truth.
Before regeneration, all men had was flesh, and worshiped God in their flesh. But then Jesus brought rebirth, and a new spirit life, and that is now how God is worshiped.
We have a new spirit which gives God worship, and does so in truth.
Not like the pharisee who thanked God he wasn't like the others . . . That's not worship.
Jesus' answer to her was to direct her to an entirely different way.
In spirit is to say, it's inside us, it's about who we are, and who God is, in reality, in our lives. No pretense. No show. Only truth. Are you truly His? Are you a new creation? These are God's worshipers. Not simply whomever gathers at the temple.
Much love!