It doesn't say God is a Spirit... John 4:24 for instance just directly says God is Spirit...
This is very important if we go to Ephesians 2:11-22 because it is by this ONE Spirit that we come together as a new people...
This Spirit comes by Jesus' baptism, not the water baptism of John, and reveals John 17:20-26, 1 John 1:5, and 1 John 4:7-21 as literal qualities of God not metaphors or whatever else...
We don't seem to comprehend things like 1 Corinthians 4:1-13 and thus end up rejecting the mystical dimension, but only through this is truth actually comprehended...
Through all of this you know the Spirit directly, and should not stop seeking until it happens within you too...
There are too many Christians who seem to suggest everything is finished just because you've accepted Christ but there is much more than this in store for us if we want it, suggested by 2 Peter 1:4 and Luke 20:34-38 etc...
By our own mental constructs and ignorance we deny the truth Christ died to give us.
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It doesn't say God is a Spirit...
John 4:24 for instance just directly says God is Spirit...”
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God is a Spirit:
and they that worship him must
worship him in spirit and in
truth.”
John 4:24 KJV
Worship In spirit …
“It is
the spirit that
quickeneth;
the flesh profiteth nothing:
the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are
life.”
John 6:63 KJV
And Worship in truth
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Then said Jesus to those Jews which
believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and
ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
John 8:31-32 KJV
“Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and
for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.”
John 18:37 KJV
Renewal of our spiritual mind through
hearing and believing the gospel
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if so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
that
ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
and
be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.”
Ephesians 4:21-24 KJV
a when we start learning from Jesus his teachings become part of our mind it becomes what is true to us about God , the things Jesus taught I mean
One example the apostles talk about us being the children of God in christ. The reason they all talk this way is because they all believed what Jesus taught our believers and God the father in the gospel that’s where that doctrine really comes from
the son of God revealed in the gospel is how the children of God are born.
“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”
John 1:12-13 KJV
The spirit of our minds change because we hear what Jesus was saying like this
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After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.”
Matthew 6:9 KJV
“And call no man your father upon the earth: for
one is your Father, which is in heaven.”
Matthew 23:9 KJV
“Even so it is not the will of
your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.”
Matthew 18:14 KJV
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Be ye therefore merciful, as
your Father also is merciful.”
Luke 6:36 KJV
“But if ye do not forgive, neither will
your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.”
Mark 11:26 KJV
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify
your Father which is in heaven.”
Matthew 5:16 KJV
There’s several examples but the point is the gospel that Jesus preached is what changes the spirit in our minds for this specific example the spirit of sonship is. Ring imparted to believers of what we’re hearing Jesus tesch there ( w are his children ) so as we hear and believe the gospel
“And because ye are sons,
God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.”
Galatians 4:6 KJV
and
“The
Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:”
Romans 8:16 KJV
and we believe the gospel things like we’re gods children he’s our Heavenly Father , we are learning who we really are to God that understanding also is a spiritual truth that can change how we think and perceive life and our own place in tbe world which can ac ually change us greatly how we spend our time here in this fleeting life
Remember Jesus said his word is spirit ? And he was teaching g in the gospel that believers in him are Gods children that’s a spiritual understanding one has to hear to ever know and believe and begin to have that faith that almighty God has chosen us to be his children that’s changes everything for us
it’s a new existance for a man
all Of Jesus teachings are that way
because it’s the truth of things hat we can’t know unless we hear what Jesus said like for instance that when you confess faith in Jesus truly and claim him as lord believe he died and rose when you believe in the Jesus of the Bible and what he’s done for us
you now believing the things Jesus taught know truly that you are a sincere and true child of God who loves you so truly and dearly he would suffer and die , more than that is with you and will not forsake you and is always there trying to teach you about danger ahead and wants us to accept the gospel because it will lead us to a better relationship and understanding of him
What I’m blabbing on here about is “ spirit “ is partly about what knowledge and information we let into our belief and trust compartments in our mind and heart the living understanding and message of Jesus is like a vehicle the spirit uses to get into our hearts and minds which changes us from darkness to light in our minds and hearts changing our lives to n truth and changing “ how our mind works and what we dwell on “ or “ the spirit of our mind changes “
The understandings of mankind and God that Jesus taught are spirit also or more like a vehicle for the spirit to be embraced by believers.
before there was any matter or form of creation Gods spirit was there , and after all is done and said Gods spirit will remain this is how we receive eternal life
