John 4:23

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Summary

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

True

In spirit

The father seeketh

Bible References

True

Hear the word of the LORD, ye princes of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, we wait for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name and to the remembrance of thee.

Therefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people sacrifice unto me and honour me with their lips, but have removed their heart far from me, and their worship with which they honour me was taught by the commandment of men:

Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who call yourselves by the name of Israel, those that are come forth out of the waters of Judah, those who swear by the name of the LORD and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.

That they seek me daily and want to know my ways, as people that do righteousness and have not forsaken the rights of their God: they ask me of the rights of righteousness and desire to approach God.

Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where shall remain this house that ye built unto me? and where shall remain this place of my rest?

then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers for ever and ever.

Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee that I am not as other men are: extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

In spirit

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I always remember you in my prayers,

For ye have not received the spirit of slavery to be in fear again, but ye have received the Spirit of adoption of sons, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

And because ye are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father;

praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit and watching in this with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints

For we are the circumcision, who serve God in spirit and glory in Christ Jesus, having no confidence in the flesh.

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves upon your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,

The father seeketh

The LORD takes pleasure in those that fear him, in those that wait upon his mercy.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is beautiful.

This people I have formed for myself; they shall show forth my praise.

And I sought for a man among them that should make up the hedge and stand in the gap before me for the land that I should not destroy it, but I found no one.

But ye are the chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, an acquired people, that ye should show forth the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.