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,
You rulers of Sodom;
Give ear to the instruction of our God,
You people of Gomorrah.

Indeed, while following the way of Your judgments, O Lord,
We have waited for You eagerly;

Your name, even Your memory, is the desire of our souls.

Then the Lord said,
“Because this people draw near with their words
And honor Me with their lip service,
But they remove their hearts far from Me,
And their reverence for Me consists of tradition learned by rote,

“Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are named Israel
And who came forth from the

loins of Judah,

Who swear by the name of the Lord
And invoke the God of Israel,
But not in truth nor in righteousness.

“Yet they seek Me day by day and delight to know My ways,
As a nation that has done righteousness
And has not forsaken the ordinance of their God.
They ask Me for just decisions,
They delight in the nearness of God.

Thus says the Lord,
“Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool.
Where then is a house you could build for Me?
And where is a place that I may rest?

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

You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you:

The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

In spirit

For God, whom I serve in my spirit in the preaching of the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how unceasingly I make mention of you,

For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!”

Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”

With all prayer and petition

pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view,

be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,

for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh,

But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,

The father seeketh

The Lord

favors those who fear Him,

Those who wait for His lovingkindness.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But the prayer of the upright is His delight.

“O my dove, in the clefts of the rock,
In the secret place of the steep pathway,
Let me see your form,

Let me hear your voice;

For your voice is sweet,
And your form is lovely.”

“The people whom I formed for Myself

Will declare My praise.

I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a

holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;