John 4:24

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

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  • 2 Cor 3:17 : 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
  • Ps 51:17 : 17 Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
  • Phil 3:3 : 3 For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, glory in Christ Jesus, and do not put confidence in the flesh.
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For this is what the high and exalted One says—he who lives forever, whose name is holy: 'I dwell in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.'
  • Matt 15:8-9 : 8 ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. 9 They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’
  • 1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But the LORD told Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not see as man sees; man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."
  • Ps 50:23 : 23 Whoever offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors me, and to the one who orders their way rightly, I will show the salvation of God.
  • Ps 66:18 : 18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
  • 1 Tim 1:17 : 17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For this is our boast: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity and godly sincerity, not relying on worldly wisdom but on God's grace.
  • Ps 50:13-15 : 13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? 14 Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and fulfill your vows to the Most High. 15 Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me.

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  • John 4:19-23
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    19The woman said to him, "Sir, I see that you are a prophet.

    20Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem."

    21Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

    22You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews.

    23But a time is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father seeks such people to worship him.

  • 13By this, we know that we remain in Him and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.

  • 17The Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor knows him, you know him, because he remains with you and will be in you.

  • 25The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah (called Christ) is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.

  • 17Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.

  • 1 John 4:1-3
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    1Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

    2By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.

    3And every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now it is already in the world.

  • 6We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this, we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

  • John 3:5-8
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    5Jesus answered, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.'

    6What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

    7Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’

    8The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.

  • 16Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

  • 17Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

  • 25The secrets of their heart are revealed, and they will fall facedown and worship God, exclaiming, 'God is truly among you!'

  • 1 John 5:6-7
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    6This is the One who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And the Spirit testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.

    7For there are three that testify in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.

  • 24The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands.

  • 34For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without measure.

  • 21But whoever lives by the truth comes to the light, so that it may be plainly seen that their deeds have been done in God.

  • 9But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Him.

  • 10Now God has revealed these things to us by His Spirit, for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.

  • 4There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.

  • 31We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He listens to them.

  • 32And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

  • 13When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you what is to come.

  • Eph 4:23-24
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    23to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

    24and to put on the new self, which is created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

  • 6Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'

  • 20We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true. And we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

  • 9(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.)

  • 19For their sake, I sanctify Myself, so that they also may be sanctified in truth.

  • 10Then Jesus said to him, 'Go away, Satan! For it is written: You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.'

  • 26When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—he will testify about me.

  • 15Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in them, and they in God.

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    10Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, the Father who dwells in me does his work.

    11Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Or at least believe because of the works themselves.

  • 4So then, concerning eating food sacrificed to idols: we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and there is no God but one.

  • 5For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

  • John 6:28-29
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    28Then they said to him, 'What must we do to perform the works of God?'

    29Jesus answered them, 'This is the work of God: that you believe in the one he has sent.'

  • 4'As long as it is day, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.'

  • 24The one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us: through the Spirit He has given us.

  • 6one God and Father of all, who is over all, through all, and in all.

  • 1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.