john-4:22-24,-psalm-95:1-11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 4:24

Verse 24 24.God is a Spirit. This is a confirmation drawn from the very nature of God. Since men are flesh, we ought not to wonder, if they take delight in those things which correspond to their own disposition. Hence it arises, that they contrive many things in the worship of God which are full of display, but have no solidity. But they ought first of all to consider that they have to do with God, who can no more agree with the flesh than fire with water. This single consideration, when the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:1-42

7. The ministry and revelation of the Lord to those beyond the strict compass of the theocracy. This passage describes an incident of consummate interest, and records a specimen of our Lord's intercourse with individuals, and the reaction of that instruction upon the disciples. The event is a solitary chink through which the light of historical fact falls upon an otherwise darkened and unknown period of the Saviour's life. When we skirt a forest we see at intervals, where by some... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:7-26

(2) The revelations and misunderstandings comprised in the interview with the Samaritaness. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:21-24

(d) The spiritual nature of God and his worship. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:21-24

The spirit of the true worship. Our Lord acts a prophet's part in answer to her inquiries. 1. THE UNIVERSALITY OF THE NEW WORSHIP . "Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father." 1 . All localized worship was soon to end. 2 . The fatherhood of God emancipates worship from every limitation of time and space. Men will worship God as a Father. The title is characteristic of this Gospel. II.... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:22

Ye worship that which (not "him whom") ye know not . "That which" points to the essence and inner character of the object of their worship. They gave him a name, but they were comparatively ignorant of, and confessedly hostile as a people to, the revelation that the Father had made. They fell back on a past of rigid orthodoxy but of limited range. They rejected every portion of the Old Testament with the exception of the Pentateuch, i.e. the entire historical treatment of the primeval... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:23

But the hour cometh, and now is —already the day has dawned, the new conception is breaking like "awful rose of dawn" upon the minds of some— when the veritable £ worshippers —those who answer to the idea of worshippers, those who actually draw near to the Father in living fellowship and affectionate appreciation of his eternal Name— shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth. An old misreading of this text, accepted by some Fathers, and based upon the idea expressed in John... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:23

The Divine search. That we should seek God seems most natural and proper. Poor, ignorant, sinful, helpless creatures that we are, we should be insensible and infatuated if we did not seek him who alone can supply our wants, pardon our errors, and secure our happiness. But that God should seek us seems passing strange. This is like the king seeking the rebel, the philosopher seeking the boor. Yet we have here an instance of the truth that "God's ways are not our ways." I. WHOM GOD ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:23-24

Worship and worshippers. In some form worship is all but universal. Wherever on earth man is found, there he presents to the Power above the offerings of his devotion. Doubtless there are cases without number in which worship has degenerated into mere superstition. Yet, where worship is at its best, it is one of the very highest manifestations and exercises of human nature. Much has been said by philosophers, by poets, by theologians, concerning the nature and the virtue of worship. But... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:24

A still more explicit and comprehensive reason is given for the previous assertion, based on the essential nature of God himself in the fulness of his eternal Being. God is Spirit ( πνεῦμα ὁ θεός ; cf. John 1:1 , θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος ,—the article indicates the subject, and the predicate is here generic, and not an indefinite; therefore we do not render it, "God is a Spirit"). The most comprehensive and far-reaching metaphor or method by which Jesus endeavoured to portray the... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 4:24

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:1-42

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:7-26

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:21-24

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:21-24

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:22

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:23

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:23

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:23-24

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:24

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