31-01-2025, 12:16 AM
(30-01-2025, 01:10 PM)Lukongsimi Wrote: Bible taught us worship God in Spirit n in Truth.
Absolutely! Our spirit is capable of communicating directly with God and worshiping Him, as attested by 1 Cor 6:17: "He who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him."
Neither soul nor body can unite with God; the spirit alone is capable of uniting with Him. And the spirit alone is capable of true worship. Jesus said in John 4:23-24, "But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."
Now what is spirit? Gen 1:26 tells us that God chose to make man in His own "image" and "likeness." I believe image refers to outward appearance, and man's outward appearance mirrors the outward appearance of God. Likeness should be referring to the internal structure of the triune Godhead: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Thus, man's spirit, soul, and body correspond to the 3 components of the Trinity.
This internal structure of the human personality can be traced back to God's creation of man. God breathed in Adam to produce a spirit within him; therefore, the human spirit proceeds from God's breath (Gen1:7). In both Hebrew and Greek, the words "spirit" and "breath" are synonyms. The body was clay infused with divine life to become Adam.