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Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks
I have to admit before taking a worship class from the local "mega-church" (which was awesome BTW) I had always passed over this verse as something I already had a firm grasp on and needn't consider any further. I thought Jesus simply meant that we should worship with a spirit of truth when we worship God. In other words we should be sincere and forthright in our intentions. Which of course is good but that's not at all what He is saying. He says God is looking for people who will worship Him in Spirit and in Truth. Does that mean he wants us to worship Him in our spirits? In our truth? I don't think so. Simply put, our spirits and our truths (on their own merit) aren't worth squat.
So whose Spirit? Whose Truth? Or is it more like Who is Spirit?
