Dios aigiokhoio thugateres [Daughters
of Zeus whatever the sex]
Worship in Spirit and in Truth (John 4:24)
“God is Spirit, and those who worship God must worship in Spirit and Truth” (John 4:24).
You might not immediately
notice but one of the differences between my translation
and the traditional one is that I capitalize “Spirit” and
“Truth.” I think this is important.
CONCLUSION:
“God
is Spirit, and those who worship God must worship in GOD and
Truth” (John 4:24)
God's
Spirit objects:
John 4:24kjv; nlt; God is a Spirit: and they that worship him
must worship him IN spirit and IN truth.
Luke 24:39 Behold MY hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see;
for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Phil. 3:2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
For without are dogs, and SORCERERS [Rev 18 musicians[, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters,
and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. Re.22:15But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again;
and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. 2Pe.2:22
Keleb (h3611) keh'leb; from an unused root mean. to yelp, or else to attack; a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute: - dog.
For dogs have compassed me:
the assembly [multitude, swarm]
of the wicked have inclosed me:
they pierced my hands and my feet. Ps.22:16
Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough,
and they are shepherds that cannot understand:
they all look to their own way, every one for his gain,
from his quarter. Is.56:11
And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the Lord:
the sword to slay,
and the dogs to tear,
and the fowls of the heaven,
and the beasts of the earth,
to devour and destroy. Je.15:3
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Chrysostom's Commentary on Galatians:
Galatians 5:1.-"With freedom did Christ set us free; stand fast therefore.115 ."
Ver. 12.
"I would that they which unsettle you would even cut themselves off." And he says well "that unsettle you."
"A man that is heretical after the first and second admonition refuse." (Tit. iii: 10) If they will,
let them not only be circumcised, but mutilated.
Where then are those who dare to mutilate themselves; seeing that they draw down the Apostolic curse,
and accuse the workmanship of God, and take part with the Manichees? ... But if you will not allow this,
why do you not mutilate the tongue for blasphemy, the hands for rapine, the feet for their evil courses, in short, the whole body?
For the ear enchanted by the sound of a flute hath often enervated the soul;
and the perception of a sweet perfume by the nostrils hath bewitched the mind, and made it frantic for pleasure .
Phil. 3:3 For we are the circumcision,
which worship God IN THE sPIRIT,
and rejoice IN CHRIST JESUS,
and have no confidence IN THE FLESH
Phil. 3:4Though I might also
have confidence IN THE FLESH.
If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof
he might trust IN THE FLESH. I more
John
Mark Hicks: The traditional use of
this text is to locate the prepositional phrase in the
subjectivity of the worshipper
(that is, worship
with the right spirit or attitude)
and in the objectivity
of God’s revealed word
(that is, Scripture).
This interpretation has a long history and has been
particularly stressed in many parts of the Reformed tradition.
Churches of Christ have utilized the text in a way consistent
with their Reformed (Presbyterian and Scottish dissenter)
heritage.
"With the
right spirit" is consistent with the human spirit as the
place REPUDIATING any "works of the hands of men." That is
not the "CURSED" tradition lifted from Presbyterians but
from god.
Heb. 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he
that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a
rewarder of them that DILIGENTLY
SEEK HIM.
Hicks thinks that
Spiritual Formation (sorcery) comes out of his own mind.
http://www.pineycom.com/John.Mark.Hicks.Searching.for.the.Pattern.html
http://www.pineycom.com/Rick.Atchley.CENI.Regulative.Principle.html
Irenaeus (ca. 150)
Against Heresies 3.1.1
“We have learned from none others the plan
of our salvation, than from those through whom
the gospel has come down to us, which they did at one time
proclaim in public, and, at a later period, by the will of
God, handed down to us in the Scriptures, to be the ground
and pillar of our faith.”
Clement of Alexandria (d. 215)
The Stromata, 7:16
“But those who are ready to toil in the most
excellent pursuits, will not desist from the search
after truth, till they get the demonstration from the
Scriptures themselves.”
Gregory of Nyssa (d.ca, 395)
“On the Holy Trinity”, NPNF, p. 327
“Let the inspired Scriptures then be our umpire,
and the vote of truth will be given to those whose dogmas are
found to agree with the Divine words.”
Athanasius (c. 296–373)
Against the Heathen, 1:3
“The holy and inspired Scriptures are fully
sufficient
for the proclamation of the truth.”
Basil the Great (ca.329–379)
On the Holy Spirit, 7.16
“We are not content simply because this is
the tradition of the Fathers. What is important is that
the Fathers followed the meaning of the Scripture.”
Ambrose (340–397 A.D.)
On the Duties of the Clergy, 1:23:102
“For how can we adopt those things which we do
not
find in the holy Scriptures?”
St. Augustine (354–430)
De unitate ecclesiae, 10
“Neither dare one agree with catholic
bishops if by chance they err in anything, but the result that
their opinion is against the canonical Scriptures of God.”
Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274)
Summa Theologiae, Question 1, art. 8
“For our faith rests on the revelation
made to the Prophets and Apostles who wrote
the canonical books.”
God's
Holy Scripture needs and permits "private interpretation" or
"further expounding." Nether THEY nor ME understands.
Col. 2:5
For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in
the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the
stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
Heb. 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the
firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge
of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
1Pet. 3:4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that
which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and
quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
1Pet. 4:6 For for this cause was the gospel preached also to
them that are dead, that they might be judged according to
men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
Rev. 4:2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a
throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
John Mark
Hicks has been led by "A" Spirit into musical worship: that
god is named APOLLYON the leader of the LOCUSTS or his
prostitute musical worship team.
Acts.17.25.God.Not.Worshipped.Mens.Hands.html
| Acts 17:25 Neither is WORSHIPPED with MEN'S
HANDS hands, as though he NEEDED any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; g2323. THERAPEUO, ther-ap-yoo´-o; from the same as 2324; to wait upon menially, i.e. (figuratively) to adore (God), or (specially) to relieve (of disease): — cure, heal, worship. -therap-ōn henchman, attendant “Mousaōn therapontes” music, song stu^ger-os , Muses (Rev 18) as Apollon's Worshiip Team were known as hated prostitutes, 2. gen. hadou [ein' Aidao domoisi in the nether world, with nouns in adjectival sense, devilish, “thuousan ha. mēter'” Erōs Aphroditēs th thera^p-euō to be an attendant, do service, Dionuson, Mousas, E.Ba.82 “daimona , etc.; “daimona” Pi.P.3.109; , IT1105(lyr.); th. Phoibou naous serve them, Id.Ion111 (anap.): abs., worship,
Mousa II. mousa, as Appellat., music, song, “m. stugera” A.Eu.308 (anap.); “euphamos” Id.Supp.695 (lyr.); “kanakhan . . theias antiluron mousasthera^p-eia I. of persons, th. tōn theōn service paid to the gods worship of Apollo Agyieus, E.Ion187; 2. service done to gain favour, paying court, worshipper, “Apollōnos” Pi.O. 3.16, cf. Pl.Phd.85a “Mousaōn “kanakhan [clanging brass, gnashing of teeth, . . theias antiluron mousas” aulōn sound of flutes, of the lyre, theias etheiazon obtained inspiration through ritual A.to be inspired, frenzied Apollō, Apollon was the god of MELODY: he carried the LYRE to seduce male or female. He carried the Bow to make the strings TWANG to send a SINGING arrow into male or female who did not submit. He is the only personified SPIRITUS and He was, from Egypt onward, the Leader of the Muses. His musical worship team were known as LOCUSTS and dirty adulteresses. |
Gal. 3:3 Are ye so
foolish?
are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
Col. 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness,
and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
Heb. 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn,
which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all,
and to the SPIRITS OF just men made perfect,
Eph. 4:23
And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
Phil. 3:3 For we are the circumcision,
which worship God IN the spirit,
and rejoice in Christ
Jesus,
and have no confidence
in the flesh.
THIS PROVES THAT WE WORSHIP GOD IN
OUR SPIRIT OR MIND.
John
11:33 ¶ When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews
also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit,
and was trouble
Acts
17:16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit
was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to
idolatry.
Acts 19:21 ¶ After these things were ended, Paul purposed in
the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia,
to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must
also see Rome.
Acts
18:25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and
being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently
the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
Rom. 2:29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and
circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in
the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Rom. 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if
so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man
have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Col. 2:5
For though I be absent in the
flesh,
yet am I with you in the spirit,
joying and beholding
your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
Heb. 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the
firstborn,
which are written in
heaven, and to God the Judge of all,
and to the spirits OF just men
made perfect,
1Pet. 3:4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart,
in that which is not corruptible,
even the ornament of a
meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God
of great price.
1Pet. 4:6 For for this cause was the gospel preached also to
them that are dead,
that they might be
judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to
God in the spirit.
Rev. 4:2 And immediately I was in the SPIRIT.:
and,
behold, a throne was
set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
One of the oldest sermons in Second Clement concerned repentance. It
was taken from Scripture and the writer says:
"Brothers and sisters, after the God of truth,
I am reading to you an exhortation
to give attention to the things written,
in order that you may save yourselves
and one reading among you. (19:1; cf. VI. 25)
Chapter LXVII.-Weekly Worship of the Christians.
And we afterwards continually remind each other of these things. And the wealthy among us help the needy; and we always keep together; and for all things wherewith we are supplied,
we bless the Maker of all through His Son Jesus Christ, and through the Holy Ghost.
And on the day called Sunday, 146 all who live in cities or in the country gather together to one place, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings Of the PROPHETS are READ, as long as time permits;
then, when the
reader has ceased, the president verbally
instructs, and exhorts to the imitation of THESE GOOD
THINGS
But I think this misses the point of the text in at least two ways.
First, pneuma (spirit),
though it appears 24 times in the Gospel of John, NEVER
refers to human attitudes or motivations.
PAUL IS SPEAKING OF PLACES WHERE PEOPLE. God is
not worshipped by the hands of men. If A spirit is guiding
John Mark Hicks to promote instrumental music as worship, the
SPIRIT of gender conflicted MUSICIANS is Apollon, Beast, 666
John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh
profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are
spirit, and they are life
SPIRIT is never a person. Holy Spirit could be Divine Breath. Jesus in His Glorified State is the promised COMFORTER.Paul Tillich wrote: "The Spirit is sometimes personified in the Bible, as in John 16:7-8, and this has led many to believe that it is a person. They do so because they do not take into account an idiom of the original Greek language. In Greek, inanimate objects which in English would be couched in the neuter gender, are given a masculine or feminine gender, if those objects are identified with any particular individual. ' For example, a chair is described as "it" in English, because it is neuter, being neither masculine nor feminine. But in Greek that chair can be identified with its owner. If it belongs to me, the chair is described as he; if it belongs to my wife, as she. Click Here
| H7307 rûach roo'-akh From H7306
; wind; by resemblance breath, that is, a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions |
G4151 pneuma
pnyoo'-mah From G4154 ; a current of air, that is, breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively a spirit, that is, (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, or (superhuman) an angel, daemon, or (divine) God, Christ’s spirit, the Holy spirit:—ghost, life, mind |
Though it is used to describe
Jesus’ own personal identity three times (11:33; 13:21;
19:20), seventeen times the term refers without question to
the Holy Spirit (1:32,33; 3:5,6,8,34; 7:39; 14:17,26; 15:26;
16:13; 20:22). Of the other four uses of pneuma,
three are found in John 4:23-24 and the last one in John 6:63.
The last text most likely refers to the Holy Spirit as well
since Jesus describes his WORDS as Spirit (but this is
disputed).
1Pet. 1:9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
1Pet. 1:10 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently,
who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
1Pet. 1:11 Searching what, or what manner of time the SPIRIT OF CHRIST
which was in them did signify, when it TESTIFIED beforehand the sufferings of Christ,
and the glory that should follow.
1Pet. 1:12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them
that have PREACHED the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven;
which things the angels desire to look into.
Eph. 2:20 And are built upon [EDUCATED BY] the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
Eph. 3:5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men,
as it is now REVEALED unto his holy apostles and prophets
BY the Spirit;
Eph. 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
2Pet. 3:2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
Rev. 19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not:
I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren
that have the TESTIMONY of Jesus: worship God:
for the TESTIMONY of Jesus is the SPIRIT of prophecy.
Nehemiah 9:20 Thou gavest also thy GOOD SPIRIT to INSTRUCT them,
and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth,
and gavest them water for their thirst.
Job 7:11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth;
I will SPEAK in the anguish of my SPIRIT;
I will COMPLAIN in the bitterness of my SOUL.
Job 15:13 That thou turnest THY SPIRIT against God,
and lettest such WORDS go out of thy MOUTH?
Isaiah 34:16 Seek ye out of the BOOK of the LORD, and READ:
no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate:
for my MOUTH it hath commanded,
and his SPIRIT it hath gathered them.
Isaiah 59:21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD;
My SPIRIT that is upon thee,
and my WORDS which I have put in thy MOUTH,
shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed,
nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
2Th. 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work:
only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
2Thessalonians 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed,
whom the Lord shall consume
with the SPIRIT of his MOUTH,
and shall destroy with the BRIGHTNESS of his coming:
John’s Gospel has developed a
theology of pneuma up to John 4. Jesus is
invested with the Spirit and born-again believers are born of
the Spirit (John 1:33,34; 3:5, 34).
The Spirit is something believers and Jesus have in common. When believers worship the Father, they worship “in the Spirit.” God is pneuma. So, the Son, believers and the Father share pneuma. This evidences the communal unity of the Father, Son and believers. We are one through or in the Spirit. As such, the worshipping community of believers–those who have been born of the Spirit–worship the Father “in the Spirit.”
This reading has the further
benefit of seeing the “living water” which Jesus offers
the Samaritan women (4:10-15) as the well-springs of the
Spirit who is given to believers (John 7:37-39).
Believers enjoy a living water
that arises out of the
Spirit who dwells within
us and “in” this
thirst-quenching water, that is the Spirit,
we worship the Father.
It is the living water that
wells up inside of us to give praise and glory to God. We
worship out of the or in the resources of the Holy Spirit. “In
the Spirit” is the Spiritual dynamic of worship itself–the
Holy Spirit who gives life to worship by the living,
personal presence of God by the Spirit.
where two or three are gathered JESUS
HO, every one that thirsteth,
come ye to the WATERS,
and he that hath no money;
come ye, buy, and eat; yea,
come, buy wine and milk WITHOUT MONEY
and WITHOUT PRICE. Isa 55:1
2 Cor. 2:17 For we are not as many,Wherefore DO YOU SPEND MONEY for that which is not bread?
............ which corrupt the word of God:
............ but as of sincerity, but as of God,
............ in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
kapēl-euō, A. to be a retail-dealer, drive a petty trade Hdt. 3.89 ta mathēmata sell learning by retail, hawk it about, Pl. Prt.313d , 2 Cor. 2:17, of prostitutes,Plat. Prot. 313d For among the provisions, you know, in which these men deal, not only are they themselves ignorant what is good or bad for the body, since in selling they commend them all, but the people who buy from them are so too, unless one happens to be a trainer or a doctor.
And in the same way, those who take their doctrines the round of our cities,
hawking them about to any odd purchaser who desires them,
commend everything that they sell, and there may well be some of these too,
my good sir, who are ignorant which of their wares is
[313e] good or bad for the soul; and in just the same case are the people who buy from them, unless one happens to have a doctor's knowledge here also, but of the soul. So then, if you are well informed as to what is good or bad among these wares, it will be safe for you to buy doctrines from Protagoras or from anyone else you please: but if not, take care, my dear fellow, that you do not risk your greatest treasure on a toss of the dice.Eilikrineia (g1505( i-lik-ree'-ni-ah; from 1506; clearness, i.e. (by impl.) purity (fig.): - sincerity.
2 Co.1:12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to youward.
Sophia A. cleverness or skill in handicraft and art, in music and singing, tekhnē kai s. h.Merc.483, cf. 511; in poetry,
and your labour for that which satisfieth not?
hearken diligently unto me,
and eat ye that which is good,
and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Isa 55:2
Incline your ear, and come unto me:
HEAR, and your soul shall live;
and I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
even the sure mercies of David. Isa 55:3
Is. 55:10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven,
and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud,
that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
Is. 55:11 So shall MY WORDS be that goeth forth out of MY mouth:
it shall not return unto me void,
but it shall accomplish that which I please,
and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Prov. 18:4 The WORDS
of a man’s mouth are as deep waters,
and the wellspring
of wisdom as a flowing brook.
Amos 8:11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD,
that I will send a
famine in the land,
not a famine of
bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words
of the LORD
John 4:14
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him
shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him
shall be in him a well of water springing up into EVERLASTING LIFE
