II. THE NATURE OF GOD: (Vs. Agnosticism).
1. THE SPIRITUALITY OF GOD: (Vs. Materialism). "GOD IS SPIRIT."
a) Statement of the Fact, John 4:24: "God is Spirit."
Meaning: The Samaritan woman's question, "Where is God to be found?" etc. On Mt. Zion or Gerizim? Christ's answer: God is not to be confined to any one place (cf. Acts 7:48; 17:25, 1 Kings 8:27). God must be worshipped in spirit as distinguished from place, form, or other sensual limitations (4:21); and in truth as distinguished from false conceptions resulting from imperfect knowledge (4:22).
b) Light on "God is Spirit," from other Scriptures.
Luke 24:39: "A spirit hath not flesh and bones," i. e., has not body, or parts like human beings; incorporeal; not subject to human limitations.
Col. 1:15: "The image of the invisible God."
1 Tim. 1:17 (R. V.): "Now unto the King incorruptible, invisible."
These passages teach that God has nothing of a material or bodily nature. Sight sees only objects of the material world, but God is not of the nature of the material world, hence He cannot be seen with the material eye—at least not now.
c) Light Derived from Cautions Against Representing God by Graven Images: