John 4:23-24

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - John 4:23

Under the gospel, and the kingdom of the Messiah, which is yet further coming, and is already began in the world, the true worshippers of God shall not worship him, as you Samaritans, who worship you know not what, without any rule or prescript of the word; nor yet as the hypocritical Jews, who rest upon their sacrifices and ritual performances, as if they should purge away their sins, Psalms 50:8; Isaiah 1:11; Isaiah 66:3; Micah 6:7; no, nor yet as the more sincere Jews, who indeed do truly... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - John 4:24

God is not a corporeal being, made up of blood, and flesh, and bones, having senses as bodies have, to be pleased with sensible things; but he is a spiritual Being, the Father of spirits, and requireth a spiritual service proportioned to his being; and therefore those that pay a religious homage to him, must do it with their spirits, and according to the rule that he hath prescribed, in truth and reality. This is now the will of God; and though he required of his people under the law a more... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - John 4:1-26

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTESJohn 4:1-3. These verses form an historical introductory note prefixed to and explaining our Lord’s ministry in Samaria. He left Judæa to avoid conflict with the Pharisaic party.John 4:2. Though (καίτοιγε = howbeit, and yet).—This word is intended to indicate a partial correction of the report recorded in John 4:1 (vide also John 3:22; John 3:26). “Why did not Jesus Himself baptise? Just because He was the Lord, and as such reserved to Himself the baptism of the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 4:19-24

John 4:19-24 God is Spirit; worship in spirit I. Christ lived in another region than that of religious quarrel. To Him, both Judaism and Samaritanism were worn-out forms of truth, and He came to put them both aside and to lead men into a new world. But had He been like some of our modern prophets, who place themselves above religious disputes, He would not have thought it worth while to decide which of them had most truth, which of them then was worthiest. "Both are nothing to Me," He would... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 4:23

John 4:23 The Spirituality of Worship I. What is it to worship God in spirit and in truth? And why did the Father seek such to worship Him? In order to answer this question satisfactorily we must consider the nature of God, for in a subsequent verse our Lord describes this nature, and grounds on His description the necessity for such worship as is mentioned in the text, saying, God is a Spirit, and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth. That Deity differs immeasurably... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 4:24

John 4:24 The Worship of God, the Personal Spirit It is when we get into the midst of practical life, out of abstractions of thought, that we realize our need of a heavenly Father, that we turn to Christ as the revealer of that Divine and blessed truth. And of how we are led to do that I shall illustrate from the cases of those whom I have already dwelt on as needing to conceive God as impersonal. I. The idealist, who contemplates and worships God as Thought, and sees Him as essential Truth,... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - John 4:24

DISCOURSE: 1618THE WORSHIP WHICH GOD REQUIRESJohn 4:24. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.BRETHREN, you are all upon the brink of eternity. You are all sinners. As sinners, you stand in need of mercy at the hands of God: and God is willing to bestow mercy upon every one of you, without exception. But he must be inquired of, in order that he may do this for you: and he must be inquired of, not in a cold and formal manner, but in sincerity of... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - John 4:23

spirit That the Holy Spirit is meant is clear for John 4:24. read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - John 4:24

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Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - John 4:22-23

The Axe at the Root A Testimony Against Puseyite Idolatry June 17th, 1866 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." John 4:23-24 . The woman's conscience had been aroused by Christ's declaration of her sin. He was touching upon matters of the most vital importance, and... read more

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