“神是个灵，所以拜祂的必须用心灵和诚实拜祂。”（约翰福音 4:24）
圣经说，神是个灵。约翰福音记载，耶稣在叙加井边与一位妇女谈道。他直接明了地讲述了神， 他说：“神是个灵。”你也许立刻会想到一团模糊的雾气，但那不是神的写照。
如果想知道灵是什么，我可以从基督复活后所说的话找到答案：“摸我看看；魂无骨无肉，你们看我是有的。”所以我知道，灵是没有形体的。换句话说，灵是“非肉体的”。灵与肉体是相对的，灵不受肉体限制和束缚，灵与肉体不同，是不可穿戴的，也不能像肉体一样可以改变。
圣经说，神是个灵，不受肉体的限制：他不受外形、力量、界限的限制，是绝对不可测度，是有限的肉眼无法分辨的。圣经说，因为神没有这样的限制，所以祂可以于同一时间无所不在。
我在北卡罗来纳州夏洛特的一个长老会小教会里长大。十岁之前，我的母亲让我背诵“简要教义问答”。在那问答中，我们被要求对神下一个定义。我们得到的答案是：“神是个灵——无限、永恒、不变。”
这三个词完美地描述了神：祂是无限的——不受肉体束缚；祂是永恒的——祂无始无终、自有永有；祂是不变的——“在祂并没有改变，也没有转动的影儿。”（雅各书 1:17）。
人会变，时尚会变，条件和环境会变，但神永不改变。耶稣基督昨日、今日、直到永远，都不会改变。
今日祷告：
天父，祢永不改变，所以我们倚靠祢。我们知道祢是信实的，祢永远真实。祷告奉主耶稣基督的名，阿们。
June 26
GOD IS A SPIRIT
God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John 4:24
The Bible declares God to be Spirit. In the gospel of John, Jesus is talking to a woman at the well of Sychar. He makes a straightforward statement about God; He says simply, “God is a Spirit.” Immediately you imagine a sort of cloudy vapor. But that is not a picture of God.
If I want to know what a spirit is, I can find out from these words of Christ after His resurrection: “Come and touch Me and see, for a spirit has no flesh and bones such as ye see Me have.” So I know that spirit is incorporeal-in other words, it is “unbody.” Spirit is contrary to body. Spirit is opposite to body. Spirit is something that is not limited by a body. Spirit is not bound in a body. Spirit is not wearable as a body. Spirit is not changeable as a body.
The Bible declares that God is Spirit, that He is not limited to body: He is not limited to shape; He is not limited to force; He is not limited to boundaries or bonds; He is absolutely immeasurable and indiscernible to eyes that are limited to physical things. The Bible declares that because God has no such limitations He can be everywhere at the same time.
I was reared in a small Presbyterian church in Charlotte, North Carolina. Before I was ten years of age my mother made me memorize the “shorter catechism.” In that catechism we were asked to define God. The answer we learned was, “God is a Spirit-infinite, eternal, and unchangeable.”
Those three words beautifully describe God. He is infinite-not body-bound. Eternal-He has no beginning and no ending. He is the one forever self-existent. The Bible declares that He never changes-that there is no variableness or shadow of tuning with Him (James 1:17).
People change, fashions change, conditions and circumstances change, but God never changes. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Pray for the Day:
Father, You are always the same, and so we rely on You. We know that You are faithful and that You are always true; in Jesus’ Name.
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