Covenant Reformed News – October 2012 • Volume XIV, Issue 6
This article from Covenant Reformed News expounds on the spirituality of God as grounded in John 4:24, arguing that God's spiritual nature condemns all forms of idolatry—whether pagan or so-called "Christian" (including Catholic statues and Orthodox icons)—and requires that worship be sincere, spiritual, and emanating from the human spirit empowered by the Holy Ghost. The author emphasizes that true worship demands living faith and genuine inward devotion rather than external religious forms or hypocritical observance.
The Spirituality of God (3) The truth of the spirituality of God (John 4:24) places a holy calling upon us. First, God’s spirituality is the deathblow to all idolatry. Whereas the unity of God underlies the first commandment: “Thou shalt have no other gods before me” (Ex. 20:3), the spirituality of God is the basis for the second commandment: “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the...