"The Perfect Chance Encounter" Part 10

Jesus said to her, "Woman believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."  John 4:19-24

Jesus tells the woman, "But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth," In doing so, He is in fact fulfilling a messianic role, as He reveals not only the truth about the nature of God; "God is Spirit" but the Father's hearts as well; "The Father is seeking such to worship Him." That being said I would like to stop for a moment and look, not at what these words would mean to this woman but how they relate to us so that we might experience the type of truly perfect encounters with the Father that Jesus is talking about.

Do we truly understand that the Father is seeking true worshipers that will understand what it means to worship Him in spirit and in truth? John 3:17 says, "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world but that the world through Him might be saved."  The Father's purpose in sending Jesus is not to condemn but to save! His purpose in sending Jesus was to facilitate our salvation and to give us the opportunity to truly know Him. The Father's desire is that we will know Him the way that Jesus knew Him.

Jesus told her that the Father was seeking those that would not only worship Him but that they 'must' worship in spirit and truth," According to the Strong's the word truth comes from 227 and means; true (as not concealing). The Father is looking for those who like Jesus will come before Him to worship Him with nothing hidden. Jesus knew everything that pertained to the Father and the Father knew anything and everything about Jesus. Check out the transfiguration in Matthew 17:2. 'His face shone like the sun and His clothes became as white as the light.' There was nothing in Him that wasn't totally and completely open before the Father. 

Jesus said, 'the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth; ' True worshipers will worship Him in spirit and ...with nothing concealed. I find it interesting that the first reaction that Adam and Eve had when they sinned was one of shame and the need for concealment. It says that they 'hid' themselves from the presence of the Father.' Genesis 3:8   The Father is seeking 'such' or rather those who have nothing concealed from Him as they enter His presence and that is possible because "God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world but that the world through Him might be saved."

Jesus said, "But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth," and what that means to us ... We 'must' know, understand, and appreciate that it is because of His heart for us that He made the way for us to be able to come into His presence boldly, unashamed, and with nothing to hide. Because of Jesus we get to worship in spirit and in truth!.