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24 God is Spirit,* and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."

23 But the time is coming, in fact now is, when the genuine worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. Really, because the Father is looking for such people to worship Him.*. God "is looking" for something, which means He does not have it, at least not automatically, nor in sufficient quantity. I take it that He wants to be appreciated for who He is, but to have meaning such appreciation cannot come from robots—it has to be voluntary. So He created a type of being with that capacity, but He had to take the risk that such a being would choose not to appreciate Him. Unfortunately, most human beings make the negative choice, and with that negative choice come all sorts of negative consequences. Ever since Adam humans are born with an inclination toward sin, so for someone to choose to appreciate God is definitely not automatic, nor even easy. No one can reasonably accuse God of having ‘stacked the deck’ in His own favor, of ‘buying votes’—He seems to have done just the opposite. If a human being, against his natural inclination, chooses to appreciate God, then He receives what He is looking for. "In spirit and truth" presumably means that it cannot be faked, cannot be forced, cannot be merely physical, cannot be merely emotional (though both body and emotions can, and often will, be utilized). 24 God is Spirit,* and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."

21 Jesus says to her: "Woman, believe me, a time is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 You [Samaritans] worship what you do not know; we [Jews] worship what we do know, because the salvation is from the Jews.* 23 But the time is coming, in fact now is, when the genuine worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. Really, because the Father is looking for such people to worship Him.*. God "is looking" for something, which means He does not have it, at least not automatically, nor in sufficient quantity. I take it that He wants to be appreciated for who He is, but to have meaning such appreciation cannot come from robots—it has to be voluntary. So He created a type of being with that capacity, but He had to take the risk that such a being would choose not to appreciate Him. Unfortunately, most human beings make the negative choice, and with that negative choice come all sorts of negative consequences. Ever since Adam humans are born with an inclination toward sin, so for someone to choose to appreciate God is definitely not automatic, nor even easy. No one can reasonably accuse God of having ‘stacked the deck’ in His own favor, of ‘buying votes’—He seems to have done just the opposite. If a human being, against his natural inclination, chooses to appreciate God, then He receives what He is looking for. "In spirit and truth" presumably means that it cannot be faked, cannot be forced, cannot be merely physical, cannot be merely emotional (though both body and emotions can, and often will, be utilized).

38 So he said, "Lord, I believe!" And he worshiped Him.

10 Then Jesus says to him: "Get behind me, Satan!* For it is written: ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.’ "*

8 In answer Jesus said to him: "Get behind me, Satan!* It is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve!’ "*

9 Indeed, that is why God highly exalted Him and gave Him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus*, not Christ or even Jehovah, that every knee will bow. ‘Jesus’ is His human name—recall that in Revelation the slain Lamb (5:6,12; 7:14; 12:11) receives glory and praise along with the Father. You cannot kill God, so the Lamb is Jesus. Recall further that in John 5:22 Jesus affirmed that the Father had "committed all judgment" to Him, which means that it will be Jesus sitting on the "great white throne" (Revelation 20:11), not to mention a certain "winepress" (Revelation 19:15). Although at the moment I see no way of ‘closing the question’ (as we say here in Brazil), I verily suspect that the correct transliteration of ‘Jesus’ into Hebrew will prove to be יֵסוּס and not יֵשׁוּעַ. every knee will bow—of those in heaven,* those on earth* and those under the earth*— 11 and every tongue will acknowledge* that Jesus Christ is Sovereign, to the glory of God the Father.

19 speaking to one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord;

The jailer converts

25 Well about midnight Paul and Silas were singing hymns to God in prayer; and the other prisoners were listening to them.

Praise for deliverance

3 All praise to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion* and God of all encouragement, 4 who encourages us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to encourage those who are in whatever affliction, by means of the encouragement with which we ourselves are encouraged by God.*

42 But God turned away and gave them over to serve the army of the heaven,* just as it is written in Book of the Prophets:

‘House of Israel, did you offer me slaughtered animals

and sacrifices during forty years in the wilderness?

43 Actually you took along the tent of Moloch,

and the star of your god, Rephan,

the images that you made to worship;

so I will relocate you beyond Babylon.’*