Episode 20: March 28 - Has Anyone Seen God?

There’s this problem

in our search for God.

“No one has ever seen God.”                                        (John 1:18)

In case you missed that in John’s Gospel:

Its repeated in the First Letter of John.

“No one has ever seen God.”                                      (1 John 4:12)

Dust and breath/matter and spirit.

We know intimately the dust and matter part.

How do we get hold of the breath and spirit?

We need to capture it in something:

      a box, a building.

      a book, a creed.

Then we’ll know we have it right!

Or will we?  Who decides?

“Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you say … people must worship in Jerusalem," said the woman.                                                                         (John 4:20)

Jesus answered, “Neither on this mountain

nor in Jerusalem.                                                           (John 4:21)

God is spirit, and those who worship

must worship in spirit and truth."                                    (John 4:24)

Don’t you see, Jesus?

That’s exactly our problem.

We can’t see spirit.  We can’t get hold of truth.

We need something more concrete.

Like those tablets of stone

you gave to Moses.

Yeah, that was a great idea.

I don’t know about this spirit stuff.

I just can’t see it.