Scripture Blog

This weblog is my personal online scripture journal. I try to read the scriptures each morning as I exercise on my cross-trainer. It has a great impact on my life and my testimony of the Savior and his restored church. The journal is really for my own benefit but I have set it up as a web log in hopes to benefit anyone else that may be interested. "For he that diligently seeketh shall find; and the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto them, by the power of the Holy Ghost..." 1 Nephi 10:19

Monday, May 02, 2011

John 4

Probably one of the greatest mistranslations that have confused gospel readers over the years were the words -

"God is a Spirit..." (New Testament | John 4:24)

Though in a real sense, God is a spirit personage with a body of flesh and bones, I don't believe that that is really what the Savior said. As you read the words of the Savior to the Samaritan woman, He explained -

"...the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him." (New Testament | John 4:23)

The statement makes more sense as the Prophet Joseph translated the words the Savior really followed with -

"For unto such hath God promised his Spirit. And they who worship him, must worship in spirit and in truth." (JST)

It is through the gift of His Spirit wherein we are able to commune with the infinites. David O. Mckay defined spirituality as -

"...consciousness of victory over self and communion with the infinite." President David O. McKay