In His discourse to the woman at the well of Samaria, Jesus said, “God is Spirit and they that worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” The Latin word spiritus from which we get our word “spirit” comes from a root that means “to breathe, to blow, to live.” Spirit, then, is the Life Principle, the divine breath which God is breathing out as man and the Universe. The word “spirit” implies—unformed, unspecialized, unrestricted, limitless. When Jesus said, “God is Spirit,” He was not giving a definition. You cannot define God. Jesus was simply giving a guide to direct our thoughts away from
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