Chapter 6 of 14

Section 5

Section 5

cannot do it. You are using the wrong organ. If we want to hear the sound of his voice, we must exercise our hearing organ. The same principle applies to distinguishing colors. You may have blue, green, purple, red, and many other beau­ tiful colors. But if you exercise your ears to listen to the colors, you will never enjoy their beauty. The substances are there, but you cannot see them because you are using the wrong organ.

How then can we contact God? What organ do we use? First, we must see what kind of sub­ stance God is. First Corinthians 15:45, 2 Corin­ thians 3:17, John 14:16-20, and John 4:24 tell us that God is Spirit. Can we contact God by our physical body? No! This is the wrong organ. Can we contact God by the psychological organ, the soul? No! This also is the wrong organ. We can contact God only by our spirit, because God is Spirit. John 4:24 says, "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit." This is a very important verse. The first Spirit is cap­ italized, referring to the divine Spirit, God Him­ self. The second spirit is not capitalized because it refers to our human spirit. God is Spirit, and we must worship Him in our spirit. We cannot worship or contact Him with the body or with the soul. Since God is Spirit, we must contact

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