The Image of the Father Is Not Just A Spirit

[ChristDependent]

Many believers are taking "God is a Spirit" & "the image of the invisible God" out of context to infer that the Father is invisible.

John 4:9 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. 21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. 22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. 23 But 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. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Jesus is testifying that believers need not go to the mountains nor Jerusalem to worship God the Father for He is Omnipresence. God the Father is not confined to a specific place of worship.

Colossians 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

I submit to you that invisible in that verse above means not presently seen. One can see how the word, invisible, has been applied to Jesus Christ, the King of kings, below in that verse.

1 Timothy 1:17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

In the request for the creation of man, One Person in the Godhead asked the other Person in the Godhead to make man in "their" image.

Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

When the Godhead agreed in consensus to create man, they did so as the One God.

Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Jesus testified that although no man has seen God the Father at any time, He did.

John 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

John 6:46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.

Jesus testified that one day His disciples will not need Jesus to ask for them that they can go to the Father in seeing Him and ask the Father directly.

John 16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. 25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father. 26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: 27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

So may God cause the increase in the knowledge of Him so that your love may abound more & more.

 

[Malachi]

Whereas Christ is the express image of God, and the glory of God is in the face of Jesus Christ, God the Father is indeed a Spirit, and no man has seen Him. That is why Jesus said that those who had seen Him had seen the Father.

 

[ChristDependent]

Whereas Christ is the express image of God, and the glory of God is in the face of Jesus Christ, God the Father is indeed a Spirit, and no man has seen Him. That is why Jesus said that those who had seen Him had seen the Father.

Jesus testified that although no man has seen God the Father at any time, BUT He did.

John 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

John 6:46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.

Jesus testified that one day His disciples will not need Jesus to ask the Father for them because they can go to the Father in seeing Him and ask the Father directly.

John 16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. 25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father. 26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: 27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

 

[for_his_glory]

Image is attributes that are not physically seen, but that of being describe as is. It's beyond our capability to know what God looks like, 1John 3:2, as God is Spirit, John 4:24, and can not be physically seen. God has never appeared to man other in taking different forms for us to hear Him speak as seen in the OT. Moses in Exodus 33:19-23 ask God to show himself to him, but God told Moses no one can see His face and live. That was because of the brightness of His glory. When Moses came down from the mountain with the tablets Aaron and the others saw the face of Moses as it was glowing and that was just from seeing the hind parts of God, Exodus 34:29,30. Imagine if Moses saw Gods full glory it probably would have blinded him or have killed him. In the NT God reveals himself in human form through that of Christ, Matthew 1:23; John 1:14.

 

[ChristDependent]

Image is attributes that are not physically seen, but that of being describe as is. It's beyond our capability to know what God looks like, 1John 3:2, as God is Spirit, John 4:24, and can not be physically seen. God has never appeared to man other in taking different forms for us to hear Him speak as seen in the OT. Moses in Exodus 33:19-23 ask God to show himself to him, but God told Moses no one can see His face and live. That was because of the brightness of His glory. When Moses came down from the mountain with the tablets Aaron and the others saw the face of Moses as it was glowing and that was just from seeing the hind parts of God, Exodus 34:29,30. Imagine if Moses saw Gods full glory it probably would have blinded him or have killed him. In the NT God reveals himself in human form through that of Christ, Matthew 1:23; John 1:14.

Those points you have mentioned has been reproved by the scripture in the OP.

 

[Jim Parker]

I submit to you that invisible in that verse above means not presently seen.

I submit that you are wrong. Invisible means "not able to be seen."
Jesus is the perfect icon (image) of the INVISIBLE God because, as a descendant of Adam through Mary, He is perfectly the image and likeness of God which Adam was created to be.
That doesn't make God visible at some time in the future.
The Father does not have a body which can be seen.

Jesus testified that one day His disciples will not need Jesus to ask for them that they can go to the Father in seeing Him and ask the Father directly.

That is NOT what Jesus said.
You have a habit of adding your personal opinions into the scriptures as if they belonged there.

These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.

Once again, if you would read the scriptures in a language that you actually speak, you would have less difficulty understanding what they say.
Here:
NKJV: These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.
Jesus did not say He was going to put the Father on display (KJV: "shew") so that we can all see Him. Jesus said He would speak plainly about the Father instead of in parables.

Jesus testified that although no man has seen God the Father at any time, BUT He did.

That's because Jesus IS God. As the Logos, He has been with God eternally.
That does not in any way make the Father visible to man.

I very heartily and caringly suggest and highly recommend that you read a modern English translation. It will improve your comprehension. Please. Give it a try.