In the very beginning, the Bible says that God “breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person” (Genesis 2:7). We see here that God, who is Spirit, breathed life into the first human, and we also know that He made man and woman in His image (Genesis 1:26-27). This means that we are just as spiritual as we are physical.

Our culture and our science classes don’t tend to teach this truth, but Jesus makes the point clear when He tells Nicodemus, who depended on keeping the Old Testament rules, that “the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life” (John 3:6). In John 4, we see the Samaritan woman learn that God is Spirit and needs to be worshiped in Spirit, no matter what physical places a person lives or worships in.

Being born again spiritually (John 3) and worshiping God in Spirit (John 4) are about knowing God through the Messiah, Jesus Christ, rather than through physical places or religious practices. As spiritual people given life by God, who is Spirit, we do not have a relationship with Him because of physical places or religious practices; instead, our relationships with Him come from knowing Him in truth and worshiping Him in a spirit made alive again through faith in Jesus.