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(beginning with John the Baptist and

including most of Christ’s apostles). So if

God allows New Testament believers to

suffer at the hands of their enemies, that

suffering and even death is not necessarily

related to a believer’s disobedience but is

allowed for the glory and ultimate good

purposes of God (John 11:4; Rom. 8:28).

David refers to God in a physical sense

rather than a spiritual being, but John 4:24

says, “God is a Spirit: and they that worship

him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”

Although God at times depicted Himself as

having physical attributes, He forbids men

to make images of Him or of any other

heavenly being or earthly creature for the

purpose of worship. The first of the Ten

Commandments says in Exodus 20:4 & 5,

“Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven

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