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Written by Brian Morykon, a contemporary writer.

John’s Gospel says plainly that no one has ever seen God. That’s because God is Spirit, and Spirit is invisible. Not invisible like radio waves or oxygen; you can measure those. God is “unbodily personal power,” invisible, immeasurable, unmeasurable—which is a terribly inconvenient kind of Being to bet your life on in a very visible and measurable world. Even though God is invisible, the Apostle Paul says that since the beginning, something of God—the qualities of God—can be “clearly seen” in nature. I take that to mean that deep down everyone knows (but many ignore) that Someone is responsible for the Milky Way and the milking cows, and that creation alone is enough for us to have no excuse not to at least lift a “Thank You” and live a decent life.

No one has ever seen God. It is the only Son, himself God, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known. [ John 1:18]