Yet God as an infinite, invisible, inconceivable spirit has some physical characteristics. We must all concede that we do not understand all these things about him, but they are true nonetheless. We know he has physical characteristics for:

1.      We are made in his image, Genesis 1:26-27, I understand that this could certainly refer to our trilateral nature, our everlasting soul, or our capacity to understand and learn, but we don’t know that our image is not similar to that of the Spiritual God!

2.      He walked with Adam, Genesis 3:8, “And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day…” He is a Spirit, but as God he has some physical characteristics.

3.      He allowed Moses to see his back, Exodus 33:23 “And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.” Therefore, we know that this spiritual God has at least a back, a face, and a hand. They are all mentioned by him in this verse!

The truth is that God is a spiritual being, but that does not mean that he has no form. It means that he is not flesh as we know it. The angels were declared to be spirits (Hebrews 1:7), yet they had an appearance likened so much unto man from time to time that some have entertained angels unaware. The angels are spirit beings, yet one wrestled with Jacob, one brought food to Elijah touching him on the side to wake him, one sat at the table with Manoah without Manoah ever knowing he was an angel, two were thought to be men by the Sodomites at the house of Lot, and one woke Peter from his sleep in prison and took him outside the city gates walking with him all the way. Spirit beings have bodies; they are not bodies of flesh as our bodies, but they do have spiritual bodies. God himself has a body, a spiritual body, a supernatural body, and he revealed characteristics of it throughout the scriptures.

I want us to look at some of the parts of the spiritual body of God that we see in the Bible. In the Bible we are told about God’s:

A.     Face:

A.     A Secret Face: It was hidden… Why? "Thou hast hid thy face from us.... because of our iniquities" Isaiah 64:7. Isaiah 54:8, “In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment.” Deuteronomy 31:17-18, “Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day. Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us? And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.” Deuteronomy 32:20, “And he said, I will hide my face from them...” Job 13:24, “Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?” Ezekiel 39:24, “According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.” Micah 3:4, “he will even hide his face from them at that time.”

His face may have become secret, But… II Chronicles 30:9, “For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.” The face of Christ, his favor on us, his touch on our churches, and his blessings on our children have been hidden from us because of sin in this generation, but if we will turn to him, he will turn his face toward us in love again!

B.     A Stern Face: "The face of the Lord is against them that do evil" I Peter 3:12. Psalms 34:16, “The face of the Lord is against them that do evil.” God has set a stern face against the evildoers. God means business about dealing with sin! We all will stand before the Lord in Judgment, and he will not wink on the evil of this world!

C.     Face We Should Seek: "When thou saidst, Seek ye my face: my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek" Ps. 27:8. Psalms 105:4, “seek his face evermore.” I Chronicles 16:11, “seek his face continually.” II Chron. 7:14. If you refuse to seek his face, you will eventually try to flee his face, but you will not be able to!

II.    Eyes:

A.     There is Grace in His Eyes: Genesis 6:8

B.     There is Truth in His Eyes: Deut 13:18 “do that which is right…” I Kings 16:25 “Omri did that which is evil in the eyes of the Lord.” In order to do right, it must be right in God’s eyes!

C.     There is Nothing out of the Sight of His Eyes: II Chronicles 16:9, “For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth.” Prov. 15:3 “The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.” Zech 4:10 “the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.” 1 Peter 3:12 “For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.” So God has a face with eyes, but he also has:

III. Ears: Isaiah 59:1 “The Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it can not save; neither is his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:”

So he has a face, eyes, ears, and hands.

IV.  Hands: His hands are the hands of:

A.     The Convincer: Ex 15:6 “Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.” Deut 5:15 “And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm:”

B.     The Calmer: Matthew 8, He raised his hands and rebuked the sea. The touch of his hands still brings about calm and peace.

C.     The Crucified: Isaiah 49:16, “I have graven thee on the palms of my hands.”

D.     The Conqueror: Revelation 1:17 “He laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last, I am he that liveth, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore: and have the keys to death and hell.”

E.     The Converter: Isaiah 59:1, it is not too short to save!

F.      The Conductor: Revelation 5:9, They sung a new song saying “Thou art worthy!”

V.     Heart: Ezekiel 28, twice makes reference to the heart of God. He has a heart:

A.     For Sinners, He loves them enough to save them. Romans 5:8

B.     For Saints, He longs for fellowship with them. Revelation 3:20

C.     For Supplication, He listens for our cry, and he is touched with our grief. Hebrews 4:15-16.

Yes, he cares. I know he cares. His heart is touched with my grief. When the days are dreary, the long nights weary, I know my Savior cares!

Today, if you have a need, would you tell him? Humble yourself under the mighty hand of God. He will hear. He will help. He can, he has, and he will.