Question 2: Who is God?
God is the creator and supporter of all human beings and of all things; He is eternal, infinite, and immutable in his power and perfection, in his goodness and glory, in his wisdom, his righteousness, and his truth; nothing happens except through him and his will be.
- Among the gods.
- There is no one like you.
- Lord.
- And there are no works like yours.
- All the nations you have created will come to prostrate before your face.
- Lord.
- And glorify your name.
- For thou art tall and do wonders; only you are God.
- But you.
- Lord.
- Are a compassionate and pious God.
- Suffering and great in goodness and truth.
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JONATHAN EDWARDS
Undoubtedly, the Creator of the world is also its governor, who had the power to give existence to the world, putting all its parts in order, also has the power to dispose of the world, to follow the order that constituted it or to modify it. It was he who first gave the laws of nature and therefore has all nature in his hands; So is it obvious that God has the world in his hands, to dispose of it according to his will?It is well known, in fact, that God does not neglect how events happen, and the concerns of the world he created, because he was not neglected in creation itself; As is clear from the way and order in which things were created, God, in creating them, dealt with the progress and future state of these things in the world.
D. A. CARSON
It is incredibly wonderful to talk about God, to think of him, there can be no more important matter, but the word God itself is not an empty number, just because someone uses the word God and someone else uses the word God does not mean say the same thing, for some God is an unexpressed feeling, or the immutable cause of the beginning of the universe , or a being full of transcendence, but we are talking about the God of the Bible, and the God of the Bible. he defines himself and speaks of himself as eternal and just. He is the God of love. He is the God of transcendence; that is, he is above space, time and history, but he is also an immanent God, that is, he is with us in such a way that he cannot escape it, they are everywhere. It’s immutable. It’s true, it’s trustworthy. It’s personal.
What really matters to understand, to the extent that God has revealed himself not only in words, but also throughout the biblical narrative, is that we are not allowed to take an attribute from God and do all of that attribute. We cannot, for example, take his sovereignty and forget his goodness, or take your goodness and forget your holiness (your holiness is what makes God judge) or take his judgment, even the severity of his judgment, without recognizing that he is a God of love, the God who loved even his rebellious creatures so much that he sent his Son to carry our sin in his body on the wood. .
In other words, to reach the heart of who God is and bow before him in a small measure of authentic understanding, it is important to reflect on what the Bible says over and over again, and integrate everything with the same balance and proportion as himself. Biblical offers. He calls us to love. If we put something else in God’s place, it will be the definition of idolatry.
Our creator and responsible, in you everything is coherent, the smallest creature knows her and the most powerful army is under your command, you rule with justice. Help us trust your goodness in whatever you want, amen.
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