Fundamental 2. 

God

Where did God come from?  What is He like? Does God exist?  What do we know? vs. What do we believe?  And most importantly, how do we respond?

A.W. Tozer, a famous Christian author, once wrote, “What we believe about God is the most important thing about us.” Our belief or lack of it manifests itself into our actions, our attitudes, and our view of life and of the world.

No idea is more commonly held by people throughout the world and throughout history than the idea of God –the Supreme Being, the Creator and Ruler of the universe.

We as Christians know and believe that God has always existed.  He is the ”self-existent”, “infinite”, “holy personal Creator” of the universe.  He created the universe by the power of His Word.  Hebrews 11:3 – By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the Word of God; so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.  And there is only one true God, Isaiah 45:5 – “I am the Lord and there is no other; besides me there is no god.”

We also know and believe in the unity of the Godhead; that there are three persons of one substance – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit – with distinct personalities.  We shall look at each separately. 

We know God is more than an idea. God is a very real spirit Being who always existed in the past and will always exist in the future.

But people and religions have different ideas about who and what God is.

There are more than 600 different denominational churches, all with different and conflicting doctrines, beliefs, and teachings.

We need to be aware of this.  It can become confusing but 1 Corinthians 14:33 tells us “For God is not a God of disorder but of Peace” He is not the author of Confusion.

Think about the word “denomination”.  It comes from the same root word as denominator in fractions, which means to divide.

We need to be mindful of this when we are sharing our Faith; we need to leave “denominations” out of the discussion.  We are proud of our heritage and would love to grow the AME church, and that will happen when the time is right; but our commission is to strive to bring ALL men to Christ. Not to the AME Church, or the Catholic Church or Baptist or Lutheran churches or whatever.  Jesus said in Matthew 16:18, when talking to Peter, “…  and on this rock, I will build My church. “ Not “churches” but church! The word “church” is singular, meaning one and only one and the word “My” is possessive, meaning it belongs to the Lord

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 That’s why it was a good thing that God has chosen to tell us who He is.

He accomplished this primarily through His Word, the Bible, and through the life and teachings of His Son, Jesus Christ, and through the insight of His Holy Spirit. 

Does God Exist? 

Consider these two simple words, “before” and “in”.  And then think about them in conjunction with the very first verse in the Book of Genesis: 

The first recorded word concerning God in Genesis 1:1 are , “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”   We learn two things about God in that one verse:

1. He created the heavens and the earth.
2. He existed before the beginning of the world.

The verse doesn’t say “Before the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”  It says “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”

So think about it:  If God created “in” the beginning that means that God existed “before” the beginning because in order to make something, you must exist before you made it.

Self-Existent vs. Self-Created:

Is it possible for something to create itself?  No! It’s impossible for something to create itself.  Even God cannot make Himself.  The idea of “self-creation” is a classic contradiction in terms.

 (Think about it when you have nothing else to do?  If something doesn’t exist how can it make itself?)

God is self-existent and to our knowledge He is the only such being who has ever lived.

God has no beginning and therefore no cause.

We all know the theory of “cause and effect”.  By definition every effect must have a cause.  But God is not an effect.

Let’s make it clear.  Cause and Effect.  Everything that happens, something causes it to happen.  The result of the happening is the effect.  i.e.: When tornados or earthquakes happen and leave horrific devastation behind, the devastation is the effect, or the result of the cause. The cause being the tornados and earthquakes.

But nothing caused God to exist.  He just was and is and always will be.  God does not require outside support to exist.  This is what is meant by self-existent.

This may seem very elementary and not a big deal to many.  But for many  it is a big deal. If you really think about it, it’s actually huge!!

Only God is free from all limitation of time.  All spirits, including the human soul, will live forever.  But all spirits had a beginning because God created them.  Only God is infinite in that He is without beginning or end.

Can we Be Sure God Exists?

Since God is a Spirit, no one has seen Him.  But God has left us strong evidence – some call it “rational proof” – for His existence. I.e.:

1. The Ontological argument:  The very fact that humans have an idea of God points to His existence.  Since every rational person has thought about God in one way or another, we can reasonably conclude that He exists.

Humans have always felt a tug toward a Supreme Being.  Even though God can’t be seen, the credibly strong pull we feel toward Him is an evidence of His existence.  “What may be known about God is plain to [sinful people], because God has made it plain to them” (Romans1:19)

2. The Cosmological argument:

Cause and Effect.  We just talked about this.  If the universe had a beginning point- which science also now supports, there must have been a cause or person to begin it.  We believe that someone was God, the “First Cause.”

For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything. (Hebrews 3:4)

3. The Teleological argument:  There is order, harmony, purpose and intelligence in nature and the world.  Logic suggests that an intelligent and purposeful being produced it.

For example, if we were to see a magnificent mansion built on a cliff high above the ocean, San Francisco, we would know that a master architect and skilled builders were involved (even if they weren’t standing in the window).

Likewise, the amazing and beautiful ocean below makes a strong argument for the existence of an amazing intelligence behind it.  In fact, the more beautiful, complex, and perfectly ordered the creation, the more intelligent and powerful the creator you would expect responsible for it.

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands (Psalm 19:1)

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. (Romans 1:20) 

4. The Moral argument:  One of the characteristics of humans is that we have a moral code, a moral compass – a built-in sense of right and wrong.  This has been true of every people and every civilization in recorded history.   And, ask yourself, how could a moral compass – often called “the higher law” – just happen?  This sense of right and wrong in the heart of every person is evidence of a moral Creator.

They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts (Romans 2:15)

Now, do these arguments absolutely convince us beyond a reasonable doubt?  What if we’re still not sure there’s proof of God’s existence? 

Well, that’s okay!  God doesn’t require us to prove His existence or to be intellectually convinced.  The only step God does require is Faith!! He wants us to choose to believe in Him with our will. 

In other words, in this situation, it’s not so much what we know but what we believe.

We know that many things can be proved scientifically.  But God isn’t one of them.  In fact, the Bible tells us that,  “Without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.” (Hebrews 11:6)

Not only is faith required to believe in God, faith is also required to not believe in God.  What if some says to us, “Prove God exists,” we would probably respond, “Prove that He doesn’t.”  Either way, some degree of faith is required.

For us that believe in God, we have taken a step of faith based on a foundation of knowledge, history, nature, and logic.

But the atheist who believes (“There is no God”) and the agnostic who says (“I’m not sure if there is a God”) they also take a leap of faith to deny all the evidence that point to God.

If we stop believing, does God stop existing?  Of course not.  It isn’t necessary for us to believe in God in order for Him to exist.  God exists whether we believe in Him or not.  Remember God isn’t just an idea or our idea.  God exists apart from us. 

We also know that God loves what He made.  He loves us.  He knows us.  We know He will never leave us; and He has an important destiny in mind for each of us. This powerful message of a loving, personally involved God is repeated over and over again in the Bible.

Even though God is beyond our complete understanding, the Bible gives a definite picture of a multifaceted God.  He is an invisible reality, yet He has characteristics of a person: 

• He knows.
• He hears.
• He feels.
• He speaks.

Does he who implanted the ear not hear?  Does he who formed the eye not see?  Does he who disciplines nations not punish?  Does he who teaches man lack knowledge? Psalm 94:9-10

God intentionally reveals Himself to humankind.  He makes it possible for us to know Him.  But no single word or phrase can express God’s essential nature.  Instead, God is best defined by understanding the many elements of His character. We can get to know God better by learning some of His names and by studying His character qualities.

Let’s look at the many names for Him:

They were originally written in the Hebrew language in the Old Testament and in the Greek language in the New Testament.  The names were descriptive and here are a few of them that also convey His nature:

Jehovah – An Old Testament term meaning “I Am that I Am”.  This name was used by God Himself; particularly for His relationship to humanity.  He is all- sufficient for every need, problem, or circumstance.  Every answer is found in Him.

Elohim – An Old Testament term meaning “strong one.”  God is the true God.  His strength and majesty reign over all heathen gods.

Adonai – An Old Testament term meaning “lord.”  A term of reverence.  Used to show master-servant relationship.

God – A New Testament term, theos, meaning “the one true God.”  He is unique; He is the Creator; and He is the Savior.

Lord – A New Testament term, kurios, meaning “sir.” The emphasis is on authority and supremacy.

Father – A New Testament term.  God is a heavenly Father to those who become His children by faith in His Son, Jesus Christ.

There are Nine Things we can be absolutely sure about God:

The Bible spends a lot of time telling us about God’s characteristics (theologians call them “attributes”). Here are some of the most important:

1. God is eternal.  He is not defined by time.  He always was; He always will be.  There was never a time when He did not exist; there will never be a time when He will not exist.

Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. (Psalm 90:2) 

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.  He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. (Isaiah 40:28)

2. God is holy.  He is righteous.  No fault is found in Him.  His moral character is without flaw.  In the negative context, He is completely pure.  In other words, He is wholly holy.

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory. (Isaiah 6:3) 

But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy”. (1 Peter 1:15-16) 

3. God doesn’t change.  He is “immutable” – the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.  And He cannot be changed.

I the Lord do not change (Malachi 3:6) 

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.  (James 1:17)

4. God is infinite.  He cannot be completely defined or in any way confined.

But will God really dwell on earth?  The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain you (1 Kings 8:27). 

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,“ says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty” (Revelation 1:8).

5. God is just.  He is fair and impartial.  He does not play favorites.

He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just.  A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is He (Deuteronomy 32:4).

 Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty.  Just and true are your ways, King of the ages (Revelation 15:3) 

6. God is love.  Even though God’s justice and holiness require a penalty for our sin, His love caused Him to send His Son, Jesus as a sacrifice for those sins.   God’s love is not a “romantic” feeling, but a love that means unselfishness and commitment.  He is ready to forgive, and longing to be merciful.

Let us love one another, for love comes from God.  Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.  Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.  This is how God showed his love among us:  He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him (1 John 4:7 – 9).

7. God is omnipotent.  He is all-powerful.  No person, nation, or confederation, whether of this earth or beyond, can conquer Him.  He is able to do anything consistent with His own nature.

Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting: “Hallelujah!  For our Lord God Almighty reigns” (Revelation 19:6).  

8. God is omnipresent.  He is everywhere.  If we try to hide from Him, we can’t.  If we are trying to find Him, He is there.  Wherever we are, He is there.

Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.  If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me your right hand will hold me fast.  If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you (Psalm 139: 7–12) 

9. God is omniscient.  God knows everything.  All things past, all things future.  He knows us better than we know ourselves.

Oh Lord, you have searched me and you know me.  You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.  You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.  Before a word is on my tongue, you know it completely, Oh Lord (Psalm 139:1-4). 

For a man’s ways are in full view of the Lord, and he examines all his paths (Proverbs 5:21). 

So when asked about God how do we respond?

First, we need not be afraid of God.  Although the Bible tells us to fear the Lord, such references usually mean “reverence” and “respect”.

Fear the Lord your God and serve him only. (Deuteronomy 6:13)

In fact, the Bible encourages us to pursue God and to worship Him.

But seek first God’s kingdom and his righteousness. Matthew 6:33

True worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. John 4:23 

The fact that we can have a personal relationship with God has to be one of the most amazing truths in the universe.  It all comes back to the loving, personally involved Creator who presents each of us with an invitation

• to know him
• to experience His presence and power
• to love Him
• to worship and serve Him
• to receive forgiveness and eternal life from Him

 Furthermore:

• We have sound reasons to argue for God’s existence.
• To the evidence of reason, we must still add the step of faith.
• God is a Spirit, yet God is also a Person with personal traits and abilities.
• We’re invited to respond to God personally.

Love and Holiness   

God’s love and mercy are not opposed to, or exercised at the expense of His righteousness and holiness.  “God is love”. 1 John 4:8

Our Triune God

At the heart of the Christian view of God is the concept of the trinity.

This truth is central to an understanding of biblical revelation and the Christian gospel.  The word trinity does not occur anywhere in the Bible, but the fact is inescapable and does not mean the idea is a later development or a product of some kind of philosophical speculation.

The trinity is a difficult concept, not fully susceptible to human explanation because it involves categories our finite mental power cannot easily grasp. This is especially true of many of us that are visual individuals.

Anyone who has ever tried to explain the trinity to an unbeliever will agree that it is

difficult if not virtually impossible.  It is a teaching that God Himself has revealed to us. 

God is one being, but He exists in three persons. 

God is one in His essential being, but the ‘divine essence’ exists in three modes or forms, each constituting a Person, yet in such a way that the divine essence is wholly in each person.”  (R. A. Finlayson in the New Bible Dictionary does a beautiful job explaining this concept under the “Trinity)

The Old Testament begins using the Hebrew word Elohim for God, the plural form of the general name “el” meaning God.  He is the fount; the Beginner and Creator, the Maker and Sustainer, “God, as Creator, thought up the universe, expressed His thought in a Word, and made His Spirit its animating principle.”

Consider these words “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.  And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.  And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.  And God said, ‘Let there be light:’ and there was light.” (Genesis 1:1-3)

John explicitly identifies Jesus Christ, the Son, “the Word,” with the same three words:  “In the beginning, not “before” the beginning but “IN” the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.  He was with God in the beginning.  Through him all things were made…. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.  We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:1-3,14)

We must not allow the scriptural truth of the trinity to deprive us of the equally important teaching that there is only “one” God.  The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are one.

In the New Testament Jesus made the distinctness of the persons of the Godhead even clearer.  He taught the disciples to baptize in the “NAME” (singular) of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19) Emphasizing or underlining their “oneness”.

When John baptized Him, Jesus saw “heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.  And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.” (Mark 1:10-11) This was a clear manifestation of the trinity, involving all three persons of the Godhead.

The Son being baptized, the Spirit descending as a dove and the voice of the Father speaking!

Earlier, at the birth of Jesus, all three Persons of the Godhead are also mentioned.  The angel told Mary that her child would be the Son of God conceived by the Holy Spirit (Luke 1:35).  Jesus explicitly spoke of the Father and the Spirit as being distinct persons from Himself. (John 14-16) “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever.”

Salvation also portrays the work of the triune God. The Father sent the Son to accomplish the work of redemption.  The Son sent the Spirit to bring conviction and to apply to people’s heart what Christ had accomplished.

The apostolic benediction “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all” (2 Corinthians 13:14) is another instance of apostolic teaching of the trinity.

And remember what Peter told Ananias, that in lying to the Holy Spirit; he had “not lied to men but to God”. (Acts 5:4)

Part of the problem we have in fully understanding the trinity is the inadequacy of human words used to explain or express divine reality.  For example, when we speak of the Godhead, we speak of “Persons” in the Godhead.   We use this term because it describes a being who has intellect, emotions, and will; all human characteristics that we can understand.  But we have to be careful in applying these terms to God.

“Three persons” is the usual expression we use, we are used to it.  However, it is not a perfect term, implying separate moral or rational individuals.   There are not three individuals but three personal self-distinctions within one divine essence.

When we use the word “person the word implies independence, not oneness of will, actions, and feelings as is true of the Trinity.  The Divine Trinity is one self-conscious, self-directing being, yet no part acts independently, or in opposition to the others.  God is a unity; His life is not split into three.   He is one in essence, in personality, and will.”

We need to understand the relationships of the persons of the trinity.  The Son and the Spirit are said to be “subordinate” to the Father, but that does not mean they are inferior.  Their subordination has been called a matter of relationship, but not of nature.

Subordinate Not Inferior

• The Father, the fount of Deity, originates
• The Son, eternally begotten of the Father, reveals.
• The Spirit, eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son, executes.

Creation is:

• From the Father
• Through the Son
• By the Holy Spirit

The Spirit of God is said to proceed from the Son as well as from the Father.  The Father is the One by whom the Son is begotten and from whom the Spirit proceeds.

We also need to know about God’s providence, the means by which He directs all things, and His will if our knowledge of Him is to be accurate.  He is not only the Creator of the universe and the Triune God, but He is also the physical Sustainer of His creation, and the moral Governor of the intelligent beings, us, that He created.

God’s providence and sovereignty are complete and comprehensive.  “The Lord does whatever pleases him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths.” Psalm 135:6

This truth is also clearly recognized in the New Testament: “They  [the rulers] did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen” (Acts 4:28)

What About Free Will

God knows the end from the beginning

When we think about God’s will, we must consider these truths:

• God’s absolute decrees are always accomplished (i.e., natural laws, the creation of the universe, and the creation in God’s image of the human race with a free will).
• People may disobey God’s purposes, for His creatures (i.e., Adam in the Garden of Eden).  We turn from His purpose when we choose to sin. God gave His decrees so that His created ones could have optimal life.

We may and do ignore His purposes.  But know this, we have responsibility for our individual lives and what we do with them.

God has given us the dignity and the compliment of choice, as C. S. Lewis describes it:

• God’s directive will is what He brings to pass.
• God’s permissive will is what He allows to take place.

God permitted, but did not direct, sin into the world.  But whether actively (by decree) or passively (by permission), God is sovereign over all that happens.  God is free in that He is under no other influence or power of anything or anyone but Himself.  “Who has understood the mind of the Lord, or instructed him as his counselor?” Isaiah. 40:13.  He is sovereign—He as power to bring His divine decrees to success.

Knowing this is true the statement that “God is sovereign over all that happens,” and yet we have free will, raises some big questions.

If God directs everything, how can people be free agents and therefore morally responsible?  If God knows in advance what people are going to do, then what choice do they have in the matter?  Admittedly, there are profound aspects to this question that are not altogether clear, but it is helpful to keep several things in mind.

• First, a person’s will is always a relatively small part of any given circumstance.  People have no control over when or where they are born or the abilities, disabilities, advantages, or disadvantages they are given at birth.  They are subject to manly influences beyond their control.  We are all rather like a baby in a playpen who has real freedom, but only within certain prescribed bounds.
• Second, God’s foreknowledge is not in itself the cause of what happens.  For example, God foreknew that Demas would forsake the Apostle Paul for love of this world, but God’s foreknowledge did not predispose Demas to turn back, much less compel him to do so.  Demas acted in freedom; he made his own personal choice, under no compulsion (2 Timothy 4:10).

God foreknew that Saul would receive Christ and become Paul the Apostle, but on the Damascus Road, Saul exercised his own will in answering the Lord’s summons (Acts 9).

God foreknows our decisions before we make them—He knows what we will do and where we will go—but this foreknowledge does not interfere in the slightest with our complete freedom to act.

The sovereignty of God and the free will of man may appear on the surface to be irreconcilable.  Nevertheless, both exist.  We may take comfort that divine sovereignty is exercised by a trustworthy, all-loving, all-knowing God.  Also, His sovereignty in no way lessens our freedom—or our privilege and responsibility to know and do His good will.  Increased knowledge of Him brings out deep trust and unbridled worship at every turn of life.

Deuteronomy tells us: “For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome…..Fear the Lord your God and serve him.  Hold fast to him and take your oaths in his name.  He is your praise; He is your God. (10:17, 20-21)

 

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