Friday, 26 February 2016

God is awesome

  We all know that there are certain attributes of God that we cannot fully understand, such as the fact that he is eternal (having no beginning nor end), all-knowing, all-powerful, and completely sovereign.  There is none above Him, there is none who created Him, there is none who has ever appointed Him King over all the universe - He just is God! Trying to think of this using our own fallible and limited logic simply does not work. He defies our logic, and puts it to shame.
  There is no naturalistic way we could properly explain the cause of our existence.  For in order for something to be made, there must be a maker.  And the maker cannot just exist on his own - something or someone must have made him as well! Such is the logical fallacy of trying to explain our existence apart from God.
  God does not adhere to the laws of physics - He created them.  God does not adhere to time - He made time, and operates outside of it.  God has no beginning - thinking of this is unfathomable.  He has no end  - thinking of this is equally as unfathomable.
   In the end, then, every physical law we know of was instituted by God.  And our fallible minds, trained to operate within the physical realm of reasoning, cannot comprehend things which defy physical laws.
   Consider, for example, eternity.  This is most relevant to us, for we ourselves, as God's Children, have been promised that we will be raised on the last day, to die no more.  If one truly thinks about this, it can be terrifying.  I tell you this because I know firsthand. The fact that we have been promised life eternal by the King of Kings (and God cannot lie, for He is true to His word) can cause great fear in some.
  I will confess to you now - I cannot explain eternity, and I will not attempt to.  It is something which we cannot understand.  How can God have no beginning or end? How is it even possible for something to have no beginning, nor an end? Here on this earth, we think of absolutely everything as having a beginning and an end, whether it be a camping trip, the lifespan of a new computer, the duration of a career, and even life itself.  But where God abides, things do not at all work in this way! 
  So how great a miracle, then, is it, that God sent His only begotten son, Jesus Christ, who existed with God the Father from all eternity, to walk on this earth, as a man? Many enemies of the faith have argued that it is impossible for eternal God to do such a thing, but with God all things are possible.
  When we understand the full extent, to which Christ humbled Himself, it makes us look upon Him with awe.  He emptied Himself of all the glorious majesty he had from before the foundations of the world were ever laid.
      Phillipians 2:5-11 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
  Thank you for taking the time to read my musings.  May God bless you richly.

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