well there are lots of questions that conjure the reply of "God is beyond human comprehension" answer. One being who created God? How does God know everything but still give us free will, what is god made out of? Does God have emotions, if so how does he remain pure and all good if he displays negative emotions such as jealousy? (which he does in the bible). I mean there is just as much possibility that the universe had natural origins. While I wont completely rule out the possibility of a higher power or deity I will stand firm in my belief that it is unknowable.
Hi,
No one created God, He always existed and always will. He is.
He gave us free will because he desred to, and I am so thankful for such. Free will so you can believe or not believe and also free to do whatever you like to.
If we didn't have free will or if he made some born to go to heaven and some born to go to hell, then well, you can see, not good, and God would never do such a thing.
Also, if we didn't have free will would make God responsible when we sin and we all sin. And no way, God does not say to a rapist, yes, rape this baby, it's my will for you to do so..
No..we sin cause we wish to, and as to spiriutal wickedness, they also have free will, tho we see satan was told in one place not to touch a mans life..only place it's said, so satan may be somewhat restrained, however, we don't know, unless i'm forgetting other scriptures.
He will be restrained in the future, will be locked in the abyss for a time, and I guess I do think he is somewhat restrained now, but can't think of a scripture to support such.
He also gave the angels free will and satan and some angels now called demons sinned against God.
Satan does not make us do bad things. satan and demons do evil and we do not know how except what we see in the bible. We sin cause we desire to, as we have free will to choose right or wrong.
God wants all to come to know Him, plainly stated in the bible, no matter what anyone says about free will.
So you have the free will to believe what you believe, no one coerces you into anything, God would never force anyone to love him and never will. He will never force anyone to believe in him, yet some believers do believe they had no choice but to believe and others have no choice but to not believe. Not true of course.
What is God made of? Well, often said Spirit, which of course we don't see. However in OT is a portion about Him letting Moses see his glory and in this Moses saw his back. I used to believe this was the Father, but now believe it was Jesus (preincarnate) as Jesus was in the Old Testament manifested several times, but of course not with the name Jesus (no names mentioned) and not revealed as Jesus.
So if the Father is Spirit, there are many different symbolic portrayals of his presence, which are probably not him himself, but what was surrounding his presence. Pillar of fire, clouds, etc.
Jesus is fully man and fully God. I believe Jesus will always have a body such as believers will always have a body. I don't think Jesus is a spiritual being as the Father is, but most likely of course could be if so desired to.
Of Jesus's appearance John says in revelation..Jesus looked to him as a lamb that had been slain.
When Stephen was stoned in acts, he looked up before he passed, and saw Jesus at the right hand of the Father. So, Stephen saw Father and Son. So, both were seeable by Stephen and Stephen knew it was Father and Jesus.
the Holy Spirit, of course Spirit.
The Holy Spirit indwells us when we believe, and we are sealed in Him, a mark, guaranteeing our redemption (salvation.) So God lives in all Christians, and all our sins are forgiven immediately upon belief as this occurs on belief.
Father Son, Spirit, one God.
Yes, God has many emotions and is evident throughout scripture. Jealousy is not a sin. If it were, it would not be a character of God. Man's jealousy is good, when used for right purposes.
Jealous over wife who seems to get close to another man. Good human emotion. He can speak to his wife, and say I feel jealous, and the wife can say, I see how, and I will stop this.. But if in his jealousy he kills his wife or man, he has sinned.
All sin is sin against God. wrongdoing. God can not sin against himself, as all sin is sinning against God.
He remains pure because he is pure, good, fair, just, righteous, Holy. He can not be different. He does no evil, yet many attribute evil to God.
I wouldn't worry about the universe. Really not necessary at all as pertains to faith. I myself do believe God created the world and all that is in our universe and anything anywhere, but it is not important to believe such as pertains to having faith in God. Some Christians do believe that God created all and some think it occured via evolution.
God is knowable for he says, if you seek me with all your heart you will find me. So God is knowable..
We as Christians learn more everyday about him as we walk. Many times we stop the learning process by not reading or such, but the more we know of him, by reading, the more we know him, just as with any relationship.
A Christian knows God, but the degrees for us all vary. Some more then less, some less than more, all depends on our walk with God.
Salvation comes thru belief in Christ, that he died for our sins and was resurrected. Nothing more saves us than belief in Christ, and many don't even have that knowledge and believe in him and later learn, that is if they have a bible, many in persecuted lands don't, but have heard about Jesus and hence believe.
If God is calling you, if you sense such; ask Him to help you to believe in him. The bible says faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word. So listening to people talk about God, reading the bible, sermons etc, is how we can have faith and grow in faith, however I had little of either when I came to Christ. We all come differntly.
As to what Christians say of God or non Chrisitans be aware there is much mistruth spoken of about God and about the bible.
Good to ask if such is truth or not. While Christians all believe different things, meaning different beliefs about God,the bible, Christ, salvation, etc., what I am saying is there is much error taught, which makes a non chrisitan (if believed) think the wrong thing about God.
Which is why it's good to ask questions.
Here's a typical example, but not about God but about the bible.
Commonly said: Money is evil
Not true.
bible says:
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.
just one that pops to mind..there are many such...and is normal, as people hear things and think such is true of what the bible says, when it's not, same occurs as to when people speak of God.. So good to know for oneself, the facts..and questions help root things out.
Thanks for the questions,
God bless
tapero
