“What is God Jehovah Almighty?” “Who is God Jehovah Almighty?” People often wonder if these questions can be
answered; especially when we in the Christian Church proclaim that the true God
is eternal, infinite, and perfect in all his being. I mean, if he is without beginning or ending
when will we ever fully know, say his love or justice? Would we ever come to the end of his perfect
love or justice? Well, if he is infinite
(without beginning or ending) then of course not. So then can we know him?
Yes. Let me explain.
First, it is true it is impossible
for anyone to give a perfect description of God or know God completely as God
knows himself. God is incomprehensible
because he is infinitely perfect. No human mind or word can fully know and express
the perfections of God! See these Bible
verses Job 11:7; 27:23; Psalm 77:19; 145:3; Isaiah 40:28; 45:22; Romans 11:33.
But secondly, though God cannot
be fully know or described by us, yet we may know and describe something about
him. He has revealed himself to us, and
that which he makes known to us we can know for he teaches it to us. For instance God sent his only begotten Son,
Jesus to this earth to be the Saviour of sinners. Now we see God in the flesh. “He that has seen me, has seen the Father,”
Jesus said (John 14:9). Also God’s glory
is set forth in the Bible. The Bible is
God’s Word. In it God teaches us about
himself as we read of his works in our world.
And then there is creation. Our
natural world reveals the attributes of God to us…so much so as to leave us without
excuse! See Romans 1.
You see in Jesus Christ, in the
God-the-Spirit-inspired-Bible, and in creation God overcomes our darkness
and finite mind. We can know something
of God, because God wants us to know something about him. Yes, we cannot know God perfectly, but what
we do know about God from Jesus Christ and the Spirit speaking through the
Bible is perfectly true. And we come to
know what God wants us to know through the things I mentioned above through the
Spirit and the faith he gives us. Thanks
be to God that “in his light we see light.”
(Psalm 36:9)
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