It is so encouraging to realize
that God is infinite. He is not like us
humans, finite and limited. So he is completely trustworthy and able to care for his creation. What is also
encouraging is though he is infinite and we cannot therefore never know God in
the fullness of his awesome perfection, we can still know truly know him and
fellowship with him. In grace he reveals
himself to us. This is gospel. Bavink explained it this way…
God Almighty is truly
incomprehensible. "The distance
between God and us is the gulf between the Infinite and the finite, between
eternity and time, between being and becoming, between the All and the nothing"
(Page 30). Yes, he is infinitely exalted
above us and we will never know the fullness of the glory of God. However, this does not mean we cannot truly
know God. Scripture teaches the
incomprehensibility of God... "His ways are past finding out" (Is
40:13; 1 Cor 2:16). However, the bible
also sets "forth a doctrine of God that fully upholds his knowability...In
Scripture the knowability of God is never in doubt even for a moment (Is 40:26;
acts 14:27; Rom 1:19-20; Jn 17:3; 20:31).
The purpose of God's revelation, according to Scripture, is precisely
that human beings may know God and so receive eternal life" (Page 30).
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