Theology

 

1^st Timothy 6:15 & 16 declares “[God] will display at the proper time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion.”  God’s nature is supreme. Even though God is divine, mankind is not divine. Christians should tolerate and respect all other beliefs but tolerance does not mean agreement. Christians view God as a trinity. God is viewed by Christians as the King above kings and Lord above lords. If God were a human invention, then the Bible would have to go even though it is historically correct. God is supernatural by nature.

While God is divine, it does not automatically make all creation divine, even though he created all things. Just because someone created something does not automatically make it have the same characteristics. Webster’s dictionary defines divine, as “Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree; extraordinary.” Is all of creation divine? When anyone eats moldy bread his first response is not “this bread is just heavenly.” Stepping in a cow pie it is not natural to think, “WOW such a divine thing, that cow pie is so godlike!” No one in his right mind would think a rotting corpse is excellent in the highest degree. An author may be extremely smart, but his book could be written worse then Dick and Jane. The belief, that since God created everything, therefore everything is divine, is based on pantheism. An example is the New Age children’s book “What is God?”

There are many ways to talk about God. Does that mean that everything that everybody ever says about God is right? Does that mean that God is everything? Yes! God is everything great and small! God is everything far away and near! God is everything bright and dark! And God is everything in between! If everything is God, God is the last leaf on a tree, if everything is God; God is an elephant crashing through the jungle.

If one characteristic is passed on then should not all of God’s characteristics be as well: omnipotent, omniscient and disembodied? Can anyone be everywhere and nowhere besides God? Has anyone heard of an omnipotent or omniscient being other then God? One characteristic can not be singled out from countless others, when following this logic. Consequently, God, who is divine, does not come close to comparing with anything in creation.

The view Christians take of God is that He is a King of Kings and Lord of Lords. God is triune with three parts: God the father, the Son, who is Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Historically, Jesus lived, died on a cross and then lived again; he was even seen after his death and resurrection, alive, eating and drinking. Jesus is believed by Christians to be the truth, the way and the light. In addition He is the intercessor between God and man. God the Father is the judge, ruler and creator of all, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. God is supreme. Revelations 17:14 states “They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings—and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.” Someday, any day Jesus will come again and take all of the called, chosen and faithful followers back to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Because God no longer speaks verbally to man, he has given Christians the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit directs prompts and rebukes always in agreement with the scriptures. Christians view God as a holy savior, a sovereign and just judge and a spiritual guide.

God and is far too complex to be a human invention. If God was a human invention, then why would historical facts, which are true match up again and again with what is found in the Bible, which is the word of God, given to man even though mankind did nothing to deserve it. If God was a human invention, then there could be no miracles. There are 333 miracles in the Bible; Jesus preformed at least 35 of them, with the final miracle when Jesus returns to earth for the second time. If God was a human invention, then there also would be no salvation or prophesy. There are hundreds of prophesies in the Bible that have been fulfilled. In Psalms 22:18, talking about Christ’s crucifixion, it says “They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.” significantly later Matthew 27:35 declares “When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots.” The time span between the deaths of King David, who penned this psalm and the death of Jesus Christ was about one thousand years. It was prophecy fulfilled. If one believes in atheism then one can not believe in prayer, but then what about the answers to prayer that have occurred, which has transpired too often to be marked as a false cause. The Bible is far too accurate with history to be just tossed off as a fairytale.

Christians should respectfully tolerate other religions, but not the way that tolerance is meant today. Christians should not tolerate other religions as today’s modern culture defines it “allowing and agreeing,” but as Webster’s defines it as “To recognize and respect (others’ beliefs, practices, etc.) without necessarily agreeing or sympathizing.” If Christians should “tolerate” other beliefs, then would not it be reasonable for other religions to as well? In Yemen, which is on the Arabian Peninsula, only 0.05 percent of the people are Christians the rest are Muslim; but unfortunately it is illegal to convert to Christianity. The penalty is death. Historically, the constitution that founded this country was based on biblical Christianity, with allowance or tolerance of other religions. There is no penalty to convert to any other religion, no penalty at all. True Christians respectfully tolerate other beliefs, although they do not agree.

Christians view God as triune: the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Man has found that three in one is stronger and longer lasting than one. For example, God being three in one is like our powerful government: the House, Senate and President. They are all separate entities, but each one is an essential component of the single body, which is called the government. Each one has authority, but can also restrain one another. A single stranded rope, regardless of size is weaker than a braided rope with three strands. Throughout nature, there are examples of a trinity. Although a triangle is one object, it has three very distinct points. With time there is past, present and future, yet they are all summed up with concept time. Matter is the basis of all things which means all liquids are matter, all gases are matter, and all solids are matter. Three in one, again. Incredibly, length, depth and height all are measurements of space. Christians profoundly believe God is three in one just as it is stamped throughout creation.

God is the just judge and supreme ruler above all, without any fault. God’s divinity surpasses everything, but the creator is not the creation. All Christians should practice tolerance, but they do not have to conform in anyway. God is triune just the same as a triangle has three points in one body. Wonderfully merciful, marvelously excellent and leading is the view Christians take of their God. To say that God is not a human invention is a strong statement, that carries a great deal more than just God. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God.

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