Christ

What is God really like? Even asking such a question strikes many people as presumptuous. How could we possibly be sure of such answers, they ask. Is God, by His very nature, unknowable and unfathomable by mankind? Many who do believe in God view Him as a remote figure, or as little more than a "first cause" of the universe. To many, God is not someone who is actively involved in our lives or in our modern world. Every human culture has had ideas about the supernatural. Jews and Muslims emphasize that God is one. Buddhists and Hindus hold beliefs ranging from impersonal monism to pantheistic polytheism, with many variations in between. Many in the Western world either have vague ideas about God as "the Man upstairs" or else have adopted "New Age" beliefs (most of which really originated in Hinduism and Buddhism). Some cling to traditional Catholic and Protestant teaching about a triune God—traditionally explained as "one God in three persons." Clearly, these differing ideas and opinions cannot all be right. What do you think God is like? What is the source of your ideas? Did they come from God, or from human reasoning? Stop and consider: would it make sense for an all-wise Creator, who created human life able to think about the eternal and the divine, not to leave a record by which He reveals Himself? From the physical world, we can deduce much about God's great power and intelligence. But such deductions still tell us nothing of His ultimate plan and purpose for His creation. But our Creator has not left us in the dark. In addition to revealing Himself through His creation, He has also given us the Bible. In His word, God tells us about His nature, His will, His character, and His plan and purpose for the universe and for mankind. God is knowable because He has chosen to make Himself knowable! When the philosophers of Athens invited the Apostle Paul to address an audience on Mars Hill, he took as his subject "the Unknown God" (Acts 17:23). Paul explained to his...