Friday, August 25, 2017

God’s Attributes as to Time and Space


God is amazing and awesome to experience. Beyond mere minds of mortals, He is unfathomable.

August’s Awakening, Day 25

            Today we will begin looking at the eleven attributes of God as He relates to time and space—light, unity and trinity, eternity, immensity, self-existence (aseity), perfection, solitary, supremacy, transcendence/ineffability, immanence, and personality.

            Light. The first thing God created was light, but God Himself is described as light, the Great Illuminator of all things, and within Him there is no darkness, just a purity as light.

 

In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. John 1:4–5, 9 NIV   

 

When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8:12 NIV

 

For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ. 2 Corinthians 4:6 NIV  

 

            Unity and Trinity. God is a unity—one essence of being. God is also a trinity as three distinct persons—God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. A difficult concept to comprehend, yet that is precisely what God is.

 

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Deuteronomy 6:4 NIV 

 

yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live. 1 Corinthians 8:6 NIV 

 

As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” Matthew 3:16–17 NIV 

 

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Matthew 28:19 NIV 

 

            Eternity. God is free from the succession of time. He is the creator of time, and hence not bound by time in any way. He is simultaneously cognizant of all facts, events, and details of what we call past, present, and future, yet He can also freely interact within time itself while still residing outside time’s boundaries and limitations. 

 

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord, the Eternal God. Genesis 21:33 NIV

 

Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. Psalm 90:2 NIV 

 

            Tomorrow we continue our study of the attributes of God. You should be gaining a greater knowledge and appreciation each day for who our awesome God is. 

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