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We believe in God, the Father almighty, |
We are
referring here to a supreme, eternal being – but one who wants to have the
relationship of a loving Father with us. |
The
concept of God is that of a Supreme Being … supreme in the sense of power and
glory, and in the sense of being “above” us humans in every way. The God
revealed in the Bible is “outside” time and space – there never was and never
will be a time when He was not, and He is not limited by the vastness or
constraints of Space and Time. Our minds cannot begin to imagine such a being,
such an intelligence and wisdom, such enormity of power, such majesty and
glory. Such a God could not be understood by a human being, any more than a
worm can be said to understand a human; the story of the Bible is of God bit by
bit revealing Himself to mankind. There will be much more of this in “Perfect
Sense”.
Even
if we could partially understand Him, we could not comprehend how such a Being
could want to have an intimate loving relationship with us – could you have
that sort of relationship with a microbe?? Yet that is the theme behind the
message of the Old Testament, and is the message of the New Testament. Two
barriers get in the way of such a relationship – the disparity in status
between us and God, and our sin. The New Testament records how Jesus came to
earth to solve these two problems.
Why
is this important?
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The
concept of God, without “Father”, is too awesome to comprehend and too
terrifying to contemplate.
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The
concept of “father” without “God” is too dependent on how we regard our human
fathers (I was so fortunate!!)
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Bring
the two together, and we can get a glimpse of something (someone) amazing and
wonderful.
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