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When we read Gen1:1 we can usually admit that we have no idea how GOD accomplished creation with a spoken Word. It's beyond our "human reasoning". It should be ok to admit that we don't understand all that GOD has placed in the Word. Somethings, are meant to be a mystery and are Dvine in nature and can't be comprehended by our finite mind. A problem occurs when we use "human reasoning" because we don't understand how or why GOD is the way He is. This is one reason why we have so many different denominations, false doctrines, church splits, making GOD into the god we want, and the list goes on. When we feel that our "human reasoning" must be satisfied above and beyond our faith; can we say that we truly live by faith? When we add what we think or feel to Scripture or an attribute of GOD aren't we trying to make GOD what we desire Him to be? GOD gives us a warning in the second commandment.
20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth: 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me; 20:6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
The text clearly teaches us that the greatest evidence of rebellion(hatred) toward GOD is the refusal to accept Him as He has revealed Himself in Scripture. The greatest evidence of love toward GOD is the acceptance of GOD as He has reveled Himself in Scripture. I can't explain the mystery of GOD's sovereignty, His omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence or His perfection, but, because my frail mind cannot explain it, rationalize it or conceive it is the reason He's GOD and I'm not. If I knew everything about GOD and how it worked ,he probably wouldn't be the same god that created the universe. The GOD I love and serve is beyond rationalization and human reasoning. His existence isn't derived from the world. The world is derived from His existence. We are here for His pleasure, not our own. That is the main difference between the true GOD and man made gods. |
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