Existence of God Does God Exist?
A logical, practical, pragmatic proof of the existence of God from a purely scientific perspective. To do this, we are assuming that we exist, that there is reality, and that the matter of which we are made is real. If you do not believe that you exist, you have bigger problems than this study will entail and you will have to look elsewhere. Atheism
To claim you know there is no God is to claim you have exhaustively searched every part of every universe and dimension with an infallibly accurate method of detecting every non-physical entity that could possibly exist. (Several Articles) Who Created God
When asked “Who or what created God?,” we are making the assumption that God was created. If God exists outside of time and space, and if He is the Creator of time and space, He obviously was not created! God Is Not Hard To Find
Are most unbelievers giving this quest the diligence it deserves? No. They are not seeking after God. They are looking for a reason to avoid Him. Is The God of the Bible Really God?
If you compare a bicycle, a car, a truck, a train, and an airplane. You might look at the number of wheels on each, the different navigational controls, the means of propulsion, the number of passengers each can carry, their maximum speed . . . In fact, as you continued to consider the similarities you might never get around to the fact that there is something that makes one of the vehicles completely different from all the others: the airplane flies.
The Trinity
The Trinity
The nature and being of God is the most incomprehensible idea known to man. How are we to think of that which has no beginning, which is omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, and eternal? Though the concepts can be known by the mind, they can not be fully comprehended. We have no experience in this world with which these elements can be seen or grasped. Understanding this, we need to watch ourselves lest we elevate a certain creedal statement, a certain author’s explanation, or our own understanding of God to the place of untouchable orthodoxy The Development of the Doctrine of the Trinity
Our generation is not the first in its attempt to find a way to explain the Scriptural injunctions as stated above. The church has been attempting to understand the nature of the Godhead since its inception. How did the early church understand this? Where did the doctrine of the trinity come from? This paper will address these very questions. Jewishness And The Trinity
While the use of the plural Elohim does not prove a Tri-unity, it certainly opens the door to a doctrine of plurality in the Godhead since it is the word that is used for the one true God as well as for the many false gods.
Characteristics
Understanding God
The only thing that we can understand is the world or dimension in which we live, however an analogy from the book ‘Flatland’ by Edwin Abbott helps to comprehend the nature of God. Is God Male or Female?
In examining Scripture, two facts become clear: First, that God is a Spirit, and does not possess human characteristics or limitations; second, that all the evidence contained in Scripture agrees that God revealed Himself to mankind in a male form. The Foreknowledge of God
The majority view among orthodox Christians is that God knows everything that has ever happened, is happening now and will ever happen. However in recent years a few scholars have proposed a radically different view, claiming that there is no divine script for the future. A doctrine that is called Open Theism, which pays lip-service to the omniscience of God. ... Bearing in mind that foreknowledge and foreordination are not the same thing. Knowing something will happen is not equivalent to making it happen. Can God Change His Mind?
Classical theism asserts that God is unchanging in His being, character, purposes and promises... the idea being that God cannot be affected by outside influences, does not change His mind, and does not regret decisions He makes... Perhaps because change implies imperfection. What then are we to make of the many Scriptures that tell us that God "repented"... when an appeal from a human did cause God to change His mind. The ‘Jealousy’ of God
The verses that refer to God as a "jealous God" are often misunderstood. When we use the word jealous, we use it in the sense of being envious of someone who has something we don't have… in other words “envy” or perhaps even “resentment”. However, this is not the intended meaning of the word jealous when used in reference to God. Is God ‘Different’ in the Old Testament and New Testament?
Skeptics will point to various passages to demonstrate how the Old Testament portrays God as impatient, cruel and merciless. Whereas, on the other hand, it is believed that the New Testament portrays God as the epitome of love and grace who never says a harsh word. However this imagined difference between “the God of the Old Testament” and the God of the New is based on a combination of several false presumptions about both God and Jesus, a tendency to view [or judge] God from our standpoint, an all too common habit of ignoring ‘other’ verses, and disregarding the circumstances of the day. What a Sovereign God Cannot Do
It is a fallacy to imagine that for God to be in control of His universe He must therefore foreordain and initiate everything. Thus He causes sin, then punishes the sinner. There is neither logical nor biblical reason why a sovereign God by His own sovereign design could not allow creatures made in His image the freedom of genuine moral choice. And there are compelling reasons why He would do so. Can God Create a Stone so Heavy That He Cannot Move It?
The historical understanding of omnipotence never meant that God can do anything whatsoever.
Relationship With Man Should Christians Fear God?
Because many teachings and doctrines within our churches today portray God only as all loving, many assume there is no reason to fear Him. Something is fundamentally wrong with our society's perception of reality. An essential component is missing in human thinking. What is it? We find it at the conclusion of the analysis of the human moral condition recorded in Romans 3:10-18 -- "there is no fear of God before their eyes. “Hated” by God
Gandhi (1869-1948) was fond of saying, "Hate the sin and not the sinner." This has become almost universally accepted as representing divine precept. However, that saying is not to be found in the Bible. Indeed, although our "God is love" (1 John 4:7,16), yet Scripture makes it clear there are some things He hates ... and, what many may not realize, there are even certain types of people that the Bible tells us God hates! Thus, God not only hates the sin, but in some cases He actually hates the sinner as well. Christian Clichés About God's Love
It has been said that if you repeat something often enough, people will start to believe it even if it isn’t true. This certainly seems to be true concerning many oft-repeated Christian clichés about God's love. Consider the following statements that so frequently reverberate within our Christian circles. God's Love/Hate Relationship with the World
What a person does reveals his character—who he is. Thus if God disapproves of sin He of course must disapprove of sinners. God is so pure that His disapproval is very strong, and the word hate describes it well. To separate the sin from the sinner by saying "God loves the sinner but hates the sin" is potentially misleading The Wrath of God
The Bible labours the point in both Old and New Testament that God is good to those who trust Him and is terrible to those who do not. Both Testaments emphasize the reality and terror of God’s wrath. Today’s powerless, sickly sweet, sentimental ‘Easy Christianity’ has chosen to babble on and on about the goodness and love of God but totally ignore (to our peril) His wrath and judgment.
Knowing God
Your God is too Small
In one of his letters to Erasmus, Luther said, "Your thoughts of God are too human." The "god" of this twentieth century no more resembles the Supreme Sovereign of Holy Writ than does the dim flickering of a candle the glory of the midday sun. The "god" who is now talked about in the average pulpit, spoken of in the ordinary Sunday school, mentioned in much of the religious literature of the day, and preached in most of the so-called Bible Conferences is the figment of human imagination, an invention of maudlin sentimentality. A "god" whose will is resisted, whose designs are frustrated, whose purpose is checkmated, possesses no title to Deity, and so far from being a fit object of worship, merits nought but contempt. Knowing God
Sometimes Christians will say they don't need a lot of doctrine; they just want to know God personally, to just experience Him, without complicating things by adding all that theological gobbledy-gook. With a little it of reflection, however, one can see how important knowing about God is to knowing God. Worship
A Vision Of God High And Lifted Up, With His Train Filling The Temple. The next time you go to church, raise your hands, and shout out to the Lord in "worship" keep in mind that He also expects you to live that worship out in real life. Taking God’s Name In Vain
You can run, you can hide, but you can’t get away from hearing God’s name being misused. Our God is an awesome God. He is creator of the universe. He is God Almighty. It is a serious matter to invoke his name. However there is a lot more taking God’s name in vain than profanity... More often than not God bless you is just the Christian's way of saying Goodbye... Have a nice day | 
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