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What does it mean that God is holy, holy, holy? If God is incomprehensible, why should we even both trying to understand Him? Why should God's holiness motiv...
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- Got Questions Ministries
GETTING GOD: Exploring His Incomprehensible, Eternal, Triune, and Creative NatureHave you ever paused to wonder about the true nature of God? In this six-par...
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- The Preacher Online
Judy turns to Job 11:7 and Isaiah 55:8-9 as she continues her look at the attributes of God and the fact that our God is incomprehensible. If our God is inco...
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- Eagle Rock Baptist Church
Apr 25, 2014 · The Bible is clear that God is ultimately incomprehensible to us; that is, we can never fully comprehend His whole being. The following passages show this: “Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.” (Psalm 145:3 ESV) “Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways, and how small a whisper do we ...
- The Incomprehensibility of God
- Why God Is Incomprehensible
- Implications of God’s Incomprehensibility
- The Knowability of God
- Implications of The Knowability of God
Scripture teaches that we can have a true and personal knowledge of God, but this does not mean we will ever understand him exhaustively. The Bible is clear that God is ultimately incomprehensible to us; that is, we can never fully comprehend his whole being. The following passages show this: These verses teach that not only is God’s whole being in...
The main reasons for God’s incomprehensibility are: 1. God is infinite and his creatures are finite. By definition, creatures depend on their Creator for their very existence and are limited in all aspects. Yet God is without limitations in every quality he possesses. This Creator/creature, infinite/finite gap will always exist. 2. The perfect unit...
Because God can never be fully known, those who seek to know God should be deeply humbled in the process, realizing that they will always have more to learn. The appropriate response to God is a heart of wonder and awe in light of his incomprehensible greatness. God’s incomprehensibility also means that beliefs can be held with firm conviction even...
The incomprehensibility of God could lead to despair or apathy in the quest to know God, but the Bible also teaches that God is knowable. While God can never be exhaustively understood, he can be known truly, personally, and sufficiently. God is personal, has definite characteristics, and has personally revealed himself so that he can be truly know...
God’s personal and sufficient revelation of himself should foster solid conviction among believers. We need not live in ambiguity and uncertainty about who God is and what he demands of his creatures. The increasing influence of Eastern religions on the West, certain postmodern views of truth, and religious pluralism all emphasize God’s incomprehen...
Aug 1, 2022 · From a few basic truths — God is simple, God is incomprehensible, God is happy, and God creates — we see more of what God is and, by his grace, are freed to marvel at him even more. God Is Simple. Begin with the statement, “God is simple.” Understanding divine simplicity is not simple; it’s complicated. Think of it this way: created ...
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The incomprehensible God has revealed Himself truly. Here we allude to the Reformational principle that God is both hidden and revealed. There is a mysterious dimension of God that we do not know. However, we aren't left in darkness, groping around for a hidden God. God has also revealed Himself, and that is basic to the Christian faith.
