Who is God II

Last article I presented the question, "Who is God?" We went through some of the most common answers and then the most fundamental one that matters the most: He is the Creator.

Without Him being the creator, whatever else we label Him is useless; thus, He has control over everything. This leads us into the second portion of "Who is God." You see, I think sometimes we begin to equal God with ourselves. We make our own rules, we make our own decisions, we don't even think of God as God, but some benevolent father figure that is there to hand us aid when we need it. This could not be farther from the truth.

These next few lines are going to be hard to read. Some will be angry at what I am saying, but it is not without a point. If you take us as His creation just as a clay cup could be ours, He does not have to let us have more control over our lives than He wants us to. He could keep us still, set us where ever He wants, or He could simply toss us against a wall and destroy us. We are His to do as He pleases.

Please, let us get away from this concept that we have rights or a say in the matter. I hear people all the time saying things like, "God wouldn't do that," or "If God did that, He is no God of mine." Your concept of God has little to do with the real God. We have such a ridiculous idea that we can define Him. The truth is, we can't.

Now I know that our God is defined to an extent by His Word, but His Word is the only way in which we can understand Him. Anything taken outside of the Bible about God, for the most part, is hearsay and useless. He does say that He loves us and give us free will so what I said above is a hyperbole, but the concept remains. We have to get past the idea that we deserve something from God. Like He is supposed to allow us to live a certain lifestyle or that He needs to make sure that we keep our huge home and cars. He has promised us two things in that area and they are food and clothes.

Furthermore, we also need to understand within understanding who God is, we have to have context. I have had amazing discussions with people about God, and I have no idea where they get their information or ideas. It's astounding. I finally ask them if this is the God of the Bible and they say yes, but that they can't accept certain parts of It. Let us, please, get this straight. Without the Bible, our definition of God is useless. It will be derived from TV, movies, and any other crazy source we here. The Bible is the beginning of our knowledge and It is the end. If you cannot accept a part of it, then you cannot accept all of it. This is not a mix and match. God is a God of fullness and completeness, not a God of what He can get.

We have trivialized God in our time. He is no more to us than an emotion and a song. At best He is a super-sized Santa. How can we ever have true faith if we never grasp who He is and His true power? We are soon to be devoid of all understanding of who we are in relation to our Creator. We cannot let that happen.