Bible Question: I'm impressed with the understanding my 15 yr old has however I want to be very careful of where he is going with this topic because he is speaking in the raim of what is life and who is recording this of tour life? He feels that there is something out there he wants to know its identity? I told him that is what the average person is trying to figure out what kind of force is it and he thinks to label it is basically limiting our ability to receive it. What is it? Is it a force fill or is it something beyond man imagination of what it is? He thinks it is a force that science and or just the mere name of God doesnot define the force? |
Bible Answer: It sounds like your son's basic question is, "Who or what is God, and how can we know?" First of all, I agree that we have to be careful not to create a definition for God. However, the Christian Scriptures make no claims to be the philosophizing of man in trying to define God; rather they are the revelation of God and truth FROM GOD HIMSELF. Therefore, what is stated there carries the full weight of truth. One aspect of God's revelation of Himself is that He uses personal language and expression, repeatedly identifying Himself as a personal being, NOT as an impersonal force. The Scriptures repeatedly represent God as relating to His creatures in a personally active way. He also consistently portrays Himself as relating and reasoning personally within Himself (both before and after creation). The Scriptures clearly do not present God as an impersonal force but as an infinite and personal being Who desires to know and communicate with His creatures. Others can probably provide better Scriptural support for this. I'd be glad to give it, but I have to go back and review my previous study and research first, since I don't have those resources immediately at my disposal. Hopefully others will jump in and give you this more quickly than I can. This leads to a further question of how to test the authority of the Scriptures. There are many excellent books written that present the tests available to prove that the Scriptures of the Bible are truly supernatural revelations from God that are without error in their original content. There is absolutely no comparing any other so-called "Scriptures" with the tests that prove the authority of the Bible; it stands alone. |
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