I say, He is the only way. He is the only Truth. He is the one who was, who is and who is yet to come. He is the Almighty God. He is the one who saves us from all bondage. He is the one who loves us so dearly that He gave His life for us even though we deny Him over and over again. He is the mystery that cannot be fully understood although He is easy to comprehend.
Olson and Grenz, theologians who wrote the book - 20th Century Theology, said, "God is imminent within human experience as the transcendent mystery that cannot be comprehended in spite of its absolute nearness." In other words, if we think we have a grasp on God, we had better take a closer look at what we are holding on to. He is a mystery that we can not fully comprehend. But should we just give up trying? As the apostle Paul would say, God forbid. We should try all the harder because of this. For to get to know Him, it to get to be like Him. I like what I have heard Matt Redman say concerning the mystery of God:
- He's the suffering servant who commands the universe
- He's the sinless friend of sinners
- He the lion and the lamb
- He's the God who rests, but never sleeps
- He's the God who issued these ornate designs for this grandiose temple made up of the most extravagant, elaborate materials you can imagine down to the tiniest detail, yet He's the God who witnessed a little widow putting in 2 tiny coins worth almost nothing in the world's eyes into the temple treasury and was utterly pleased with that.
- He's the God of the infinite and the intimate
- He's the King whose footstool is the earth, yet humbly He knelt down and washed the earth off the feet of His disciples
- He's the one who hung in agony on beams of wood, that He, Himself, had called into being.
But who do YOU say He is?
It doesn’t matter for you who I say He is, it only matters who you say He is. Romans says that Everyone has sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God. (Rom. 3:23) And For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (Rom. 10:10) In Matthew 10:32-33, Christ says that any who confess Him before men, He will confess before the Father and any who deny Him before men, He will have to deny them before the Father. You see God the Father gave us a gift 2000 years ago and we have but to receive that gift. And if you gave a gift to someone and they never received it because they denied that you gave it to them, wouldn’t that kind of tick you off? Well if we have been given the gift of eternal life and refuse the gift given to us by the Father, He has no choice but to allow us the end that we have chosen. If you have not yet received that gift, please do so now. Or if you had it at one time and have since lost it, it isn’t lost, the Father has it for you and is waiting for you to receive it once again. Remember, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. (II Corinthians 6:2)
|
