God
Answers to Your Questions About God
Most people in the world have heard about the existence of God. For many people the word God does not have much meaning. They do not know who God is, nor do they know His works. They know nothing about His holiness, His power and His love. They do not know whether God cares about them, and they could not know it on their own.
Read for yourself what God tells us about Himself in the pages of the Bible.
1.Who is God?
God is the creator of the world and the source of life.
The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands. He isn’t served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath and all things.
Acts 17:24-252.How many true gods are there?
There is only one true God.
I am the LORD, and there is no one else. Besides me, there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not known me,
Isaiah 45:53.Is it possible to know the true God?
Yes, God has made Himself known to us, in nature and in the Bible.
For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity, that they may be without excuse.
Romans 1:20God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,
Hebrews 1:14.Is there any other way in which God has made Himself known?
Yes. God has revealed Himself more clearly in His Son, Jesus Christ.
has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.
Hebrews 1:2No one has seen God at any time. The only born Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, has declared him.
John 1:185.What does God say about Himself?
God is merciful, loving and good.
The LORD is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness. The LORD is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works.
Psalms 145:8-9He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.
1 John 4:86.What else has God made known to us about Himself?
God is powerful, just and holy.
But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.
Psalms 115:3They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.
Revelation 15:3One called to another, and said, “Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!”
Isaiah 6:37.Did God have a beginning?
No. God has neither beginning nor end.
Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
Psalms 90:28.Can we see God?
No. God is a spiritual being, but we can behold Him in Jesus Christ.
He alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen nor can see, to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.
1 Timothy 6:16Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
John 14:8-99.Can we make images of God to help in our worship?
No. God is spirit and does not want us to have idols.
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
John 4:24“You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
Exodus 20:410.What relationship does this great and holy God have with our world today?
God has sustained and governed our world day after day. He is the source of all the blessings we enjoy.
You shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You shall be made to eat grass like oxen. Seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.’”
Daniel 4:32Yet he didn’t leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you rains from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.”
Acts 14:1711.Does God care about the private lives of people in this world?
Yes, God cares. Every person must one day give an account to God for everything he or she has done.
There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.
Hebrews 4:1312.Isn’t God too great to care about our needs and problems?
No. God cares about everything that happens on earth, and even about small things, insignificant to us.
“Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Matthew 10:29-3013.Is God willing to listen when we speak to Him?
Yes. God listens to the prayers of all who call on Him sincerely.
The LORD is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
Psalms 145:1814.Is it possible for us to completely understand God and His way of acting?
No. God is greater than we can understand.
Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
Romans 11:33