“As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:9)
The God of the Universe is so utterly different from we are, we can not even fathom Him. Certainly, we are made in God’s image, but even saying this, we’re not sure what it means. The Bible reveals to God’s Word (through the power of the Holy Spirit), but only within the limits of human language and understanding. Jesus Christ shows us what God is truly like, but only in actions limited by human senses. We can only see “through a glass darkly” who God is.
The German theologian Karl Barth once wrote –
The God of the Universe is so utterly different from we are, we can not even fathom Him. Certainly, we are made in God’s image, but even saying this, we’re not sure what it means. The Bible reveals to God’s Word (through the power of the Holy Spirit), but only within the limits of human language and understanding. Jesus Christ shows us what God is truly like, but only in actions limited by human senses. We can only see “through a glass darkly” who God is.
The German theologian Karl Barth once wrote –
“The Gospel is not a religious message to inform mankind of their divinity or to tell them how they may become divine. The Gospel proclaims a God utterly distinct from men.”
God is God, and we are not.
God is God, and we are not.
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