Comprehending the Incomprehensible
15/04/07 22:30
While
Paul was waiting for his friends in Athens, he was
walking around looking at all the objects of worship.
He found an altar with the inscription:
To an Unknown God. Paul
informed those in Athens that this
Unknown God was
the God who made heaven and earth and that He
didn’t live in temples built by human hands.
Further more, he told them that He wasn’t
served by human hands, as if He needed anything,
because He gives all men life and breath and
everything else. God is unknowable if you try to know
Him with your mind only. Your mind will never be able
to comprehend God, simply because your mind is finite
and God is infinite. You and I are limited, but God
is without limit. The only knowledge of God that one
possesses can only be possessed because God has
graciously given it to them. John the Baptist said
that a man only receives what he has been given from
heaven. Jesus said, “No man knows the Father
except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to
reveal him.” Therefore, when you and I say that
we know God, we must understand that it is God who
gives us the knowledge and the capability to know
Him. This is the grace of God. It is faith and it is
the faith that pleases God. Do you see what a
privilege it is to be able to know God? Think about
it.
You have found favor with God! The Holy One has considered you and He has chosen to reveal Himself to you. What an honor! The Eternal God and Creator of all was mindful enough of you to let you know the Unknowable. Can you know the furthest star in outer space? Can you understand how the memory of your brain works? What do you know about the depths of the oceans or the number of grains of sand in the Sahara? Can you direct the winds, count the clouds, or find the ends of the rainbow? Can you add one single hour to your life, or one inch to your stature? Can you simply comprehend your ability to read this written page and understand what you have read? Tell me, what is it that we really know? What is it that we fully understand and comprehend to the fullest? No, Brethren, it is an awesome gift to know that we know God. Though this may sound redundant, I am confident that: The Unknowable has allowed me to know the Unknowable.
You have found favor with God! The Holy One has considered you and He has chosen to reveal Himself to you. What an honor! The Eternal God and Creator of all was mindful enough of you to let you know the Unknowable. Can you know the furthest star in outer space? Can you understand how the memory of your brain works? What do you know about the depths of the oceans or the number of grains of sand in the Sahara? Can you direct the winds, count the clouds, or find the ends of the rainbow? Can you add one single hour to your life, or one inch to your stature? Can you simply comprehend your ability to read this written page and understand what you have read? Tell me, what is it that we really know? What is it that we fully understand and comprehend to the fullest? No, Brethren, it is an awesome gift to know that we know God. Though this may sound redundant, I am confident that: The Unknowable has allowed me to know the Unknowable.
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