Bridge of Reason

  Is God Omnipresent? The psalmist writes: ‘ Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.’ Ps.139:7-10 ‘ Thus says the  L ord : ‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me, a nd what is the place of my rest?’’ Isaiah 66:1 “ Am I a God at hand, declares the  Lord , and not a God far away?   Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the  Lord . Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the  Lord . Jer.23:23,24 The psalmist, Isaiah, and Jeremiah are convinced of the Lord’s omnipresence. Yet Adam and Eve hid from the LORD. Gen.3:8; Cain went out from his presence. Gen.4:16; Jonah fled from the...

  Is God Omniscient? ‘ O LORD, you have searched me and know me! You k n ow when I s it down and when I rise up; You discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my ly i ng down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know it altogether.’ Psalm 139:1-4 ‘ For I am God, and there is no other; I am God and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done…’ Isaiah 469,10 ‘ I the LORD search the heart and test the mind, to give to every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.’ Jer.17:10 ‘ No creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.’ Heb.4:13 An omniscient God is a God who knows everything. From the Latin omnis meaning ‘all’ and scientia meaning knowledge. He knows the thoughts of the hearts of human beings, a word before it is spoken, an action before it is taken...

Is God Omnipotent? ‘The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah ; ‘Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me?’ Jer.32:27 An omnipotent God is a God who is infinitely powerful, for whom nothing is too hard. It is often thought this means there is nothing God cannot do. That sometimes prompts the question, ’Can God make a rock so big he can’t lift it?’ Here we come across something God can’t do; God cannot do something that is self-contradictory. He can’t make something that limits his own power.   He can only do things that are logically possible. Jesus taught his disciples, ‘Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying, ‘Who then can be saved?’ But Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man this is impossib...