Jeremiah 23:24
"Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him?
saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth?
saith the LORD."
The fourth attribute is, God is infinite. God has no limitations. He is bounded only by His own nature and will. "And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven: And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart: But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?" (1 Kings 8:22,23,27).
The fifth attribute is, God is omnipresent. A. H. Strong defines this attribute as follows: "God, in the totality of His essence, without diffusion or expansion, multiplication or division, penetrates and fills the universe in all its parts." (Systematic Theology, P.279).
The omnipresent of God therefore means He is present everywhere with His whole being at the same time. The danger to avoid in rightly understanding this attribute is the error of pantheism, which says that the world is either Identical to God or an expression of God's nature, it comes from 'pan' meaning all, and 'theism', which means belief in God. So according to pantheism, God is every where and everything is God. This is false. Two aspects should be kept in mind as one studies the omnipresence of God.
(1) God's immanence. This speaks of God being in the world, acting within and through His creation. (2) God's transcendence. This affirms that God is above and beyond His creation. "Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee," (Ps. 139:7-12). "For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them," (Matt. 18:20).
Amen!
Reading: Devotional
Ref: HG SB; WSBG
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The fifth attribute is, God is omnipresent. A. H. Strong defines this attribute as follows: "God, in the totality of His essence, without diffusion or expansion, multiplication or division, penetrates and fills the universe in all its parts." (Systematic Theology, P.279).
The omnipresent of God therefore means He is present everywhere with His whole being at the same time. The danger to avoid in rightly understanding this attribute is the error of pantheism, which says that the world is either Identical to God or an expression of God's nature, it comes from 'pan' meaning all, and 'theism', which means belief in God. So according to pantheism, God is every where and everything is God. This is false. Two aspects should be kept in mind as one studies the omnipresence of God.
(1) God's immanence. This speaks of God being in the world, acting within and through His creation. (2) God's transcendence. This affirms that God is above and beyond His creation. "Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee," (Ps. 139:7-12). "For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them," (Matt. 18:20).
Amen!
Reading: Devotional
Ref: HG SB; WSBG
www.philosophytalk.org.
May God Bless You
And Your Family
Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.
The Cross life Ministry