God is Omnipresent
God is Omniscient
God is Omnipotent
Exodus 24:9-18
9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
12 And the Lord said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.
15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
16 And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
17 And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
Hello Steemians, Today I am going to be talking on how God is different from us.
God is Transcendent
This means that He is different and independent from His creation. The essence (i.e., core or most basic makeup) and nature of His being and existence are greater and higher-above and beyond-anything and everything He has made, whether humans, angels, spirits or physical or material things.
6 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
3 And one cried unto another, and said,Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
Isaiah 6:1-3
He himself is uncreated and exists apart from creation.
Totally Different
God must not be placed on the same levels with humans or any other beings He has created. His being and existence are in a totally different realm-a perfect and pure existence, far above His creation. He is not part of His creation nor is His creation a part of Him. In other words, believers are not God and will never be "gods". We will always be God's creation and dependent on Him as the Creator, even in the lie to come.
Present and Active
Although a radical division exists between God and all creation, God is also present and active in the world and human history. The greatest evidence of this is when God the Son "became flesh and made His dwelling among us" (John1:14) so that He might give His perfect life as a sacrifice to pay the full penalty for our offenses against God. That sacrifice provides rescue from sin and spiritual death from all who accept Christ's forgiveness, surrender their lives to Him and continue to live by faith in Christ
So, Transcendence does not mean, however, that God is incapable of living among His people and interacting with us on a personal level.
Thanks for reading and God bless you.
Shalom.
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