Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Imagining the unimaginable

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all (2 Corinthians 13:14).

God is one, yet He is also three. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit are three distinct persons, yet together they make just one God. To describe this wonderful mystery, we use the word Triune—three in one. But how can God be three and one at the same time? There is no good analogy, but consider the following:

Water can be heated to steam or frozen into ice. Yet no matter what the temperature is, water remains water.

When you work with electricity, you are dealing with three things at once—light, heat and power.

A triangle is a single geometric figure consisting of three unique sides.

One tree is made up of three very different elements—roots, trunk and leaves.

A single human being is made up of three essential parts—body, mind, and soul.

Of course, all these analogies are flawed in some way. They try to use the laws of nature to describe the God who created nature. God is far beyond our limited comprehension.

Some people are unwilling to believe in such a God. But let me ask you this. Do you understand the ins and outs of molecular biology? Do you understand particle physics? Do you understand Einstein’s theory of relativity? Do you understand existential philosophy? All these fields have their share of experts, but most learned people will admit that what they don’t know far exceeds what they do understand.

If we cannot fully understand the universe that we live in, how can we expect to understand the God who made it? It should come as no surprise that His nature is puzzling to us. Frankly, I find that to be reassuring—I want my God to be greater than any problem I can imagine!

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