Who is God? Does He Really Exist?

WHO IS GOD? DOES HE REALLY EXIST?

By: Gladys Raquel Hernández

God really exists because He has revealed Himself to different human beings of the Jewish people, His beloved, pioneer people through history, who have left scripts which are stated in the Old and the New Testaments, which constitute the Sacred Scriptures: The Bible.

If they had not received direct revelation on the part of the Creator, they would have never written anything and, therefore, we would not have the faintest idea about His existence. These human beings, prophets and saint men of God received divine inspiration, revealed directly to their conscience and understanding in order to write; and, on some occasions, they had face to face encounters with God and/or listened God´s voice audibly.

These are some biblical verses that establish the concepts specified hereinabove:

“The Lord Himself spoke to you out of the fire, face to face” (Deuteronomy 5:4)
“When the Lord saw Moses coming near the bush, he called him by name, and Moses answered, “Here I am”. God replied, “Don´t come any closer. Take off your sandals - The ground where you are standing is holy. I am the God who was worshiped by your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob”. Moses was afraid to look at God and so he hid his face”. (Exodus 3:4-6)

“When the Lord called out Samuel´s name.”Here I am!” Samuel answered. (1º Samuel 3:4)

God´s Name in Hebrew is unpronounceable (YHWH), because His Name is saint and the sinful human race is unworthy of pronouncing it.

We should notice the interesting answer that God, our Lord, gives to Moses when he is called to set the Hebrew people free from the egyptians, who had taken them as slaves for four hundred years.

“Moses answered, “I will tell the people of Israel that the God their ancestors worshiped has sent me to them. But what should I say, if they ask me your name?”. God said to Moses: I am the eternal God. So tell them that the Lord, whose name is “I AM”, has sent you.” (Exodus 3:13-14)

God manifests Himself as Father, Son and the Holy Spirit, what constitutes the Holy Trinity. The three of them constitute a unity: they are coexistent, endless and eternal. The three of them were active at the creation act (Genesis 1:26) and they are also active at the redemption act. God, the Father, proposed and planned the creation. God, the Son, made possible the eternal plan of God through the sacrifice of the cross. The Holy Spirit is the power of the Trinity. His power raised Jesus from the dead and that same power continues flowing even these days in our lives, by healing, restoring, purifying and sanctifying us entirely.

Therefore, God continues revealing to our lives through His Holy Spirit that shows people of this world the truth about sin, God´s justice and judgment (John 16:8), by giving gifts and ministeries to each of us according to His sovereign will. (1º Corinthians 12:11). It is an inner feeling that each person will perceive by opening his sincere heart to God, confessing that he is weak, a sinner, thirsty and in need of his Creator.

The christian person who has had revelation on the part of God and who daily has communion with Him through prayers, listens to God from spirit to spirit. God is not tangible: He is perfect. He goes directly to our spirit and we know when He speaks to us. When He speaks to us, we start understanding God, our Creator.

There are many attributes that refer to God in the Bible. The following are some of them:

God is Almighty:

He is omnipresent: He is everywhere at the same time. (Proverbs 15:3)

He is omniscient: He knows everything. He is the maximum wisdom. (Psalm 19:2)
He is omnipotent: He is all-powerful. (Numbers 24:4 and 16)He is infinite: He is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. (Psalm 90:2)
He is immutable: God does not change. He is always the same. (James 1:17)
He is infalible: God never makes mistakes or does anything bad. (Numbers 23:19)
He is Spirit, light and love: He is not a material substance. He illuminates everything and loves with endless love. (Romans 8:11 – Psalm 90:17 – John 3:16)
He is invisible, unsoundable and immense: It is not possible to see Him. It is not possible to understand the completeness of what God is and He exceeds every imaginable dimension. (John 16:28 – Psalm 68:33 – Isaiah 40:22)
He is saint, fair and perfect: He is absolutely pure. He is correct and insuperably exact. (Psalm 22:3 – Isaiah 45:19 – Psalm 19:7)
He is incorruptible, true and faithful: It is not possible to bribe God. No lie or deceit are found in Him. He is faithful to Himself. (Romans 1:23 – Psalm 25:5 – Psalm 33:4)
He is good, sympathetic and merciful: He always manifests His generosity. He is compassionate, clement and He is sensitive to human needs. (Psalm 34:8 – John 11:33 – Psalm 90:14)

There are many more attributes about God in the Bible. These are some of them, so that, we can enjoy His magnificence and contemplate the majesty of His greatness and perfection by opening our sincere hearts to Him.

God will be in control forever! (1º Peter 5:11)

AMEN!!!