The Mysteris Of God

The Mysteries God

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today let us meditate on the topic of ‘The Eternal God’. There is a question asked in the book of Job. Job 11:7 “Can you search out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limits of Almighty?” And the answer, of course, is ‘no’ you can't, but we believe that God is honored.

Have you ever noticed that God does not make it easy to believe?

ILL: I'm sure you heard on the news, nearly 8000 people were wiped out in Nepal. A tornado came and a mother and father protected their little 18 month old girl. The little toddler was shielded, but the house fell on the parents. They died while the toddler lived. Nearly a quarter of a million people lost their lives. It's not easy to believe in God’s goodness.

We're going to examine these kinds of mysteries. Does God allow these kinds of bad things in our lives? And these questions ultimately increase our faith. Today the Scripture passage is from Psalm 90. Moses wrote this, which means that it is centuries older than the time of David. Furthermore, he wrote it at a time when Israel was condemned in the desert to wander for 40 years. It's a plaintive song, and in it he mourns a lot. In it he is overcome by the futility of life. But, it is also a song that gives hope. But the question is: what is life all about? Why should I live and not die? Some of you may be asking that question. Let’s find an answer today. Does God make it easy to believe?

I.God was before Time:

Psalm 90:1-2 “Lord you have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.”

First fact about God is that God never had a beginning. God is indeed eternal. Sometimes atheists like to ask questions like: Who made God? They ask Christians and if you don't have an answer, they will say, “then I don't have to believe in him.” However, can we all agree that out of nothing; nothing comes. If there was just absolutely nothing in the world or in the whole universe, there wouldn't be a universe and there would be nothing. Because out of nothing, nothing will come. The fact that for something to exist, that must mean that something has existed forever.

Now, atheists may say, ‘well it's the cosmos. It's the universe that has existed forever.’ Carl Sagan in his book ‘Cosmos’ begins it with the words: “There has only been the cosmos. It is all that there is and all that there ever will be.” That's the opening line. However, it is unscientific to say just because the universe exists, it is not an answer to its own existence.

We as Christians believe that God is the uncaused God who created all things. He is the uncaused God who caused everything into existence. He has always existed.

II. God Created All/ He created all.

The second fact is that God created everything. Psalm 90:2 “Before the mountains were brought forth and you ever formed the earth and the world from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.” Colossians chapter 1:16 speaking about Jesus, “For by him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through him and for him.”

It's a crucial phrase “by him and for him.” And God did that out of nothing. Now we know that out of nothing, nothing can arise. But since God existed, He could take nothing and create something. In fact, when He spoke, He created billions of stars. They say there are as many stars as there are grains of sand on the seashores. And He made them all. He just spoke and suddenly they were all there in all their brilliance and beauty with the Sun and the moon.

ILL: There is a story about a scientist who said to God, “God I can do the same things that you do. I can take a handful of dirt, and I can create life.” Then God said, “Show me.” So the scientist reached down, and he took a handful of dirt. And God says, “no, no. Get your own dirt. If you want to prove that you're as good as God, go into a laboratory and spend some time creating something. Lets see how it goes.” Because, church, there's no way for us to create life from dirt, let alone even dirt.

III. He is Ethereal:

Third fact is that God is eternal. Remember all. He is uncaused. He has always existed. He exists outside of time. Now he comes into time, but he exists outside of time. Time is a prerequisite of creation. Time cannot be created by God. Creation means going from non-existence to existence. Proverb 8:23-24 The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way, before His works of old. I have been established from everlasting, from the beginning, before there was ever an earth. Psalm 33:11 “The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of His heart to all generations.”