The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-06-16
THE BIBLE QUESTION BOX

's'A OuOlL VULOIIUN UUA
III. Who made God, and is he a
person?
Answer.-We recognize God as an
uncreated; the First Cause, or Creator |
Of all things. From everlasting to |
everlasting, thou art God. psalm xc, |
-. Our minds are unable to grasp so |
stupendous a proposition, because of |
our limitations. But there are other
things which we cannot understand, vet
cannot deny. For instance, we believe !
that space is endless, but we cannot /
understand how we could go on and on !
Tor yer and never reach the limits of
space. Then, IN the other hand, nei-
ther can we comprehend a limit to
space that we could 60 on and on and
then come to a fence or some other
stopping place, beyond which there
would be no space.
God is a person. We quote from
Standard Dictionary the following:
Any being having life, intelligence.
viii, and separate existence; distin-
guished rom an irrational brute, an
lnalimate thing"
= We conceive of the Deity as an act
VA existence, an infinite being, whom
by the analogy of language we term
person.
All ~reconize mar as a person. The
Scriptures state that God created man
IN his W image and likeness. --Gene-
Sis |, q; therefore God must be a
person.
ITS. Where is Heaven? Is it a
Place or a Condition?
Answer. The Bible indirectly ex-
rlains the location of Heaven, assuring
US that none except the spirit-begotten
could clearly understand the explana-
ton. Jesus said, eff l have told you
earthly things, and We believe not, how
shall we believe if l tell you heavenly
things?"--John 3:12. Heaven is a place,
however. We read, Heaven is my
throne, and the earth is my footstool."
Isaiah Xvi, /. Gods throne, in the
sense of his power, extends through
out the Universe; but since he is a per-
son, he must have a central point of
presence and government. The group
of stars called Pleiades. to the north of
the heavens, is-we think wisely-con-
Government; for it has been ascer-
a. thdt AL ZIG heavenly OOOlCo,
great and small, are gradually ~circling
about that central point.
1t is proper, also, to speak of the
heavenly or spirit condition as distinct
from any earthly, or human condition.
The word ''heaven" signifies that
which is high, or exalted.
Likewise, we observe that the earth
and the planets revolving around the
sun form our solar system. AS cor
roborating this thought, see Job x
viii, 81.
179.-How do we know that the
Christian religion is the true one when
there are so many more adherents of
Buddhism and other heather religions?
Answer. Numbers are not an evi.
dence of right and truth at the present
time, but the reverse. The Lord speaks
of his people as a ''little flock" includ-
ing not many great nor rich nor noble.
One of the evidences against heathen-
ism in it's various forms is in it's in
ability to satisfy. St. Paul tells US that
their gods are devils and not GODS Il.
Corinthians x, 20. Their worship is
that of fear and not of love. There is
no God of love in the world except the
one God of the Bible. All Others are
mighty, cunning, ferocious, but all
loveless, pittiless, implacable. Alas,
that 81 many Christians have seen but
imperfectly the true God of the Bible!
Rightly seen, he and his gracious ar
rangements satisfy our longings as
nothing else could do.
130. The Bible declares that Gods
x,orly ic narfaar l la,,ta,r,n,n xvii;
a. How can We now harmonic this
with the fact that so many children are
Doln imperfect?
Answer. The first man, Adam, was
created perfect, with power to multi
ply.---Genesis i. 81, %. God does not
directly create a child any more than
he directly creates a kitten or a puppy.
He started the human organism per-
feet and gave it the spark of life with
power to transmit the same. All i'm
PROJECTIONS are the results of Father
Adams disobedience and its death pen
atty, which has affected us mentally,
morally and physically, as the Apostle
states, "Wherefore, as by one man,
sin entered into the world and death by
sin, and SO death passed upon all men,
for that all have sinned. Romans, v,
IL. Sin and death have worked great
havoc and married Gods image in us
all. 1t is manifest that an imperfect
father could not beget a perfect off
spring, and thus the Scripture de-
clares, Il was shapen in iniquity and
in sin did my mother conceive me-
Psalm Ii, 5. But God has made pro-
vision for the redemption of mar from
imperfection and death, through Christ
Jesus. who by 'the grace Of God tasted
death for every man. Hebrews ii, 8.
The loss of imperfection by mans dis
obedience and Gods provision for his
redemption through the merit of Christ
Jesus sacrifice, is clearly stated by
the Apostle that, Therefore, as by
the offense of one judgment came upon
all men to condemnation; ever so by
the righteousness of one, the free gift
came upon all men unto justification of
life. For as by one mans disobedi-
ence many were made sinners, SO by
| the obedience of ono shall many he