Why did god create the tree of good and evil if he knew adam and eve would eat from it. Did god send the coronavirus as a biblical plague from. Choose a few items from around the house and ask your kids, where did this come from and who made this. If god created everything, how did he come to exist. Therefore, to ask where god came from is to ask a question that cannot really be applied to god in the first place. However, if we apply this reasoning forever into the past, we must accept a logical requirement. The following information on the origin of the word god will help to. Where did the word god specifically in god form come. These men were inspired by god through the holy spirit working in their hearts. The word religion comes from the latin religio, which means to unite or to unite oneself with the supreme. The development of the concept of god through the ages. This is our fathers wisdom and his plan of salvation for man. But if something does have to existif it is a necessary being, like godthen it does not need a further explanation.
Before that, god was simply existing and time had no meaning except conceptually, no relation to him. Thank you for your questionand i hope you will always want to know more about god. We come to know god the father through our relationship with jesus, and our father is everlasting. Stephen hawking says universe not created by god stephen. There were about 40 different writers over a very long time who wrote the bible. But if something does have to existif it is a necessary being, like godthen it does not need a further explanation the things we perceive in the universe, including space and time themselves, appear to have had a beginning, and so they need a causea reason why they. Most everyone knows the christians response to this question. God is before time, god is before space, god is before matter material or substance. From an epistemological standpoint, all believers are marginalized in this world. God knew that we would make mistakes, so he chose jesus to come to earth and suffer for our sins. Although atheists may think that this answer is unscientific and merely an attempt to avoid the question, in truth, observation and reason declare otherwise.
Everything else has its origin in something else and exists because that something brought it into existence. Trace the origin of each item to the very inception of it. The answer to the question, where did god come from. Dont we have to assume that if there is god, then there must have been something before him that created him.
Like virtually all words that are ever spoken, the ancestral form of god was not consciously invented. In islam, god is transcendent and does not resemble any of his creations in. He did not work himself up into a position to be god neither did he inherit the position from his parents, for he had no parentsno mother, no father. Join eric lyons as he logically and succinctly responds to this frequently asked question. Many other verses from the new testament tell us that god was acting before time began, and so, he created time, along with the other dimensions of our universe. It goes back to an indoeuropean root ghutos which itself comes from a verb gheu invoke, pour out. A common argument from atheists and skeptics is that if all things need a cause, then god must also need a cause. The preincarnate christ was intimately united with the father, so as to partake of his glory and to be. He has no origin like all other created things because he is the origin of all things. The abrahamic god in this sense is the conception of god that remains a common attribute of all three traditions. The godhead has always existed and did not come from anywhere else. God is further held to have the properties of holiness, justice, omnibenevolence and omnipresence. Although atheists may think that this answer is unscientific and merely an attempt to avoid the question, in. In the same way, if something doesnt have to exist, then we need an explanation for why it does exist.
They were from many different life styleslike a doctor, a farmer, and even a fisherman. God is conceived of as eternal, omnipotent, omniscient and as the creator of the universe. Im sure you can tell me where god came from alright go ahead alright your question where did god come from assumes that youre thinking of the wrong obviously it displays that youre thinking of the wrong god because the god of the bible is not affected by time space or matter if hes if hes affected. I am confused being for the soffit and consistent and being very honest person.
Satan despises humans, who were created in gods image. God does not change, he does not move, and he didnt come from somewhere hebrews. One of the most common questions an atheist may try to pose to a christian is, where did god come from. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically. People continue to ask ageold questions about the origin of god. It was jesus who spoke things into existence and who dealt with the patriarchs from adam through isaac and then with children of israel. Webster s new collegiate dictionary says that the origin of the word god comes from a germanic word gad, pronounced as gohdt. In this regard, some have called god the causeless cause. When habakkuk states, god came from teman, he speaks of god as appearing out of the east. Jul 17, 2016 why did god create the tree of good and evil if he knew adam and eve would eat from it. If something or someone created him then not only does it mean he is not deity by most peoples definition, but it also begs still.
Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the father comes to me. A comparative survey of churches and religions ad 30 to 2200, there are 19 major world religions which are subdivided into a total of 270 large faith groups, and many. The psalmist wrote even from everlasting to everlasting you are god. This article will endeavor to discuss the origins of the word god, answer the question of who created god or where he came from, cover gods omnipotence and omniscience, and how we can know god is really there. No matter what theory anyone tries to teach, there always has to be something or someone that was there when it all started. Jesuss sacrifice allows us to be forgiven and cleansed of our sins so we can live with god again someday. To reconstruct the journey from one to the other, we need to push our imaginations into a place thats profoundly unfamiliar.
The conclusion is that if god needed a cause, then god is not god and if god is not god, then of course there is no god. We dont exactly know what the fullness of time refers to, but god has allowed us these few hints. Yet theres a big difference between sensing god in nature, as thales and his successors did, and positing a god who stands above nature, as the god of faith does. There is nothing in the bible that says god the father is a created being or that he made jesus christ. In the new work, the grand design, professor stephen hawking argues that. I would assume that if mazal gad then we could have a pretty good indication of where the word god came from. Imagine living in the stone age when some people around you got appendicitis and for no apparent reason, sickened and died within a day or two. This powerful talk by ken ham teaches christians the right way to defend their faith when they discuss creation vs.
Aug 15, 2017 like virtually all words that are ever spoken, the ancestral form of god was not consciously invented. The laws or commandments of gods kingdom do more than just prohibit wrong behavior. As for observing the passover one of gods commanded observances in both the old and new testaments, god said, and when a stranger dwells with you and wants to keep the passover to the lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it. God loves you and wants to help you and be your friend every day of your life. And because god is spirit, god is sinless, and god is love, the godhead has been able to exist from eternity. According to david barrett et al, editors of the world christian encyclopedia. The english word for god has become a source of confusion for christians since at least the anglosaxon era. Since god created, all creation can point to a place of beginning. If i could fit the infinite god in my three pound brain, he would not be worth worshipping, thats for certain. Does god exist six reasons to believe that god is really. And leah said, the good mazal astrological sign luck has come. Even the universethe stars, the galaxies, even the atoms you cant see that make up everything in the world. Say everything we have is made out of something and had a creator.
The fact that god is eternal is stressed in the bible. I know thats hard for us to understand, because everything we see around us had a beginning. When it comes to the possibility of god s existence, the bible says that there are people who have seen sufficient evidence, but they have suppressed the truth about god. In the beginning, god created the heavens and the earth genesis 1. For more than 50 years i have asked myself these questions and asked god for. God gave adam and eve dominion over the earth genesis 1. The germanic words for god were originally neuterapplying to both. The origin of the word god linguistics stack exchange. Another approach is that god and possibly gods creators came into being at some point, before he then created the universe. When the lord jesus came as israels messiah, he informed the nation israel that many who thought themselves to be the people of god were mistaken.
What does it mean that god came from teman habakkuk 3. In monotheistic thought, god is conceived of as the supreme being, creator deity, and principal object of faith. Unlike human governments, which come and go, gods kingdom will never be brought to ruin. My mommy said i ought to ask you, because youd know the answer. Anyone who does what god requires can be a subject of gods kingdom, without regard for ancestry or birthplace. The incarnation of jesus christ god became a human in jesus christ. God did not create the universe, the man who is arguably britains most famous living scientist says in a forthcoming book. Adherents of different religions generally disagree as to how to best worship. It seems like thousands of years ago when people were much less educated the bible was created for the control of the weak minded and if you asked to many questions then you. Who, being in the form of god, did not consider it robbery to be equal with god, but made himself of no reputation, taking the form of a servant, and coming in the likeness of humanity philippians 2. Im sure you can tell me where god came from alright go ahead alright your question where did god come from assumes that youre thinking of the wrong obviously it displays that youre thinking of the wrong god because the god of the bible is not affected by time space or matter if hes if hes affected by time. When they sinned, they lost this dominion to satan romans 6. These questions dont come up with respect to god because there is not only no evidence that god had a beginning, or is dependent on something for its existence, or is conditioned by time.
Indeed, as noted above, there must be at least one beingand only one being i. In monotheistic thought, god is conceived of as the supreme being, creator deity, and principal. The word angel means messenger so it probably comes as no surprise that there are many times in scripture where god. The english word itself is derived from the protogermanic gudan. Only a godhead based on love could always have existed.
Teman was a city or region in southern edom, to the east of israel genesis 36. The view regarding god that is set forth consistently in the bible is this. God is, by definition, that being from which everything else came but who himself came from nothing else. Our finite minds find it hard to comprehend that before the universe was created, god existed alone. We get older, not younger, and we cannot repeat the minutes that have passed us by. If god supposedly created everything, then who made god. Since god is from everlasting, this is not necessary. I explain how an eternal god with no beginning could have come into existence and still be eternal with no beginning, as a newly alive eternal god. God offers his pure and selfless love through the use of his angels. God is usually conceived as being omniscient allknowing, omnipotent allpowerful, omnipresent allpresent and as having an eternal and necessary existence. May 17, 2011 in the beginning, god created the heavens and the earth genesis 1. A comparative survey of churches and religions ad 30 to 2200, there are 19 major world religions which are subdivided into a total of 270 large faith groups.
Josh mcdowell ministry was founded by noted apologist josh mcdowell, author of evidence that demands a verdict. But how could there to be a point at which something began to exist, where before there was nothing. Most striking, god did not wait around until things looked right. However, it does mean that god is the source of his own being. Contrary to widespread belief, satans headquarters is the earth, not hell. For god did not send the son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him but see john 9. When ever you ask to many questions they say have faith in god which sounds like your dad saying just trust me without explaining anything at all. Introduction today, as in the history of the ages, many claim to be numbered among the people of god. Godthat does not have a beginning, is not dependent on anything for. God was sending his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin romans 8. The god that i worship is not limited by time, space or matter.