God Is More Than Good!

 In the Christian Worldview God is goodness in its full form. God is truth. God is beauty. When we experience these immanent qualities of God in our lives we are experiencing God, but not all of who God is−only a reflection or echo of him. God’s goodness, truth and beauty is outside of his creation and cannot be fully grasped by his creation.

Isaiah 55:8-9 says, “’For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways," declares the LORD. "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” This verse is consistent with the biblical theme of the transcendence of God. He is higher, greater, and more than what humanity can know. Humanity has limitations and boundaries, God transcends the boundaries of human limitations. God’s thoughts are higher than humanity's thoughts and his ways are higher than humanity's ways because he is outside of the confines that humanity experiences as part of the creation order−he stands distinct as a creator.

God’s immanence and his transcendence are both reasons for humanity to worship him. Humanity worships the immanence of God because the creator God of the universe has made Himself knowable to humanity. Humanity worships God the transcendent God because they understand that he is the creator and sustainer of the universe- the originator of life and ever good gift−and that he is bigger and greater than anything they will ever have the ability to comprehend.

Grand Canyon University.