God is Philosophical. Demystify His Complexity and Simplify Your Service
Introduction
The complexity of God refers to the philosophical, theological, and psychological debates surrounding the nature of a supreme being. Perspectives range widely: many theologians argue for divine simplicity (that God is without physical or conceptual parts), while philosophers and observers often point to the staggering vastness of creation to infer a highly intricate and complex creator. Source- Redit.r/ DebateReligion
Making God Simpler
A complex person may be one you do not know yet. The moment you think this works for the person, the next moment, he reacts differently in another situation. You have to sit, observe the individual carefully then with time you can tell how he reacts to issues and how you can handle him.
When I ask a couple of Christians today, ‘who is God? I am not too sure of the answer I am going to get. But you are likely to hear things like, ‘God created this world, He lives in heaven or up there’ There are particular sects who doubt the existence of God and for that matter, they believe human beings emanated from the ape genealogy. These are human perceptions about God. We can only attempt to define who God is. However if you derive your knowledge of God by revelation or your personal understanding of Him, it is the best.
When we say someone is philosophical in our world today, it means the person is guided by some principles, he can be an originator of something, and he may have innovated a theory or methods by which things are done. For instance people have developed philosophies in the sciences, music etcetera. In the same way we must understand that God is a spirit and we can only relate with Him spiritually. You have to be spiritual to relate with God.
Again we have to understand that, God created this world on philosophies. The water bodies were created on the foundations that, they do not cross borders to where human beings are. So that a supernatural hand is keeping those waterbodies where they currently are. The sea can overflow it banks but not into town unless a supernatural force carries it. God in his anger can destroy a whole town with the sea. Remember the floods that came during Noah days that destroyed the sinful world? And sulfur and fire from heaven that destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah? This is how God can break his principles with nature when we go against Him.
What we cannot miss about God is the religious perception. When we mention God, our mind immediately goes to worship and church. For any other religion, it is the worship of their god. The Christian religion is centered on God. As Christians, we study who God is to strengthen our faith and arm ourselves with knowledge in defense of our faith. Going to the school of theology is doctrinal and scriptural that puts the believer at a certain level of authority in the Christian office.
Since God is a spirit, you have to be spiritual to relate with Him. If you switch out of the spirit, you could feel the absence of God and just like spiritual beings can appear and vanish, a physical being cannot understand the event if he remains in the physical realms. This is what begins the psychological battle. Accepting who God is can be psychological because you can feel Him around by His provision power. If you need something tomorrow and God does not answer, it is as if He does not exist. We need to tune up and be psychologically sound to understand this aspect of God’s complexity.
Human beings in their limited knowledge can question these aspects of God. Other sects have questioned Christians and Christians themselves have gotten into arguments, trying to make sense of their God. People have their perspective about God and like I mentioned in the opening paragraphs, your personal understanding of God is your greatest weapon as a Christian, not what someone tells you. You must have you own convincing opinion about your God. Remember, He is your God, not somebody else’s God. Do not allow people to tell you who God is. Know God by yourself.
To be able to make impact in your knowledge and relationship with God, make your Christian life simple. None of us can explain the mystery of sleeping and waking up. These things are so difficult to comprehend but they exist. It should move you into acknowledging God by thanking and praising him, being convicted to pick your bible and read. God will interpret Himself to you as you read. I have seen it many times. When you believe that, the bible is God’s manual by which He speaks to us, you will invite an atmosphere of solemnity whiles you study and the wind that blows around you can only be the wind of the Holy Ghost.
Forget about all the technical attributes of God. You don’t need to worry if God has legs or not. The most important thing is to reverence Him. Have the consciousness that, a supreme being exists that there is a mystery concerning your existence. This can shape you attitude towards God. If philosophers who are prone to creating disputes about God can be reasonable for a minute, take a critical look at creature and come to terms that, these creatures are unique and can only be brought to existence by a detailed individual, then you should be able to submit your will quickly to God.
