2006-11-15 05:49:24 · 23 answers · asked by theodore1704 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Bible says He is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end... so He has always been....
2006-11-15 05:51:52 · answer #1 · answered by BUTTERFLY 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
God was not created; He is the creator.
John 1:1-15 (New Living Translation)
John 1
Prologue: Christ, the Eternal Word
1 In the beginning the Word already existed.
The Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
2 He existed in the beginning with God.
3 God created everything through him,
and nothing was created except through him.
4 The Word gave life to everything that was created,[a]
and his life brought light to everyone.
5 The light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness can never extinguish it.[b]
6 God sent a man, John the Baptist,[c] 7 to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony. 8 John himself was not the light; he was simply a witness to tell about the light. 9 The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
10 He came into the very world he created, but the world didn’t recognize him. 11 He came to his own people, and even they rejected him. 12 But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. 13 They are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God.
14 So the Word became human[d] and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness.[e] And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.
2006-11-15 05:59:20 · answer #2 · answered by Salvation is a gift, Eph 2:8-9 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Who made God?"
To one who examines the evidence, there can be no doubt that God exists. Every building has a builder. Everything made has a maker. The fact of the existence of the Creator is axiomatic (self-evident). That’s why the Bible says, "The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God’" (Psalm 14:1). The professing atheist denies the common sense given to him by God, and defends his belief by thinking that the question "Who made God?" can’t be answered. This, he thinks, gives him license to deny the existence of God.
The question of who made God can be answered by simply looking at space and asking, "Does space have an end?" Obviously, it doesn’t. If there is a brick wall with "The End" written on it, the question arises, "What is behind the brick wall?" Strain the mind though it may, we have to believe (have faith) that space has no beginning and no end. The same applies with God. He has no beginning and no end. He is eternal.
The Bible also informs us that time is a dimension that God created, into which man was subjected. It even tells us that one day time will no longer exist. That will be called "eternity." God Himself dwells outside of the dimension He created (2 Timothy 1:9, Titus 1:2). He dwells in eternity and is not subject to time. God spoke history before it came into being. He can move through time as a man flips through a history book.
Because we live in the dimension of time, logic and reason demand that everything must have a beginning and an end. We can understand the concept of God’s eternal nature the same way we understand the concept of space having no beginning and end—by faith. We simply have to believe they are so, even though such thoughts put a strain on our distinctly insufficient cerebrums.
2006-11-15 05:56:04 · answer #3 · answered by Derek B 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No one! God always was and always will be. God stands outside of time.
I don't know if you can wrap your mind around this because I can't. I find it very difficult to grasp eternity.
As great as my imagination is I cannot conceive of an entity so powerful that He has no beginning and no end.
But then He is GOD I'm not.
2006-11-15 05:55:57 · answer #4 · answered by the old dog 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Youve got it backwards - man created God...
But you are correct in your assumption that if life is so complex as to require a Creator, then that Creator would, logically, be even more complex. And since complex beings need to be created, then this Creator would also require a creator as well. Thats just simple logic. But dont try using logic here - this is the brain dead masses...
2006-11-15 05:53:40 · answer #5 · answered by YDoncha_Blowme 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Flying Spaghetti Monster.
2006-11-15 05:52:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
A bigger and more powerful god! With sidefins and turbo chargers and a mohawk. He breathes fire and shats out thunderbolts and crushes worlds in his armpit. Oh, he created lots of gods to. He needed someone to bully.
I name this ubergod "Hank".
Who created Hank, you ask....? I did.
2006-11-15 06:00:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
God always was, is, and forever will be. God created the Universe and all that is in it.
2006-11-15 05:53:02 · answer #8 · answered by pooterilgatto 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
it's a sort of chicken and egg situation. god created man, but man also created god as a way of controling their communites.
2006-11-15 05:53:40 · answer #9 · answered by We Are Squirrel 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
man created the idea of god to help comfert people in hard times such as death or unexplained situations, people have just taken that idea too far.....
2006-11-15 05:52:19 · answer #10 · answered by Sgt Know It All 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Bible states that he is everlasting to everlasting. He is eternal. If you want the scriptures, read the glossary of the Bible that you have and look up the word in there and it will tell you what to look for.
2006-11-15 05:53:38 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋