A Personal God
The mighty power that works through all nature and sustains
all things is not, as some men of science represent, merely an all-
pervading principle, an actuating energy. God is a spirit; yet He is a
personal being, for man was made in His image.
Nature is not God
God’s handiwork in nature is not God Himself in nature. The
things of nature are an expression of God’s character; by them we
may understand His love, His power, and His glory; but we are not to
regard nature as God. The artistic skill of human beings produces very
beautiful workmanship, things that delight the eye and these things
give us something of the idea of the designer; but the thing made is not
the man. It is not the work, but the workman, that is counted worthy
of honor. So, while nature is an expression of God’s thought, it is not
nature but the God of nature that is to be exalted.
“The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth,
These shall perish from the earth, and from under the
heavens.”
“The portion of Jacob is not like these;
For He is the former of all things.”
“He hath made the earth by His power,
He hath established the world by His wisdom,
And by His understanding hath He stretched out the heav-
ens.”
Jeremiah 10:11, 16, 12
, A.R.V.
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