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A Personal God, February 3
God ... hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son... ; who
being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his
person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when
he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of
the Majesty on high.
Hebrews 1:1-3
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God is a Spirit; yet He is a personal being; for so He has revealed
Himself.
As a personal being, God has revealed Himself in His Son. The
outshining of the Father’s glory, “and the express image of his person,”
Jesus, as a personal Saviour, came to the world. As a personal Saviour
He ascended on high. As a personal Saviour He intercedes in the
heavenly courts.
I saw a throne, and on it sat the Father and the Son. I gazed on
Jesus’ countenance and admired His lovely person. The Father’s person
I could not behold, for a cloud of glorious light covered Him. I asked
Jesus if His Father had a form like Himself. He said He had, but I could
not behold it, for said He, “If you should once behold the glory of His
person, you would cease to exist.”
The theory that God is an essence pervading all nature is received
by many who profess to believe the Scriptures; but, however beautifully
clothed, this theory is a most dangerous deception.... If God is an essence
pervading all nature, then He dwells in all men; and in order to attain
holiness, man has only to develop the power within him. These theories
[pantheism, etc.], followed to their logical conclusion, ... do away with
the necessity for the atonement and make man his own savior.... Those
who accept them are in great danger of being led finally to look upon
the whole Bible as a fiction....
The revelation of Himself that God has given in His Word is for our
study. This we may seek to understand. But beyond this we are not to
penetrate.... None are to indulge in speculation regarding His nature.
Here silence is eloquence. The Omniscient One is above discussion.
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