Posted by Rob on April 22, 2003 at 10:53:37:
I had a friend of mine ask me today, "How can you know God?". I talked with him further about it and I was kind of stumped. All it did was make me ask questions myself, sort of like the one I posted the other day. I returned his quesiton with the thought that Jesus calls us his friend, which would make him accessible, able to be known. I thought, then asked him what it was like to know his own friends or family. He said that was different because you can see your friends and family. True, you can see them.
Man, then I thought about the incomprehensibility of God. It's like a huge paradox. God calls us to "reason together" (as friends?) with him in Isaiah. Reason together with God? How?
Isn't that like an ant reasoning with the entomologist? How does the ant know the scientist?
I know Jesus died for our sins and rose again so we can commune with God again, but how does that enable us to know Him? People say that you get "saved" by hearing the Word of God. How does a blind person know how to receive sight (spiritually speaking) in order to see the salvation of God, and in turn ask for it?
I guess this would be like the entomologist giving the ant his "being" in order to have the ant see him for what he is, huh? I don't know. It's a terrible anology, I'm sure but it's all I could think of.
My friend and I agreed to continue the conversation at a later time, when there was more time available to mull this over and really talk about it. In the meantime I thought I would share it with you all and see if I could get some "alter-perspectives". I think I just made up a new compound word...
Later. Rob.