GOD IS SELF-EXISTENT AND ETERNAL
GOD IS SELF-EXISTENT AND ETERNAL – Before anything was made, God already was.
There was no time, no space, no matter, nothing existed except God Himself. He is the beginning of all things and needs nothing outside Himself to exist. He is eternal, without beginning and without end (Nehemiah 9:5; Psalm 90:2). He is the only God Who truly is (Isaiah 43:10). His power has no limit, His wisdom has no boundary (Isaiah 40:28; Job 12:13), and above all, His very nature is love and peace (1 John 4:8, 16). From all eternity, God has existed as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, one God in three Persons. The Word that was with God and was God became the Son, Jesus Christ (John 1:1-2, 14). The Wisdom and Spirit of God has always been the Holy Spirit (Proverbs 8:22-30; Genesis 1:2).
Long before the first angel or the first star, the Father loved the Son, the Son glorified the Father, and the Spirit filled and moved in perfect fellowship. This is the God we worship, the only One worthy of all honor.
WHAT TRUE FAITH LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE BELIEVE IN THIS GOD
Believing in God is never only words or thoughts. True faith changes the way we live every day. Because God has shown us Who He is, our lives must show that we really believe it.
God is Light: Therefore His children must walk as children of light (Ephesians 5:8), as an example for the world. We must live in a way that clearly shows what is good and what is evil. People who do not know God should be able to look at our lives and see the difference. When God calls us to live purely and honestly, it is His way of testing whether we truly believe He is Light.
God is the First and the Only: Therefore He must have the first place in our lives. If we say “God is first” but money, success, pleasure, or another person actually rules our time and heart, then our faith is not real. Jesus said, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment” (Matthew 22:37-38). Anything less is not true faith.
God is Almighty: Therefore His children must learn to control themselves by His power. Anger, wrong desires, lazy habits, careless words, these things should grow weaker in us because God’s strength lives in us. Paul wrote, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13). When we keep giving in to sin, we are living as if God is weak.
God is Love: Therefore His children must love the way He loves. We do not love only people who are easy to love. We love our enemies, we forgive those who hurt us, we give even when it costs us—this is the love that comes from God (1 John 4:7-11). Love that follows human feelings and human rules is not the love of God.
In other words, the same qualities that belong to God from eternity must begin to appear in the daily lives of His children. If they do not appear, we are not yet believing in the true God, we are only believing in an idea about God. May the Holy Spirit help every believer to look honestly at his or her life and ask: Does my way of living prove that I truly believe God is eternal, almighty, light, and love? If the answer is not yet clear, today is the day to turn to Him, ask for His power, and start living the truth we say we believe.
(to be continued)