Can God Create A Stone - 2017 Words

I find God to be awesome! He is great, mighty, kind, gentle, strong, and worthy to be praised. He is omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient. He is the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end. He is the creator of all things. He is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. He is infinite for He has been, is, and will be. There is a lot to unpack when it comes to God. He is bigger than any problem we could ever face since He is all-powerful (omnipotent). This idea, however, has been brought up many times in my life to be contradicting. How so? If God is all-powerful and He can do anything then let me ask this question. â€Å"Can God create a stone which is too heavy for God to lift?† An interesting logical puzzle if you think†¦show more content†¦I thought about it a lot when I was younger, growing up in a Christian household and all. â€Å"Maybe God has some sort of multiple personality (dissociative identity) disorder and somehow God’s ide ntity is fragmented into these three distinct personalities we call the Trinity,† I would wonder. Well, my younger self was sort of on the right track. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are three distinct personalities, but they are all working together as one complex being. Of course, this could be a confusing matter for younger me or anyone who is not fully informed on the Trinity as it can be a hard concept to wrap your mind around. Let’s make it easier then. Imagine three people holding hands in a circle. They are all different people with their own distinct personalities, but they are joined together as one. Though a crude example, it does help us to see the rationality of the Trinity. The thing is, a simple version of God would not give justice to the profound and multifaceted witness to God in the Bible. It is easy to create something. However, it is hard to create something out of nothing†¦ actually it is impossible, at least for us finite beings. In order for something to exist, something had to exist before it, but what was the first â€Å"something.† In order to create something finite, something had to always exist. Only something that has always been – something infinite – could accomplish such a feat. God is that infinite! Nothing preexisted orShow MoreRelatedThe Doctrine Of The Faith1340 Words   |  6 PagesMavrodes begins by stating the doctrine of the faith, which is that God is omnipotent (capable of anything). 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