GOD IS WITHOUT EXPLANATION

 

 

Don’t try to explain why God is the way He is. He is beyond explanation. Why? Because He has no cause, He just IS, and we must accept that about Him. (He even says about Himself, “I am that I am!”

 

But why cannot He do better than that? We ask question like, “If God is omnipotent, why did He require the death of His Son in order to forgive.” The answer is simple—He acts within the confines of His character which requires a propitiation or an adequate payment to satisfies His righteous character.

Why can we not explain this? Explanations are always a matter of identifying antecedent causes for why something is the way it is. We explain rainfall in terms of clouds containing moisture taken up by evaporation and climatic conditions. However, such things cannot apply to an eternal uncaused Being. Therefore, we have no alternative but to accept Him as He has revealed Himself.