Many in Christendom think that God is some kind of nebulous spirit that is everywhere at once. The belief that God is omnipresent (everywhere at the same time) is sister to the doctrine that God has no body and is too great to understand. Romans 1:20 dispels this lie:
"For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; . . ." (Romans 1:20, KJV)
When speaking I have asked, "How many of you have seen the president?" Most hands go up. "In person?" I query. The hands go down.
What we have seen is an energy form, light, that comes from the TV. Unlike God, the president's body cannot generate visible light. So energy (light) from the studio lighting is bounced off the president's body and captured in the camera. It is there changed to electronic energy to be transmitted as radio wave energy to a satellite, etc. It is sent through the air, arrives at your TV and is transformed back to visible light for your eyes. And because these "radio waves" have "intelligence" on them, behold, the president is everywhere, in your home, across the street, in the next state, around the world. If you go in the TV section of Wal-Mart, the president might be in dozens of places! But the president is in one place. Now, like God ("sorta"), the president can generate an energy form called sound. Voice sound is the compression and rarefaction of air by the vocal chords. Like the video, this energy is changed at the microphone and transmitted to our TV. The president's image speaks. So God the Father is in one place at one time. But he is everywhere through the power of his spirit ("the power of the Most High"; Luke 1:35). But his spirit reaches out everywhere he wishes to send and receive "thought mail" and to do mighty works.
No, God is not everywhere at once, but in one place only. In fact, God does not appear to even have his eyes constantly watching every thought, choice and action that humans make. After He heard the 'cry' of Sodom and Gomorrah's sins (no doubt from angels telling him) he went down to the cities to see for himself if it was as bad as he had heard:
"And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know." (Genesis 18:20-21, KJV).
God the Father is one being in one place at one time. Jesus Christ, the same God kind, presently the only other member of the God Family, is one being in one place.
Written by: Bill Hillebrenner |
