God: Much Greater Than My Understanding

Despite the living example of my friend there remained in me the vestiges of my old prejudice. The word God still aroused a certain antipathy. When the thought was expressed that there might be a God personal to me this feeling was intensified. I didn't like the idea. I could go for such conceptions as Creative Intelligence, Universal Mind or Spirit of Nature but I resisted the thought of a Czar of the Heavens, however loving His sway might be. I have since talked with scores of men who felt the same way.

 

My friend suggested what then seemed a novel idea. He said, "Why don't you choose your own conception of God?" (AA. pg 12)

 

With all due respect.  .No, with no respect whatsoever to this wicked cult:

 

I do not want my conception of God. No way.

 

Every human being who dreams up any conception, will inevitably dream up a projection of one's parents, or some dumbed-up religious personification.

 

God is too good for any man to dream him up. Any conception of God will ultimately deify ourselves, and man makes a terrible god.

 

Consider these wonderful passages:

 

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." (Genesis 1: 1)

 

and how about:

 

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3: 16)

 

and then there's also:

 

"According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:" (Ephesians 1: 4)

 

How about these promises:

 

"15For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together." (Romans 8: 15-17)

 

Or what about:

 

"1Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 2Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 3And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure." (1 John 3: 1-3)

 

"Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world." (1 John 4: 17)