Wednesday, June 9, 2010

3) On the Personal God as the Christian God

I feel rather unqualified to write this. Many better men before me have attempted to show that the greatest force in the universe is the Christian God, but most of their proofs are rather long. Strobel wrote several books, C.S. Lewis spent several dialogues on it, and I know for a fact that more have tried this. However, I will try to keep this proof rather short. Man, created by a personal force, displays characteristics of this force, just as an artist's works makes the man behind it evident, in some way. Among these characteristics are: Independence, Love, and Self preservation, among others. God is far less mannish than man, but man is a shadow of God. To look at man is to look at God as "Through a glass, darkly." Therefore, mans personality is only a slight reflection of God's person, but it is as good a proof of the Christian God as any. The reasons for this reflection, a the implications, will be discussed in my next notes.

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