Have you ever walked through one
of those funhouse mirror rooms at a carnival or fair? You step in front of one
mirror and suddenly you’re tall
and stretched out. You move to the next one and now you’re
short and wide. Another one makes your head look enormous and your legs look
tiny. It’s fun because we all know something
important: the mirror isn’t telling
the truth. It’s reflecting you, but
it’s a distorted image of who you
really are. The image looks real, but it’s not
accurate. And the only reason you know that is because you already have a clear
understanding of what you actually look like.
The same is true when it comes to
how we view God. There are many distorted views of God. Some are shaped by
culture. Some by experience. Some by pain. Some by how we were raised. And if
we don’t have a proper understanding of
who God truly is, we will accept the distortion as reality. We will believe
something about God that feels good, but isn’t true.
That’s why its so important that we view
God through the proper lens; through the lens that He has revealed about
Himself in Scripture.
When you think about God… what do
you think about?
Who is God to you?
Is He distant?
Is He strict?
Is He soft?
Is He disappointed?
Is He proud?
Is He involved?
Is He passive?
Is He watching?
Everyone in this room has a view of God. Some of that view has been
shaped by Scripture, but some of it has been shaped by upbringing, by personal
experiences, by moments of hurt, and by the culture we live in. Whether we
realize it or not, we all carry a picture of God in our minds, and that picture
influences the way we live every single day.
The truth is, your view of God will shape your life more than you
think. What you believe about God will determine how you respond to big and
small moment in you life. It impacts hoe you handle success, how you approach
obedience, how you deal with sin, how you treat others, how you pray, and even
how you worship. A.W. Tozer once said, “What comes
into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.”
Here’s
the danger: it is possible to believe in God and still believe the wrong things
about Him. It is possible to carry around a version of God in your mind that
does not match the God of Scripture. And if our view of God does not match the
truth of who He really is, our convictions will never be rock solid.
So before we talk about any other topic, we must settle who God is. Not who culture says He is. Not what He feels like. Not who we think He is. Not who we would prefer Him to be. But who He has revealed Himself to be.
1. God Is Supreme
Exodus 20:3 — “You shall have no other gods before Me.”
Supreme means no rival, no equal, no competitor, no
substitute.
When we say God is supreme, we mean He stands alone. There is no one beside Him
and no one above Him. He does not share authority. He does not co-rule. God
alone sits at the top, not because we voted Him there, not because culture
agreed on it, but because that is who He is by nature.
God is Uncreated
Psalm 90:2 reminds us, “From everlasting to everlasting, You are God.” Everything
has a beginning. Everything has been formed. Everything was brought into
existence. Everything, but God. He was not shaped, assembled, nor did he have a beginning. He does not evolve or
develop over time. He simply is.
God is Infinite
God has no limits. No boundaries contain Him. No measurement defines Him. He is
not confined by time, space, or human understanding. He does not grow in
knowledge or increase in power. He is not improving. He is not declining. He is
complete in Himself. His wisdom is limitless. His power is limitless. His
presence is limitless. That is what makes Him supreme — there is nothing beyond
Him and nothing outside of Him.
He is Unchanging
Malachi 3:6 says, “I the Lord do not change.” Culture shifts. Opinions
evolve. Generations reinterpret. But God does not adapt to trends. He does not
shift with public opinion. He does not adjust Himself to make Himself more
acceptable. His character is steady. His holiness is steady. His love is steady.
His truth is steady. What He was yesterday, He is today. What He is today, He
will be tomorrow. That stability is part of His supremacy.
He is Righteous
God does not look outside Himself to determine what is right. He is the
standard. He defines goodness. He defines justice. He defines truth. Morality
does not shape Him — He shapes morality. We do not evaluate Him by our
standards; our standards are evaluated by Him. When God speaks, right and wrong
are not up for debate. His nature is the measure of what is righteous.
2. God Is Good
Psalm 34:8 — “Oh,
taste and see that the Lord is good.”
It’s
one thing to say God is supreme — that He sits on the throne and answers to no
one. But it is another thing to know that the One who sits on that throne is
good. Authority without goodness would be terrifying. Power without goodness
would make us afraid. But the God who reigns is not harsh, unstable, or cruel.
His rule is not reckless. His leadership is not unpredictable. His heart is not
cold. His goodness means that His authority is safe.
He is Holy
Isaiah 6:3 — “Holy,
holy, holy is the Lord of hosts.”
God’s
holiness means He is perfectly pure. There is no corruption in Him. No
darkness. No moral flaw. He is completely set apart from sin. Because He is
holy, He hates sin — not because He is mean, but because He is pure. Sin is
destructive. Sin distorts what He created. Sin separates and wounds and
corrupts. God opposes sin because He is perfectly righteous. His hatred of sin
flows from His holiness, not from cruelty. It is the response of a perfectly
pure God to what destroys His creation.
He is Loving
1 John 4:8 — “God is love.”
This love is not sentimental. It is not shallow. It is
not conditional. It is sacrificial. God’s love moved Him toward us when we were far from Him.
His love sent Christ. His love absorbs cost. His love pursues the wandering and
restores the broken. God does not love because we are worthy; He loves because
it is His nature. His goodness is not passive kindness — it is active,
pursuing, redeeming love.
He is Just
Deuteronomy 32:4 — “All His ways are justice.”
God does not ignore evil. He does not look the other
way when wrong is done. He does not compromise righteousness to make life
easier. Justice is not something He occasionally exercises; it flows from who
He is. He will make all things right. He will judge perfectly. He will never
act unfairly. His justice assures us that evil does not have the final word.
God’s
goodness is not weakness. It is moral perfection. It means that everything He
does flows from a character that is holy, loving, and just at the same time.
So when life is confusing, when obedience costs
something, when prayers feel unanswered, when circumstances don’t make sense — you settle this: God is still good.
Not because everything feels good. Not because everything is easy. But because His character has not changed. And if His character is good, then even when you don’t understand His ways, you can trust His heart.
3. God Is Sovereign
Isaiah 46:9–10 — “I am God, and there is no other… declaring
the end from the beginning.”
God is sovereign. That means He rules. He governs. He
is not reacting to history — He is directing it. He does not respond in panic.
He does not adjust in surprise. He declares the end from the beginning. Before
anything unfolds, He already sees it clearly. Sovereignty means that nothing
ultimately escapes His authority.
And He can rule because of who He is.
He is All-Powerful
Jeremiah 32:17 reminds us, “Nothing is too hard for You.”
There is no force stronger than Him. No storm
overwhelms Him. No enemy intimidates Him. No circumstance limits Him. He is not
trying His best — He is limitless in power. Once God puts something into
motion, nothing or no one can prevent it. God is not theoretically sovereign,
He infinitely sovereign.
He is All-Knowing
Psalm 147:5 says, “His understanding is infinite.”
God does not guess. He does not learn. He does not
gather information. He is never caught off guard. He sees every detail — every
motive, every event, every outcome. He knows your past fully. He knows your
present completely. He knows your future perfectly. His sovereignty is not
blind control; it is wise and informed rule.
He is All-Present
Psalm 139:7–10 declares that there is nowhere we can go to escape His presence.
You cannot outrun Him.
You cannot hide from Him.
You cannot escape His presence.
He is present in the valley and on the mountain. He is
present in the waiting and in the breakthrough. He is present in suffering and
in celebration. His sovereignty is not distant oversight; it is near
involvement. He is not ruling from afar — He is present within the story.
That means something incredibly important.
Nothing in your life is hidden from God.
Nothing catches Him off guard.
No time in your life where God is not with you.
He is always with you.
He will never leave you.
God is sovereign.
4. God Is Worth Trusting
When you combine everything we’ve just said — uncreated, infinite, unchanging, righteous, holy, loving, just, all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-present — you are left with a God whose character cannot fail. Every attribute supports the others. His power is guided by His holiness. His justice is shaped by His love. His sovereignty is grounded in His wisdom. There is no flaw in Him, no instability in Him, no weakness in Him.
Proverbs 3:5 — “Trust in the Lord with all your heart.”
God is worthy of your trust in Him. God commands us to
trust in Him with all of our heart. There is not another person nor any other
thing that is more worthy of our trust than Him. You can search the entire
world for eternity long and find, that there is none like the Lord.
While He is worthy of your praise, the question is have you trusted Him with your whole life? God wants more than your Sundays and Wednesdays, He wants more than your bedight and before a meal prayers. God wants your heart.
Does my view of God match the God of scripture?
Let us stand rock solid in our
convictions when it comes to the one true God.
