Finding God

God is outside of time. He has no beginning or end. God is love. All goodness, wisdom, kindness, knowledge, and creativity come from Him.

He created everything we see and experience—time, matter, the universe, and us. He made us for a loving relationship with Himself. He designed us to function connected to Him, like an appliance works when it is connected to power.

He gave us free will so that we could choose to love Him, because love is only real when it is freely chosen. He designed us to live according to His guidance because He knows more than we do, and always will. Living His way is wisdom.

God loves us and came Himself to repair the damage.

Imagine a glass of pure spring water. If someone drops sewage into it, you wouldn't drink it, even if they added lots of clean water afterward. But if the water is purified, it becomes drinkable again. Like the water, we need purifying for the wrong we have done—to God, to ourselves, and to others—by living without His wisdom.

We get our sense of justice from God. No amount of good deeds can remove guilt; a penalty or punishment is required to bring justice.

So God came Himself. He entered the world through the womb of a virgin, was born as a child, grew up as a man called Jesus, lived without sin, and willingly allowed Himself to be killed as a substitute for you, me, and the whole world.

By doing this, Jesus became a gate—a way back into relationship with Himself. A way to be reconciled.

It may sound strange or too good to be true, but many have discovered it is real through life-changing experiences when they take Him at His word and trust Him.