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Immensity & Infinity – Attributes of God[very similar to Omnipresence, which is a narrower concept] Definition: Absence of Limitation "His understanding" [is infinite] embraces everything there is to know. (Ps 147.5) He "inhabits eternity." (Isa 57.15) "Heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain" Him. (1 Kings 8:21) "He is not far from each one of us." (Acts 17.27) "Do I not fill heaven and earth?" (Jeremiah 23.24) "...such a one was caught up to the third heaven. ...heard
inexpressible words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter." (2 Cor 12:
2-4) A place unknown to just about everyone? Positive Definition: "He fills all that can be filled with all of Himself all the time." Negative Definition: "There is no place where He is not." Scriptures: 1 Kings 8:27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?Deuteronomy 10:14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD’S thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is. Psalms 113:4 The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. Psalm 139:7-16
Jeremiah 23:24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.2 Corinthians 12:2-4 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. 3 And I know such a man——whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows—— 4 how he was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. Psalms 90:8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. Proverbs 15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. 2 Chronicles 2:6 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him? 2 Chronicles 6:18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built! ULet them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. Isaiah 57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. Isaiah 66:1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? Daniel 4:35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? Ephesians 1:23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
Application to God’s Attribute of Immensity to Our Christian life and Prayer Life: God’s immensity is called an incommunicable attribute, that is an absolute or non-relative, not communicable. It is one that we cannot relate to, one that we cannot practice like the other communicable attributes: Truth, Justice, Holiness, etc. But there is still an application to this attribute. It has to do with the second commandment:
This is like ‘putting God in a Box!’ If I can encase God, He can be relegated to a place I am not, thus I am no longer accountable to Him! You say: What Do You mean? Well we do it after a sort at Christmas time: Jesus is just a baby in a manger. List some other ways:
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