YOUR CREATOR - LEARN WHAT HE IS LIKE

"I myself shall cause all my goodness to pass before your face, and I will declare the name of Jehovah before you." -Exodus 33:19.



THE apostle John, writer of the last Bible book, recorded this profound declaration about the Creator:  "You are worthy, Jehovah, even our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power, because you created all things, and because of your will they existed and were created."  (Revelation 4:11)  As the preceding article established, the findings  of modern science often add to reasons for believing in the Creator of all things.

As important as it is to accept that the Creator exists, it is equally important to learn what he is like - that he is a real person, with a personality and ways that draw people to him.  To whatever extent you have done that, would it not be beneficial to get to know him better?  That does not require meeting him personally, in the sense that we meet other humans.

Jehovah is the Source of even the stars, our sin being just a medium-sized star.  Would you think of trying to have a close physical encounter with the sun?  Hardly! Most people are careful about even glancing at it or exposing their skin to its powerful rays for  a long time.  Its core temperature is some 15,000,000 degrees Celsius (27,000,000 degrees F)   Each second, this thermonuclear  furnace transforms some four million tons of mass into energy.  Just a fraction of it reaches  earth as heat and light, but that amount sustains all life here.  Those basic facts should impress us with the Creator's awesome power.  Well could Isaiah write about "the abundance of [the Creator's ] dynamic energy, he also being vigorous in power." -Isaiah 40:26. 


Next time: Conclusion of YOUR CREATOR - LEARN WHAT HE IS LIKE

The Watchtower, 1999