Attributes of God: God is Infinite
Psalm 90:2
[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“People can obtain a knowledge that God exists, and a knowledge of some of his attributes, simply from observation, simply from observation of themselves and the world around . . . To look at the sky is to see evidence of the infinite power, wisdom, and even beauty of God: it is to observe a majestic witness to the glory of God.” – Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology[/perfectpullquote]When the Bible speaks of the infinity of God, it means that He has no limits. We can consider His infinity in that He is not limited to either space or time.1 The psalmist declares the infinite character of God Psalm 90, when he writes, “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.” (90:2) In Psalm 147 the writer speaks to the infinite understanding of God, “Great is our Lord and abundant in strength; His understanding is infinite.” (147:5)
This attribute of God is so reassuring for all of us. Why? Because knowing that we have a God that is not limited by time and space reveals a part of His nature that clues us in that we are never alone. In Deuteronomy 31, the record of Moses’ final sermon preparing the people of Israel for Joshua to take the mantle of leadership, Moses tells the people to, “Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.” (31:6) Moses could say this with confidence because he knew God intimately and that he would never forsake his people. The writer of Hebrews picks up this theme when he tells the new believers in crisis the same thing. He expands the theme to the infinite nature of Jesus when he says, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” (Hebrews 13:8)
In the first chapter of Revelation, John records the words of the Lord, “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”(1:8) These titles emphasize that God and Christ are eternally and totally sovereign over history. 2
In Habakkuk 1 we see a question that we must answer for ourselves: “Are you not from everlasting, O Lord my God, my Holy One?” (1:12) This is a question concerning God’s infinite nature. We must answer this question in the affirmative as believers in Jesus. It is amazing when you think that Jesus, as the “infinite” word became flesh and lived on planet earth. Taking the form of a servant submitting himself to the will of God that led to death on a cross. Now he sits at the right hand of the Father in his infinite glory. The Psalmist comes the closest to describing the uniqueness of our relationship with our infinite God when he writes in Psalm 8:3-5, “When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.”
What glorious truths for every believer as we live in relationship with our infinite God!
-Pastor Chuck
1 “In What Sense Is God Infinite?” by Don Stewart. Found at https://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/don_stewart/don_stewart_358.cfm (accessed July 9, 2020)
2 NIV Biblical Theological Study Bible, Revelation 1:8, note.