The Paradoxes of God

by Floyd Chappalear
via Sentry Magazine, Vol. 18 No. 1, 31 March 1992

A paradox is that which seems contradictory in fact or experience; hence, unbelievable.

There are some profound paradoxes associated with God. For instance,

• God is sovereign, yet man has free will.
• Jesus was human, while remaining Deity.
• Man is saved only by faith, yet must work out his own salvation with fear and trembling.
• God requires his people to be sinless, although He accepts them despite their imperfection.

The sectarian mind can accept only one side of each of the equations. It is this sectarian mindset that leads to religious division. That is true now; it was true 2,000 years ago. The mind of faith, however, accepts all that God says on any subject and proceeds accordingly. He will not try to get God’s paradoxes to fit man’s limited knowledge and experience. Indeed, he freely accepts that there are deep things of God which belong only to Him and will not reject God merely because of his refusal to accept one of God’s paradoxes.

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