Part Three: What is God?

We have discussed who God is, why we need him, how he fulfills our needs, and the traits of God. However, we have left out what God is. This answer can get muddy with philosophical jargon and human hypothesizing. However, as promised, I am going to keep this simple. God is, to put it simply, a spirit. This may not be the mind-blowing answer for which you are looking; however, it is the answer you want. Allow me to explain.

If we humans could neatly describe what God is like, we can in the natural sciences with animals, he would cease to be God. If he is above us, then we cannot understand him. He is, by definition, alien to us. He is upstairs, and we are downstairs. If a biologist could conjure up the cure for all cancer at this exact moment and simultaneously understand, propose, and begin the development of the cure for cancer in a global manner, he would. But, if you ask a biologist to do this right now, he would say it is impossible. It is similar for us with God. We cannot, with our current human limitations, understand what God is. It is simply not possible.

Before the atom was discovered, scientists never dreamt of the atom. They believed that everything was held together by this “thing.” The idea of an atom had not been thought of and, therefore, was alien to us. So, it is with God. To define him right now is impossible, but one day, when our souls are released from their mortal bounds, we will understand what “spirit” means. For now, however, we must restrain ourselves with the truth that until that day, we can only know that God is a spirit.

If God is a spirit, you might say what is the difference between his spirit and my spirit once mine is unleased from mortal bounds? This is folly. God is the only uncreated, all-powerful spirit. It would be in the minds only of the mystic to imagine that we somehow become all-powerful Gods at death. One can believe what he wants, but this logic is not cogent.