God is Knowable

I recently had an interesting conversation with a young woman who thought the Church was too restricting on how she defines god. She has a philosophy of the far east, where god is spirit, and therefore could not be defined at all. She thought it presumptuous of christians to claim to know God. I find the opposite to be true.

We, as christians humble ourselves enough to listen to God when He reveals Himself to us. We listen to Him, and do not demand that He fit in a box that we expect Him to fit in. Or maybe anything is fine except what we do not want Him to be and confine Him that way. We cannot put stipulations on God and how He chooses to reveal Himself. God is so great, He is not demeaned by coming in our likeness, in human form. God is bigger than that. He chose to reveal Himself to us. He revealed and reveals Himself in Sacred Scripture. Many people think of God as some nebulus thing out there. Maybe we acknowledge some sort of person out there. As if God is subjective. He is whatever we want him to be. What you beleive is what you believe and what I believe is what I believe and it does not really matter. What it comes down to is that God is not a reality; the "belief" that he exists is just there to make me feel good. Religion and reality become opposites.

However, when push comes to shove, what will happen when I meet troubled times? If God really is not there anyways, how can that help me or anybody? The subjective god will eventually lead to despair and hopelessness. But thanks be to God, He does exist.
He did come among us as a man and truly died on the cross for us. With a subjective god, he does not have a face you can count on. But in Christianity He does have a face, and you can get to know Him, not just about Him. Just like you and I, He has likes and dislikes.
There are things that He is pleased with and things that offend HIm. If you hate Johnny Cash and I go about proclaiming that you think Johnny Cash is the best vocalist ever, you are probibly going to be offended. Why? Bacause it is not the truth about you. Just as you have an objective reality about your person, so does God have an objective reality about His three persons; Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

If we want to get to know Him, we have to know Him as He truly is, not a false notion of Him. No relationship can last that way. Though coming to this reality for many can be a scary thing, you will be surprised of how wonderful Jesus really is.