WE often hear references to God, such as “God Bless” or “God Willing,” and we may even think we have understood what this means. However, have you stopped and thought about what the word “God” means? Or what He is? If you’re anything like me, you will be surprised when you read what the true Christian belief is:
God is the unique, infinite, eternal, unchanging, perfect, all-powerful, incomprehensible divine essence, substance, or nature which made all creation.
The word God for Christians refers to the substance which made, and from which comes all existence. So, what is this substance that makes up everything? God, Himself has revealed to humanity via Sacred Scripture what it is:
God is LOVE.
That’s right! and it’s fantastic! Think about it: all existence, everything that was, is, and will be, is made by, from, and for Love.
God is Love
Christians believe that God has been slowly revealing His nature or essence to humanity throughout the ages. When humankind was finally ready to begin understanding His true nature and begin participating in it, He explained to us His most intimate secret:
God is an eternal communion of love between three persons: The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
This love is the substance by which and from which all things exist. It comes from the eternal exchange of love from three distinct persons: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. And they are also constituted of this love.
These three persons that are made from their mutual love for each other, and from whose love all creation exists, is what we Christians refer to as the Trinity. It is also why we talk about God as “He” since we are referring to people and not just some abstract substance.
The Good News
Another word that we often overlook is the “Gospel.” It means “The Good News” and is Jesus Christ’s revelation to humanity and which Christians, His disciples or followers, are to announce to all humankind. What is this revelation? Well it is the good news that:
God wishes us to take part in His divine essence. To join with Him and be with Him for all eternity. And He has paid the price and given us the means for us to achieve it.
The divine essence from which all things exist, made up of the eternal exchange of love between three persons, wishes us to join them in this endless exchange of love and become part of their essence.
And here’s the best part: this gift is given to us freely, just because God, who is Love, wishes to love us for all eternity.
How do we obtain this gift? Just accept it and say with all your heart:
YES! I wish to be loved.
YES! I wish to devote my life and eternity to loving others.
YES! I wish to become love and open my heart to Him, who is Love.
YES! I wish to learn how to truly Love and let true Love come into my life.
That, beloved, is the Gospel! God loves us and desires for us to be well, to be a part of Him for all eternity, starting right NOW! That is what Christianity is about; it is The Road of personal transformation as we begin to leave our old selfish, damaged, defeated, and weak human nature and start to become the true essence of all creation:
LOVE
Are you ready to begin?
