Question:
Dear Greg,
A
good friend and I have a disagreement concerning the omnipresence of God.
He says God is not omnipresent and I say He is.
He gives as an example to prove his point that God does not live in the
heart of an evil man. I could not
answer his objection. Thanks for
any help you can offer me.
Sincerely,
Ron
Answer: Dear Ron,
The
Bible says that God is present everywhere at the same time.
He is not someplace at one time while he is not somewhere else.
He is omnipresent.
Your
friend notes that God does not co-exist with evil.
When the Bible speaks of God being omnipresent, it is speaking of one of
his attributes. Human actions or
attitudes—by created humans—do not modify of change attributes of the
eternal, uncreated God. Of course
God hates evil, and he is not “in” evil attitudes or actions, but our
actions and attitudes do not change any of his attributes.
In
Christ,
Greg
Albrecht