GOD
It is taken for granted by all theologians that God can neither suffer nor feel. There
is no such thing in the Word of God. TN19
It was said that order is heaven’s first law; surely variety is the second; for in all
God’s works, there is the most beautiful diversity. 175.82
The finite mind of man cannot constantly be occupied, if it is to engage in other
pursuits, with any one thought; but the gigantic mind of God can allow a million
trains of thought at once. He is not confined to thinking of one thing, or working out
one problem at a time. He is the great many-handed, many-eyed God, he doeth all
things, and meditateth upon all things, and worketh all things at the same time;
therefore he never is called away by any urgent business so that he can forget you. 512.307
Brethren, we have two faults. We do not think God to be so great as he is, and we do
not think God can be so little as he can be. We err on both sides, and neither know his
height of glory nor his depth of grace. 1519.79
It has been laid down by divines that God is impassable, and not capable of any form
of suffering. It may be so, but I fail to see scriptural authority for the statement. 1550.424
My dear hearers, you can divide yourselves without difficulty by this rule: Have you
a God, or have you none? If you have no God, what have you? If you have no God,
what good have you to expect? What, indeed, can be good to you? 1938.1
The God of the past has blotted out your sin, the God of the present makes all things
work for your good, the God of the future will never leave you nor forsake you. 1938.1
I dare say that we think that we magnify him, but in reality we belittle him with our
highest thoughts. 2020.233
I do not care a bit what men believe in, whether it be pantheism, or agnosticism, or
theism; if they have no personal God that hears and sees, they have, in fact, no God
at all. 2118.665
“He that planted the ear, shall he not hear?” Think of that argument for a little. Here
is a creature which has ears, and can hear. The God who created that being, can he
not hear? Has he given to his creature more than he has himself? Has he made a
creature which excels himself in essential faculties? Has he bestowed a sense which
he himself never had? How can it be? The God that makes a man with ears to hear,
must possess hearing himself. 2118.665
He can do anything that is right; but he cannot do a wrong thing. 2305.194
One single night of frost will destroy millions upon millions of creatures that were
happy and enjoyed life; and this is done by that God of whom we are often assured
that he cannot possibly punish sin, or put men to pain. But he does it. 2670.177
God is not the God of uniformity. There is a wondrous unity of plan and design in all
he does, but there is also an equally marvellous variety. 2829.206
Theologians lay it down as an axiom that God cannot suffer, but I am not sure that
they are right. I cannot understand God’s love to me, I cannot rejoice as I should in
his goodness to me unless I believe that the gift of his Son cost his heart divine and
awful pangs. I know that I am treading upon delicate ground, and that I am standing
where thick darkness gathers; but I am not certain that what theologians take for
granted is necessarily true. That God can do everything, I do believe; and that, if he
wills to suffer he can do so, I also believe. 3204.315
If we could understand God he would not be God, for it is a part of the nature of God
that he should be infinitely greater than any created mind. 3512.236