11/30/2023 – “The Infinity Solution” – Day 198 // “Book of Mysteries” devotional // Note – Today’s mission = Romans 12:2 // Comment – The memory of an unbelievable joy-filled witness.
FYI: Recall that each day of this book is a conversation between a “teacher” and a “student. Here is “The Infinity Solution”:
“We were sitting in the desert sand when I asked him a question. ‘God is one. And God is three. Mathematically speaking,’ I said, ‘I don’t see how it can work. One can never equal three and three can never equal one.’
At that, it was I who picked up a stick and began writing numbers in the sand. ‘One plus one plus one equals three, not one’.
‘And if it was divided by three?’ asked the teacher.
Again I wrote it out on the sand.
‘One divided by three equals one-third, not one.’
‘You’re right,’ he said. ‘It doesn’t work. How could it?’
‘I guess it can’t. So I should forget about trying to use equations.’
I lifted the stick to erase the numbers who his hand took hold of the stick.
‘I didn’t say that. You just used the wrong equation. God is infinite. You can’t use that which is finite to comprehend the infinite.’
The teacher then took the stick and pointed it to the first equation. Next to every number he inscribed the symbol for infinity.
‘Now, let’s try it again. One infinity plus one infinity plus one infinity equals three infinities. How big is three infinities?’
‘It’s infinite. It’s infinity. Three infinities equal one infinity … So three equals one.’
Then he pointed the stick to the second equation and did likewise, inserting again the symbol of infinity.
‘One infinity divided by three equals one-third infinity. And what is one-third of infinity and one infinity are likewise equal. So in the realm of God, the realm of the infinite, one does equal three and three equals one. You can never fit the infinite inside the finite, and you can never fit God inside of your understanding. If you could then He wouldn’t be God. Then your understanding would be God. But God, by definition, must be greater than your understanding. And this will set you free. You don’t have to figure out God. But there is a way that the finite can understand the infinite.’
‘How?’
‘Believe!’
The mission: Seek this day to live not limited by the limitations of your circumstances, problems, thoughts and ways. Live by faith beyond them. // 1 Kings 8:27; Isaiah 40:28; Romans 11:33
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Over a decade ago, my wife and I took a multi-week study at our church on: “The Muslim faith and how to witness to Muslims.” Within it, they emphasized early on not to bring up the Trinity up-front until you had developed a trusting relationship. Well, that was the one recommendation I wasn’t going to follow.
So, I had a joy filled extended work luncheon with a beloved married devout Muslim colleague of mine. We share our faiths. Just before we departed, I shared with him: “Khan, our Apostle Paul wrote that we Christians are either right or we are the most miserable people that ever walked on the planet. We can have a “uni-personal” all-powerful God, but not an “all-loving” uni-personal God, for love by definition requires more than one person. Three persons – One God, a perfect unfathomable loving relationship throughout eternity. Perfect love is unfathomable to us, just as God’s power is unfathomable to us. So, what if we’re right and those who reject this unfathomable Truth miss out on perfect love for an eternity? Khan had a momentary reflective look. And, I am still praying for him and his family to this very day as I haven’t seen him since. (It is an automatic every time I share this story) I don’t even know where they are or how they can be reached. Just believe!
Soli Deo Gloria!