12thSeptember
Kids’ Questions 3: Why can’t we see God?
Categories: Trinity, God the Father | 2009 | by Ken Horn | no commentsHow come we can’t see God?
Chimere, 9
First Timothy 1:17 gives us the direct answer to this: “Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen” (NIV).
God is invisible. But why is God invisible? Because “God is spirit” (John 4:24) and “a spirit does not have flesh and bones” (Luke 24:39, NKJV).
But Jesus, who is the Son of God and is God himself, did take on a physical body that could be seen. “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory …. No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father’s side, has made him known” (John 1:14,18, NIV).
So why can’t we see Jesus today? After His resurrection He returned to heaven and is with God the Father (1 Peter 3:22).
Ken Horn
