“We serve an infinite God” by Mark Jones
“The doctrine of God’s infinity gives us great joy because it assures us that our sins are forgiven, due to the infinite worth of Christ’s sacrifice. Additionally, we can rejoice that we as finite creatures can never comprehend the infinite.
Far from being a problem, this doctrine is a delight, for we shall one day be given glorious resurrected bodies. As Paul says, “Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven” (1 Cor. 15:49).
In this exalted state, we will be able to perfectly apply our minds to the knowledge of God and Christ by means of the Holy Spirit illuminating our spiritual and intellectual faculties. We shall spend an eternity knowing God, because He is the infinite God. Yet even for all eternity, we shall never fully comprehend God.
Still, this impossibility remains our delight insofar as we have so much to look forward to in what awaits us. By knowing God, I do not mean merely coming to a greater awareness of who He is but also coming to a greater awareness of all that He has done and will continue to do for us, including our understanding of His attributes displayed in the new creation. We all, for example, shall be true scientists of the highest order.
But we should always remember our established place as creatures. We serve an infinite God, and our praises in this life come so very short of what is due to Him. But He accepts our praises, despite our weaknesses. The Infinite One stoops and stoops and stoops in order to raise us to places that are undeserved.
Our union with the infinite Son of God puts us in the most privileged place possible for a human being—far more privileged than Adam’s place in the garden. We belong to an infinite God who will satisfy us forever because he alone is in the position to pour out everlasting blessings on His creatures.
As Matthew Mead puts it,
‘Alas! it is an infinite righteousness that must satisfy for our sins, for it is an infinite God that is offended by us. If ever your sin be pardoned, it is infinite mercy that must pardon it; if ever you be reconciled to God, it is infinite merit must do it; if ever your heart be changed, and your soul renewed, it is infinite power must effect it; and if ever your soul escape hell, and be saved at last, it is infinite grace must save it.'”
–Mark Jones, God Is: A Devotional Guide to the Attributes of God (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2017), 48-49.
