How do we know God is everywhere?

God's omnipresence means that He is present everywhere, all the time. His presence is not limited by time or space. Because God created the universe, He is above all things and holds all things together (Colossians 1:17).

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How do we know God is all around us?

The Bible declares that God is all around us…all the time. Not just when we're thinking about it. It's a promise that He's made to all who believe. And the great news is, it's completely independent of our awareness of Him.

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What is the belief that God is always there everywhere?

According to classical theism, God is omnipresent, that is, present everywhere.

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Is God everywhere or not?

God is not immersed in the substance of creation, even though he is able to interact with it as he chooses. He can make his human-divine body visible anytime and everywhere, whatever he wants: he cannot be excluded from any location or object in creation.

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What is the word where God is everywhere?

An omnipresent god is a god with the ability to be everywhere all at once.

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Is God present in all things?

But contrary to this: A thing exists wherever it operates. But God operates in all things—this according to Isaiah 26:12 (“For You have wrought all our works in us, Lord”). Therefore God exists in all things.

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What is it called when God is all knowing?

Omniscience (/ɒmˈnɪʃəns/) is the capacity to know everything. In Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism and the Abrahamic religions, this is an attribute of God. In Jainism, omniscience is an attribute that any individual can eventually attain. In Buddhism, there are differing beliefs about omniscience among different schools.

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Is God present in every human being?

So, there is no doubt about the fact that God is present everywhere and is also present within you every-time. The realisation of this truth can give you the power which will help you to utilize your powers to fix any problem. Understanding this nature of human being is called Spirituality.

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Does the Bible say God is all?

He makes promises and keeps each one. Hebrews 13:8, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” God is-all present according to Psalm 139:4-10.

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Is there a such thing as a God?

In monotheistic thought, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith. In non-monotheistic thought, a god is "a spirit or being believed to control some part of the universe or life and often worshipped for doing so, or something that represents this spirit or being".

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How do we know if God is real?

As mentioned earlier, evidence for God's existence is widely available through creation, conscience, rationality and human experience. What is more, the biblical faith—unlike other traditional religions—is checkable; it opens itself up to public scrutiny.

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Do scientists believe in God?

Are scientists religious? Scientists hold a wide range of positions about religion. Many scientists who believe in God, either as a primordial creator or as an active force in the universe, have written eloquently about their beliefs.

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What's the probability of God existing?

A scientist has calculated that there is a 67% chance that God exists. Dr Stephen Unwin has used a 200-year-old formula to calculate the probability of the existence of an omnipotent being.

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Why do people believe in God?

Mercier and colleagues divide the proximate causes of religious belief into three types: cognitive, motivational, and societal. One cognitive factor is an analytical thinking style. People who tend to act according to reason rather than intuition are also less likely to believe in God.

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Why do we believe in God?

God knows everything we are going through at this very moment and everything we will go through in the future. He knows the best way to handle every situation so we get the best possible outcome and we need to trust him with that. We need to follow his path and trust that he knows best, because he does.

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How close is God to me?

He is not far away at any given moment. His spirit dwells within a child of God. God says he will dwell in us and walk among us; and he will be our God, and we shall be his people.

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Is there only one God according to the Bible?

Christianity has always been monotheistic, meaning that we believe in one God. But our belief in God's oneness refers specifically to his nature, or essence. Jesus taught and showed that the Divine Nature exists in three Divine Persons.

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Is God the Creator of all that exists?

God uses no preexisting material to create the universe. God's act of creation causes matter, space, time, and even the very laws which govern the universe to exist. Regardless of the scientific explanations of 'how' it came to be, God, in one divine action from all of eternity, creates and sustains all that exists.

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What does God actually look like according to the Bible?

Genesis 18:1-3 explained that God appeared to Abraham as a man, and in Ezekiel 1:26-28, it's a similar scenario: “And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above ...

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Can humans know God?

The Bible teaches that we can come to know God through His creation and His revelation. Creation gives us an awareness of God's existence. Psalm 19 begins, “The heavens declare the glory of God.” The apostle Paul asserts that the created world points to the reality of a powerful Creator (Romans 1:20).

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What are the four arguments for the existence of God?

Evidence for the existence of God is seen in several ways in what have traditionally been called the Classical Arguments for God's existence. The four Classical arguments are simply called: The Ontological argument, The Cosmological argument, The Teleological argument, and The Moral argument.

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How is God always present?

God is always present, even when you are unaware of him, and his presence is too profound to be measured by mere emotion. Yes, he wants you to sense his presence, but he's more concerned that you trust him than that you feel him. We live by faith, not by sight or by our feelings.

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What is it called when you dont know if God exists?

Technically, an atheist is someone who doesn't believe in a god, while an agnostic is someone who doesn't believe it's possible to know for sure that a god exists. It's possible to be both—an agnostic atheist doesn't believe but also doesn't think we can ever know whether a god exists.

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Does the Bible say God knows our thoughts?

Fifteen hundred years after Noah's great flood, King Solomon was receiving some advice from his father, King David, who said this, ” … for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts” 1 Chronicles 28:9. In other words, “Be aware of what's in your head, son. God sees it.”

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How do we know God is omnipresent?

God's omnipresence means that He is present everywhere, all the time. His presence is not limited by time or space. Because God created the universe, He is above all things and holds all things together (Colossians 1:17).

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