We know that everything comes from the unseen, from the spirit. God is a Spirit. But God defined himself. Don't take anyone's word on who God is, what he is like, whether he exists or not. Let God do that. But there are quite a few, a tremendous number, of what could be called christian atheists. They are both in the pews and in the pulpit. They want to believe but cannot, they have doubts. They cannot really believe for certain that God sent His only begotten Son. Or that the Son said when He left He would send the Holy Spirit. This Spirit is charactereized by boldness and courage. Therefore when the ancient writers said it was reported to Moses that God said He was I am that I am, this would be existence. This is in Ezekiel. But it is hard to believe. Without all the facts of the matter, one is forced to decide intellectually what to believe, and then with this decision to believe it with their full emotion.
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