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Job 36:23
23 Who hath enjoined [paqad] him his way [derek]? or who can say ['amar], Thou hast wrought [pa`al] iniquity [`evel]? KJV-Interlinear
23 'Who has appointed Him His way, And who has said, 'Thou hast done wrong'? NASB
In the Godhead, there are three members - Father, Son, and the Spirit. They are each co-infinite, co-equal, and co-eternal. One is not greater nor lesser than any of the other two.
Each member of the Godhead possesses ten attributes - omniscience, omnipotence, omnipresence, immutability, veracity, righteousness, justice, love, eternal life, and sovereignty.
None existed prior to the others. There never was a time when they did not exist.
In all of human history, man has tried to advance himself to Gods perfect level of existence, based on mans own ability and effort. On mans works, in other words.
But the finite and the imperfect cannot become infinite or perfect.
And God, recognizing this, came up with a plan that would provide a path for mans advancement to Gods perfection, but man would have to follow the path of Gods work, not mans own work.
Therefore, God specified one of His own, whom we call the Son, as the means of access to God Himself. Those who accept this plan will be allowed into Gods family and into eternal life. Those who reject this plan, will not be allowed into Gods family or eternal life.
Those who reject God, are themselves rejected by God.
God holds all that is, together. And for those who reject God in part, end up rejecting Him altogether. God allows unbelieving man to go out on his own and hold his own life together or to the best of his, mans, ability.
Of course man cannot do this. Man cannot control the growth of a single hair on his own head, let alone control an entire universe around himself. Thus, the Lake of Fire, the eternal lake of chaotic existence in aloneness, terror and ultimate suffering.
So, who can match Gods essence? Who can match Gods abilities? Who can match Gods knowledge and wisdom? Who can account for and be witness to, all of Gods thoughts, motives, and actions? Who can do better than God, what God has accomplished?
No one.
