The character of God is the foundation for our lives. In Isaiah 57.15 we see that God is both beyond us and with us through our life journey. Consider Christ, the nearness of God. Andrew Murray articulated this idea very well:
"It has been said that the holiness of God is the union of God's infinite distance from sinful man with God's infinite nearness in His redeeming grace. Faith must ever seek to realize both the distance and the nearness."
We see this distance and nearness as manifested in Jesus. Paul in 2 Corinthians 5.21 reminds us that Jesus is completely holy, unlike us, like us yet He provides for our salvation and comes close to us, in that "He who knew no sin became sin for us". Also consider that John 1.14 tells us Jesus "came (to us) from the Father, full of grace and truth".
Finally, contemplate the ministry of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2.33 now that Jesus is sitting at the right hand of the Father (transcendent and away from us) yet He is interceding our prayers (immanent and with us).
Thanks be to the Father for the revelation of His Son, Jesus Christ, through whom we can come near to God as we experience the Holy Spirit!
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