Is God Everywhere At The Same Time?

Is God Everywhere At The Same Time? Why did he have to visit Sodom and Gomorrah if he was already there?

Many Christians think that God is a kind of clouded spirit that is everywhere at the same time. The belief that God is omnipresent (everywhere at the same time) is the sister of the doctrine that she has no body and is too old to understand it.

The first chapter of Romans dispels this lie when it says that God's power, divinity and unlimited qualities have been clearly seen by humanity (see Romans 1:20). When I spoke to an audience about God, I asked, "How many of you have seen the leader of our country?" Most of the hands go up. When I ask if they have seen it in person, many hands drop.

What we have seen is a form of energy, light, which comes from television. Unlike God, the leader's body cannot generate visible light. Then the energy (light) of the studio lighting is bounced off his body and captured by the camera. It is changed into electronic energy to be transmitted as radio wave energy to a satellite, etc. It is sent through the air, arrives at the TV and turns into visible light for your eyes.

Since these radio waves have "intelligence" on them, behold, the leader of the country is everywhere, in your home, across the street, in the next state, all over the world. If you go to the television or electronics section of any large store, the leader may be in dozens of places! Still, it's literally in one place.

Now, like God, the leader can generate a form of energy called sound. Vocal sound is the compression and rarefaction of air by the vocal cords. Like video, this energy is changed into the microphone and transmitted to our television. The image of the leader speaks. Likewise, the Eternal is in one place at a time. But it is everywhere through the power of his spirit ("the power of the Most High" as stated in Luke 1:35). His spirit extends wherever he wants it to go and allows him to do powerful works wherever he wants.

God is not everywhere simultaneously, but in one place. In fact, it does not even seem to have eyes constantly observing every thought, choice and action that humans perform.

After hearing about the horrendous sins of Sodom and Gomorrah (from the angels, who are his messengers), God felt he needed to see for himself if the two sinful cities were dedicated to doing evil as it was reported to him. He personally told his friend Abraham that he had to get off and see for himself whether the accusations of sin and rebellion were true or not (see Genesis 18:20 - 21).

In conclusion, our Heavenly Father is a being who is not everywhere but is in one place at a time. Jesus Christ, who is also God, is like the Father in that he too is in one place at a time.