The infinity of God brings great light to the Gospel. The Gospel is the Gospel of God (Mark 1:14; Rom 1:1; 15:16; II Cor 11:7; I Thess 2:2, 8, 9; I Peter 4:17), the Gospel of the kingdom of God, and the Gospel of the grace of God. In other words, the Gospel is all about God and the outshining of His glory (Hebrews 1:3) which is seen in the face of Christ (II Cor 4:4-6). Since infinity is of necessity an attribute of God that flows through all of His other attributes in a glorious simplicity and oneness, the infinity of God shines in and through the Gospel as well. It is only if in some way the glory of God is infinite in the Gospel that dwelling upon the Gospel for all eternity without some degree of tediousness will be possible.
The first thing to be noted is that the Gospel brings eternal life. In fact, John 17:3 says that knowing God and His Son is eternal life. Now what is eternal life? It is to share in the life of the infinite God. Eternal life is something that starts the moment a person has Christ who is eternal life. Whatever is eternal has is roots in the Infinite. God, who is self-existent by virtue of possessing life and even eternal life, or perhaps is life and eternal life itself, brings Himself to sinners and gives Himself through Christ which is to say that they share in His life. Sinners only obtain eternal life to the degree that they have the life of God in them through Christ. That is exactly what Christ did in coming to give understanding, “so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life” (I John 5:20).
While most think of eternal life as simply being in heaven for eternity, that idea does not give any real insight into eternal life. Eternal life is sharing in the very life of God through Christ. It is sharing in the life of God that flows between the members of the Trinity. That life starts now and continues in a higher degree in eternity. “For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself” (John 5:26). It is because the Son has life in Himself that He can say “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life (John 5:24). It is when a person comes into union with Christ that the life of Christ (which is life itself and eternal life) is in a person and that person has eternal life. “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; 28 and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand” (John 10:27-28). It is because He is eternal life that He can give eternal life.
It can be clearly seen simply from what eternal life is that the infinity of God is relevant to the Gospel. In fact, without the infinity of God there is nothing intelligible about eternal life. However, with the nature of God as infinite we can clearly see that eternal life is possible only as an act of sheer grace. In fact, the infinity of God in reference to eternal life also shows that there must be an infinite grace that saves man. What else but an infinite grace can save man when whatever saves man gives an infinite life or an eternal life? God saves to the glory of His grace (Eph 1:6) which means He gives eternal life in accordance to that grace. Can we have a small amount of grace that bestows eternal life? Can we have a small amount of love that bestows eternal life? Clearly we cannot understand how this can be. The cause of an effect must be at least as large as the effect. If eternal life is the effect, then the cause which is grace and love must be infinite.
“That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love,18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. 20 Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, 21 to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen” (Eph 3:16-21). The Gospel of Jesus Christ comes from a love that surpasses knowledge. That, I would think, would be an infinite love in that regard. The Gospel is all about bringing the infinite love of God to dwell in man and is all about the God who is able “to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or thing.” Is there a better way to describe the infinity of God? He is love and His love in Christ surpasses knowledge. You can explore the depths and all directions of His love and yet it still surpasses the human understanding. A Gospel like that is surely the Gospel of the infinite God who beyond all human understanding showers sinners with love, grace, and eternal life. That is simply a way of saying the infinite God redeems sinners in order to live His infinite life in them which is sharing in His life. The Gospel of the infinite God is a Gospel that is all about the infinity of God.
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