Monday, January 21, 2019

CATECHISM LESSON FOUR: GOD IS ETERNAL


GOD IS LOVE. He loves you more than anyone else loves you. God loves you unconditionally, and His Love is bigger and wider than the greatest sea. God loves you so much that He sent His only Son Jesus Christ to save us.

God is infinitely perfect. God is so wonderful that He needs absolutely nothing to make Him better or greater. Because He is the most wonderful in all ways. God is eternal, all-knowing, all-good, all-perfect, and Almighty. God alone is perfect.

God is eternal. This means that God always was, and always will be. That is different to us. God made us, and we have a beginning. God just always was. This is a mystery, and most wonderful indeed. God existed billions of years ago, and God will have no end. And we will live with Him forever and ever in heaven, if we live good lives. What a blessed future is ours.

God always remains the same. He does not change. God is also all-knowing. He sees everything you do, hears everything you say. God knows when we do good, and when we do naughty things. It hurts God if we don't do the right thing. So let us decide one and all to be holy and good and true children of our great God Who loves us so much.

It is important to love everyone just the way God loves us. As His sons and daughters, we must be sure to behave just as He does. Jesus told us to do this when He said we must be perfect, just as our Heavenly Father is perfect. 
This means that we must try our very best to be good. However, if we make a mistake, all we need to do is say sorry to God, and try again. 
We learn from our past mistakes, and tell God we are sorry. This is confession - telling God where we have gone wrong. We can tell Him in our hearts, and God always forgives us. 
Then we must try not to do the same wrong thing again.

What do we mean when we say that God is eternal?
When we say that God is eternal we mean that He always was, and always will be, and always remains the same.

What do we mean when we say that God is Almighty?
When we say that God is Almighty, we mean that He can do all things. Nothing is impossible with God.

What do we mean when we say that God is all good?
When we say that God is all good, we mean that He is the source of all goodness. 
He is the perfection of all that is righteous, just, kind, loving and true.

What do we mean when we say that God is all-present?
When we say that God is all-present, we mean that God is everywhere, hears everything, knows everything, sees everything. God sees us at all times, hears everything we say, and knows everything we do. 
This should not worry us. God is our perfect, ever loving Parent. We need to live wonderful lives, behaving always as God would wish us to. Then we will lead good lives, and go to heaven one day.