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Is God Invisible? (JBJ)

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Category:Apologetics
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''By JBJ''
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==Texts==
 
===People have seen God===
{| cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"|- valign="top"[[Genesis 17:1]]|width="100%" class="MainPageBG" style="border: 1px solid #ffddc0; color: #000; background-color: #ffffee"|''And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect. (ASV) ( [[http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=gen%2017.1;&version=49; Genesis 1718:1])'']|}{| cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"|- valign="top"|width="100%" class="MainPageBG" style="border: 1px solid #ffddc0; color: #000; background-color: #ffffee"|'' And Jehovah appeared unto him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; (ASV) ([http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=gen%2018.1;&version=49; Genesis 18:1])''|}{| cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"|[[Exodus 24:9- valign="top"11]]|width="100%" class="MainPageBG" style="border: 1px solid #ffddc0; color: #000; background-color: #ffffee"|''Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel. And they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the very heaven for clearness. And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: and they beheld God, and did eat and drink. (ASV) ([http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%2024:9-11%20&version=49 Exodus 24:9-11 ])''|}{| cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"|[[Numbers 12:6- valign="top"8]]|width="100%" class="MainPageBG" style="border: 1px solid #ffddc0; color: #000; background-color: #ffffee"|''And he said, Hear now my words: if there be a prophet among you, I Jehovah will make myself known unto him in a vision, I will speak with him in a dream. My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all my house: with him will I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the form of Jehovah shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses? (ASV) ([http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers%2012:6-8&version=49 Numbers 12:6-8]) ''|}{| cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"[[Acts 7:2]]|- valign="top"|width="100%" class="MainPageBG" style="border: 1px solid #ffddc0; color: #000; background-color: #ffffee"|''and And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son. (ASV) ([http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%207.2;&version=49; Acts 7:2])''|}
===No One has Seen God===
{| cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"|- valign="top"[[Exodus 33:20]]|width="100%" class="MainPageBG" style="border: 1px solid #ffddc0; color: #000; background-color: #ffffee"|'' And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for man shall not see me and live. (ASV) ([http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ex%2033.20;&version=49; Exodus 33.20])''|}{| cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"|- valign="top"[[John 1:18]]|width="100%" class="MainPageBG" style="border: 1px solid #ffddc0; color: #000; background-color: #ffffee"|''No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. (ASV) ([http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%201.18;&version=49; John 1.18])''|}{| cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"|- valign="top"[[John 5:37]]|width="100%" class="MainPageBG" style="border: 1px solid #ffddc0; color: #000; background-color: #ffffee"|''And the Father that sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form. (ASV) ([http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%205.37;&version=49; John 5.37])''|}{| cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"[[John 6:46]]|- valign="top"|width="100%" class="MainPageBG" style="border: 1px solid #ffddc0; color: #000; background-color: #ffffee"|''Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he that is from God, he hath seen the Father. (ASV) ([http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%206.46;&version=49; John 6.46])''|}{| cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"|[[1 Timothy 6]]:15- valign="top"16|width="100%" class="MainPageBG" style="border: 1px solid #ffddc0; color: #000; background-color: #ffffee"|''which Which in its own times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power eternal. Amen. (ASV) ([http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Timothy%206:15-16&version=49 1 Timothy 6:15-16 ])''|}
==Issue==
 
Has God been seen or not? Does this mean God is material?
 
==Explanation==
==External Links==
* [http://www.carm.org/diff/Exod6_3.htm Has anyone seen God or not?] Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry
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