The "incredible" god of Spinoza vs God
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before God made anything at all and is supreme over all creation. Christ is the one through whom God created everything in heaven and earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see---kings, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities. Everything has been created through him and for him. He existed before everything else began, and he holds all creation together. I originally was going to speak about the following epistle after Ephesians, but decided to go with the epistle to the Colossians. Then someone had send me a post on Facebook about Einstein, one of the most intelligent man that ever lived. The article spoke about Einstein being asked by his students, if he believed in God and he would answer that he believed in the god of Spinoza, who was a Dutch philosopher. The god of Spinoza was an imaginary god who spoke self-denying words of what the real God could have said. ...