Is God Knowable?

I read a comment today which held forth sentiment I have heard many times.  On the topic of God a person wrote, "Only the foolish claim to have knowledge of what is unknowable. Science can't prove God doesn't exist and religion can't prove one does."  Instead of offering a direct rebuttal to this claim, it is a fair question to ask:  are "science" and "religion" the only authorities to invoke in the quest for the proof of God's existence?  If God exists, couldn't He chose to be known and reveal Himself?  The God who created mouths and speech, the One who has provided His written Word, can't He speak for Himself?  Science has its limits, and "religion" has been aptly defined by some as "man's attempts to reach God."  Science and religion are not the authorities concerning God's existence:  God is!

The statement that God is unknowable is partially true.  In the beginning God said, "Let there be light!" and there was light.  The Bible reveals God as an omnipotent, all-powerful Spirit who created the universe in three distinct persons:  the Father, the Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.  The heavens declare the glory of God, and the glory of sun, moon, and stars reveal His divine order and power.  A blind man could never see, even if light shone brightly upon him.  Because of sin, all men are spiritually blind and in darkness - unable to discern the divine presence of God and separated from Him - even though we were created to be in relationships with Him.  Jesus came to earth to reveal God's existence to the unbeliever, His love for the sinner, and His power and glory to all.  He said in Matthew 11:27, "All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him."

God is not a nebulous construct of the feeble minded, for who could have dreamed up Jesus?  His existence is scientifically and historically verifiable by eye-witnesses.  Jesus is a real person who walked the earth.  He healed countless people of incurable diseases, did miracle after miracle, and spoke wisdom like none before or since.  He claimed to be equal with the Father, a clear claim to deity.  Religious leaders out of envy arrested and accused Jesus, and was condemned to die on a Roman cross, though without committing a crime.  Jesus bled and died on the cross, and even in dying convinced the Roman centurion and his fellow soldiers He was indeed the Son of God.  Three days later, Jesus rose alive from the grave.  Death could not hold Him, and He has sent the Holy Spirit to indwell all those who believe.  Religion had a hand in killing Jesus, and science only supports the reality of Christ's life and resurrection.

Content yourself with doubts if you wish, but I am also an eyewitness of Christ's glory through transformed lives.  The Holy Spirit lives inside of me, for I have been born again through faith in Jesus Christ.  Chalk me up as a fool for Jesus if you like, but personal attacks do nothing to deny the reality of Christ's existence, His promises, that I have been forgiven for my sins, have experienced joy and peace even in trials, and a new life without any fear of death.  The shed blood of Jesus has paid for my sins, and I have a relationship with the living God.  It is not science or religion which affords me this privilege, but is a gift provided by the grace of God.  As it is written in Jeremiah 9:23-24, "Thus says the LORD: "Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches; ²⁴ but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight," says the LORD."  Did you see that?  God says He can be understood and known, even though His ways are past finding out.

I don't know much, but I will pledge my life upon this truth:  I was once blind, but now I see.  Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.  God is knowable, my friends, for He has done everything to make Himself known.  If you don't yet know Him, do you want to?  Seek Him with all your heart and He promises you will find Him (Deuteronomy 4:29).