Where did God come from??

Every once and I while this semester I'll share with you what I'm teaching our youth on Wednesday nights. This Wednesday night (1/27) I'll be teaching on the topic: "Where did God come from?" As I was studying God's Word and some of the Trek materials (that our youth use) I came up with what I thought was a decent illustration:

We think of time as being linear; left and right (past and future). God is not part of the linear time line He is all around it. Meaning God can go up, down, and all around because He is not bound to time. Physics shows us that time came into existence because matter came into existence. And God created matter, meaning that before there was anything there was no time, but there was God (Genesis 1:1)

I think the fundamental problem is the question itself. It is like asking, "What does the color blue smell like?" If someone asked this question you would look at them as if they were dumb! But do not take my word for it, always look to God's Word for the answers to tough question. Blogs, ideas, thoughts, and conversations are all good but we always must Go back to God's Word for the final answer. So check out these verses to see that the Bible states that God has always been! (Psalm 77:19, 90:2-3, 93:2, Job 36:26 - just as a few good verses).

If God is over time and space then He is over everything else too! Matthew 28:18 states that Jesus has been given all authority in heaven and in earth! This means that God exercises His sovereignty over everything! This is a crazy cool concept (that the God we serve has unlimited power everywhere)!! This has been encouraging to me and I hope it encourages our youth as well.

If you have any other thought please feel free to leave your comments. If you have any cool illustrations, Scripture, or any thoughts on this topic let me know! Thanks Everyone!!