{"id":51766,"date":"2020-02-07T00:40:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T21:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wingulamashahidi.org\/?p=51766"},"modified":"2025-06-30T20:08:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T17:08:17","slug":"if-god-created-us-then-who-created-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wingulamashahidi.org\/en\/2020\/02\/07\/if-god-created-us-then-who-created-god\/","title":{"rendered":"If God Created Us, Then Who Created God?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is one of the most frequently asked questions in both philosophy and theology:<\/p>\n

\u201cIf God created us, then who created God?\u201d<\/em> On the surface, it seems like a deep question but it actually rests on a mistaken assumption: that God, like everything else we know, must have a beginning.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let\u2019s start with a comparison. Imagine someone asking, \u201cSince we eat to live, what does God eat to live?\u201d<\/em> The question sounds logical until you realize it applies human limitations to a being who is beyond them. God doesn\u2019t need food, sleep, or energy. Why? Because He is self-existent <\/strong>He depends on nothing outside of Himself for His existence.<\/p>\n

1. God Has No Beginning or End<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Scripture teaches clearly that God is eternal <\/strong>He has no beginning and no end. He was not created; He simply is<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.\u201d
\nPsalm 90:2 (ESV)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI am the Alpha and the Omega,\u201d says the Lord God, \u201cwho is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.\u201d
\nRevelation 1:8 (ESV)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Every created thing needs a cause. But God, by definition, is uncaused<\/strong>. To ask \u201cWho created God?\u201d is to misunderstand what the word \u201cGod\u201d even means in Christian theology. If something or someone created God, then that creator would be God instead.<\/p>\n

2. God Created Time He Is Outside of It<\/strong><\/h3>\n

One reason we struggle with this question is because our entire existence is bound by time we live in the realm of beginnings and endings. But God created time itself. He exists outside<\/em> of time and space.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.\u201d
\n2 Peter 3:8 (ESV)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIn the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.\u201d
\nGenesis 1:1 (ESV)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

God existed before<\/em> the beginning. He is the cause of all things but is Himself uncaused<\/strong>. This is what theologians call aseity <\/strong>God\u2019s self-existence and independence from all else.<\/p>\n

3. Human Thought Is Limited God Is Not<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Our minds naturally seek causes for everything. That\u2019s how science, logic, and daily reasoning work. But we are finite beings with finite understanding. God, on the other hand, is infinite<\/strong>, and He cannot be fully grasped by human logic.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.\u201d
\nIsaiah 55:8 (ESV)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Trying to place God within our limited framework is like a phone trying to understand the life of the person who built it. Just as electronics run on batteries but their creators do not, we run on causes and effects but our Creator does not.<\/p>\n

4. The Question Reveals Our Design<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Even the fact that we are capable of asking this question points to the intentional design of our minds. God gave us the capacity to think deeply, question, and seek understanding. But not every question has an answer we can grasp. Some things remain mysteries not because they\u2019re irrational, but because they\u2019re beyond human reasoning.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever\u2026\u201d
\nDeuteronomy 29:29 (ESV)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Conclusion: God Was Not Created He Is the Creator<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In Christian theology, God is the uncreated Creator<\/strong>. He alone is eternal, self-existent, and independent. To ask who created God is like asking, \u201cWhat color is a square sound?\u201d <\/em>it\u2019s a category error. It tries to apply the rules of creation to the One who made those rules.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him was not any thing made that was made.\u201d
\nJohn 1:1\u20133 (ESV)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Be blessed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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