In my previous post, I asked the question of whether God could rightly be called selfish,and my answer was yes. However, before you ask me anything, let me continue. In the Bible, God does hold His will and desires above those of all others. But that is not because He has a misguided sense of superiority—far from it. Rather, God's superiority is proper and appropriate for Him.
Consider: God is an infinite being, and is called the Most High in Scripture: see Genesis 14:22, Deuteronomy 32:8, and Psalm 18:13. If God is an infinite being (or rather, the Infinite Being), then by extension, He has an infinite mind, containing infinite knowledge and wisdom and possessing an infinite capacity. Thus, the infinite mind of God should produce thoughts of infinite importance and opinions of infinite value. Also, if God is the Most High, then there cannot be anyone as or more important than Him. All this combines to show us that God is infinitely higher than His limited and fallen creations, and is of infinitely greater value than them.
So if God’s value is infinite, and there is no one to equal or surpass Him, then for God to value Himself appropriately, He must consider Himself of the utmost importance, surpassing anything and everything else that exists. When one also considers that we are only finite beings, we must come to the conclusion that it would be sheer madness for God to consider something finite of equal or superior worth to Himself, because it is impossible for anything other than God to be equal to a greater than God. Thus, God must consider Himself supreme above all else. And if God is supreme above all else, then of course He has the authority to do as He wishes. However, we must also consider that God's ownership of creation entitles Him to authority over it.
Consider: God is an infinite being, and is called the Most High in Scripture: see Genesis 14:22, Deuteronomy 32:8, and Psalm 18:13. If God is an infinite being (or rather, the Infinite Being), then by extension, He has an infinite mind, containing infinite knowledge and wisdom and possessing an infinite capacity. Thus, the infinite mind of God should produce thoughts of infinite importance and opinions of infinite value. Also, if God is the Most High, then there cannot be anyone as or more important than Him. All this combines to show us that God is infinitely higher than His limited and fallen creations, and is of infinitely greater value than them.
So if God’s value is infinite, and there is no one to equal or surpass Him, then for God to value Himself appropriately, He must consider Himself of the utmost importance, surpassing anything and everything else that exists. When one also considers that we are only finite beings, we must come to the conclusion that it would be sheer madness for God to consider something finite of equal or superior worth to Himself, because it is impossible for anything other than God to be equal to a greater than God. Thus, God must consider Himself supreme above all else. And if God is supreme above all else, then of course He has the authority to do as He wishes. However, we must also consider that God's ownership of creation entitles Him to authority over it.
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