We’ll never understand fully God here, on earth. In fact, being finite we won’t fully comprehend God then, in glory. The reasons are simple: God is spirit (John 4:24); His thoughts aren’t ours (Isaiah 55:8); We’re are finite, with a beginning and an end, thus our minds are limited (Deuteronomy 29:29). As those whom God created, we’ll never fully grasp the nature of God. That being said, he has revealed himself. We can know him now and Jesus promised that we’ll see his face then (Matthew 5:8).

Sometimes, even when we’ve been believers for years, we lack answers to simple questions. This seems to be especially true when those questions come from children. It may not be your case. But somewhere someone is scratching their head for the right answer to explain who created God; the nature of the Trinity; or where the dinosaurs fit in. 

One day, as our Sunday service was coming to end, two children approached me. They said they had a question, which I said was very welcome. Then they asked: “God created us, didn’t he?” Yes, I replied. Then: “God created all things, didn’t he?” Yes, I said, again. Eventually they got to this: “So, who created God?” This question has likely been heard in many places, from theological teaching programs to Sunday School. But it caught me off guard.

Perhaps without the clarity of hindsight, I managed an answer, which I’ve reproduced below. Whether you’re a theological lecturer or a youth leader, I hope that it’s of some help.

1. No One Created God

In Genesis 1:1 we read, “In the beginning God created.” Thus, everything has an origin. A beginning. That origin or source is God. He was there at the beginning of all things. But he himself was not made by another being. Consider Paul’s words in Colossians 1:17, “He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” Everything we can see—and all that we cannot—comes from God. He always existed. He’ll exist forever.

What does this mean to us? 

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