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Many people today utterly disregard the plain reading of the Scriptures in order to hold to the vain traditions of man. The false doctrine of God being omnipresent is one of the many areas in which man disregards the Scriptures and makes them void through their traditions.

Some Scriptures twisted to "prove" that God is omnipresent (present everywhere) are seen below and will be taken for what they say not what man wishes they said so that they can continue the teaching of their traditions as the word of God.

Acts 17:27-28
27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

These people say that because in the Lord we live, and move, and have our being that this means that God is present everywhere. Anyone reading the text for what Paul is communicating can see that Paul is making the point that God is the source of our lives and everything in them, it has nothing to do with His personal presence being everywhere. As with all false doctrines, the Scriptures must be ripped from their context and distorted from the plain reading in order to "prove" the doctrine of omnipresence.

Matthew 18:20
20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

This is clear. Let us look at another person who said something similar who the people teaching omnipresence would never claim is omnipresent. Paul said, "For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed" (1 Corinthians 5:3). Jesus made the statement in Matthew 18:20 while He was God in the flesh on earth. He was not claiming that He was going to be bodily everywhere two or three believers are gathered in His name.

Isaiah 6:3
3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

Notice that this says "the whole earth is full of his glory" and does not say that the whole earth is full of His presence. This is a careful switch on the part of those teaching omnipresence they try to switch glory and presence as if they are the same thing, which they are not.

Psalms 139:7-10
7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

These are the closest verses to "proving" the doctrine of omnipresence because they at least mention God's presence, yet if taken for the plain reading they do not teach the doctrine of omnipresence.

In the truest sense God can be known anywhere in His creation and beyond. He can not be hid from, nor can one flee from Him with any success. God is not bodily in hell at all times nor is He present there at all times, even though one could not flee there and go from His spirit or His presence. This still says nothing of Him being omnipresent, rather it simply shows that God is able to be present anywhere and that there is no place out of His reach. If you flee to one place God will be there, if you flee to another He will likewise be there, there is no success attainable in hiding from God, for He is fully able to be anywhere you choose to hide.

Jeremiah 23:24
24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.

God in His very being fills heaven and earth. Everything about Him permeates all areas of His creation. Yet, surely these same people would not limit Him to filling the heaven and earth alone? This once again has absolutely nothing to do with His personal presence or where He is bodily present. He goes from place to place and has a dwelling place in heaven. Jesus continually told people that the Father was in heaven, and He never said that the Father was everywhere present (or omnipresent). Let us look at some of Jesus' plain sayings about where the Father is and some other verses clearly showing that the members of the Godhead are in heaven and are not everywhere present.

Genesis 18:1-5
1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him [the Lord appeared to him, not the Lord and two angels. This clearly shows that each of the Three members of the Godhead go from place to place.]: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

Genesis 19:24
24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

Matthew 5:16
16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 5:45
45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Matthew 5:48
48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Matthew 6:1
1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 6:9-10
9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

Matthew 7:11
11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

Matthew 7:21
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 10:32-33
32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 12:50
50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Matthew 16:17
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 18:10
10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 18:14
14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

Matthew 18:19
19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 23:9
9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

Mark 11:25-26
25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

Luke 11:2
2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.

John 12:28
28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.

John 17:1
1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:

1 John 5:7
7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

These Scriptures and the many like them should be plain enough for anyone that wants to put the Bible first. We have no need to try to make God "look better" by dreaming up false doctrines that the Bible does not teach. God is no more marvelous, glorious, holy, Almighty, all-knowing, etc. with the doctrine of omnipresence claimed for Him. Actually it is a vain attempt by man to make Him more mystical than they already have with their fool theories. Rather than lead on closer to the Almighty God of Heaven and Earth that CAN be known, it only further complicates the matter by making God into some force or glob that is everywhere and in everything (i.e. New Age teaching).

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