God
God
| 1.The Bible Christianity and the Existence of God | 6. God is (Eternal), (Self Existent), and (Immutable) |
| 2.God is (One) and (The Holy Trinity) | 7. God is (Omnipotent), (Omniscient), and (Omnipresent) |
| 3.The Biblical View of the Nature of God | 8. God is (Truth), (Holy), and (Righteous) |
| 4.Eroneous Views of the Nature of God | 9. Gods (Love) and (Mercy) |
| 5.The Sovereignty of God | 10.God's (Divine Purpose) |
The Bible Christianity and God
As we read the Word of God we must acquaint ourselves with the God of the Word. To see things as He does, and grow in a knowledge of Christ who is the express image of the Father.
Doctrine is very important, but when studying His Word we must read to know Him, and let Him speak to us personally through it. To not do so would be like a child spending hours going through the family album studying the family, but not spending time with the family to know them personally. If we have no growing acquaintance with God, then what we think we know about Him may be misleading.
(Pro 9:10)
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.I believe the fear of the Lord is not only the beginning of wisdom, but also the principal working factor to getting and keeping true wisdom. A man can make a living without knowing many things, but he must know God and His Word to make a life. True wisdom looks beyond the temporal to the eternal. As Moses saw Him who was invisible and endured we must see God in the light of His Word, prayer, and the Spirit. He persevered, amidst all the trials and difficulties. He had no more doubt that God had called him to his work, and that he would sustain him, than if he saw him with his physical eyes.
A.W. Tozers comments on the subject of rightly thinking. This is not a quote, but paraphrased.
The man who comes to a right belief about the Lord finds some relief, but one mighty single burden presses down upon him with a weight more crushing than all woes of the earth piled one upon another. That mighty burden is his obligation to the Lord. It includes an instant, and lifelong duty to love the Lord with every power of mind, and soul, to obey Him perfectly , and to worship Him acceptably. And when a mans laboring conscience tells Him that he has done none of these things, but from childhood been guilty of foul revolt against the Majesty in the heavens, the inner pressure of self-accusation may become to heavy to bear.
The gospel can lift this destroying burden from the mind, give beauty for ashes, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. But unless the weight of the burden is felt the gospel can mean nothing to the man; and until he sees a vision of the Lord high and lifted up, there will be no woe, and no burden. Low views of the Lord destroys the gospel for all who hold them. A. W. Tozer is right. I highly recommend his book The Knowledge of The Holy.