Getting to Know God
by Lewis Kiger
How old is God? Where did God come from? What is God made of?
Can God be depended upon? Is God fair? Why does God care what we do? On and on
we might go, with the variety of questions people ask about the Triune God of
the Bible.
In
his incredible little book, The Knowledge of the Holy, A.W. Tozer begins with
these words: “What comes
into our minds, when we think about God; is the most important thing about us.” It
would do us well to stop and consider the weight of these words. I would like
for us to begin a journey together – a journey towards a fuller knowledge of
God. Let me say from the very outset of our voyage, that we will not arrive
while we are clothed in these bodies of clay. There is no way that mortal men
with finite minds can fully comprehend an infinite God and I doubt that even in
Heaven, we will entirely understand the fullness of God. Yet it is a journey
worth making. Any progress at all in the knowledge of God is important
progress.
You may
think, “Isn’t this kind of study only for preachers and theologians?” C.H.
Spurgeon answers this objection saying, “Nothing
will so enlarge the intellect, nothing so magnify the whole soul of man, as a
devout, earnest, continued investigation of the great subject of the Deity. The
most excellent study for expanding the soul, is the science of Christ and Him
crucified and the knowledge of the Godhead in the glorious Trinity.” He goes on
to say that; “the proper study of the Christian, is the Godhead. The highest
science, the loftiest speculation, the mightiest philosophy, which can engage
the attention of a child of God, is the name, the nature, the person, the
doings, and the existence of the great God, which he calls his Father.” The
truth is, our view of God affects everything about us. Our understanding of God
has a huge impact on our lives. Not merely theologically but in a practical
way. High views of God, leads to high worship, lofty praise, and majestic
adoration. Low views of God, leads to low worship and meager affection. A
greater awareness of WHO GOD IS, will affect our lives tremendously. It will
strengthen our faith in Him, increase our awe of Him,
sure up our dependence on Him, and increase our
thankfulness for Him. It will affect what we say, where we go,
even how we think. A better understanding of God will affect our homes, our
churches, our habits, our evangelism, and especially our LOVE!
In the
coming weeks we will see that we must base our view of God on the Bible. On
Holy Writ. The Bible is God’s revelation of Himself to us and any inquiry into
the Person of God, must be based on what God declares Himself to be. The God
who reveals Himself in His Word, wills to be to be loved, revered, feared, and known! But, this must be
founded on more than mere human opinion, but on the foundation of God’s
inerrant Word.
What
I won’t do is try to prove that God exists. God never sets out in His Word to
substantiate that He is real. He simply begins His Divine Manuscript by saying,
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” If mortal men will not
believe Moses and the Prophets, they will not believe though one rose from the
dead. And One has risen from the dead, and still men do not believe. The Lord
was right, only the fool has said in his heart, there is no God.
Finally,
while we may not all agree on every point of Biblical doctrine, every believer
should be able to stand with a united voice and say…what a Great God we serve!
Indeed, what comes into our minds when we think about God, IS the
most important thing about us.
Join
with me the next several weeks as we seek to discover more of the perfections
of our God, and say with Moses, Lord show me thy glory!
Jeremiah
9:23-24 Thus saith
the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man
glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: But let
him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me…
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