We started out by saying that the knowledge of God is the goal of life—yes, even life itself (John 17:3). Then, last week, we noted that God is, in his essence, incomprehensible (cf. 1 Tim. 6:16; Rom. 11:33-36). How are these two seemingly antithetical propositions reconciled? For starters we remember that while it is impossible …
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Revelation
Posted Oct 3rd, 2010 By Brian in Knowing God, Why We Believe What We Believe With | No Comments -
The Incomprehensibility of God
Posted Sep 26th, 2010 By Brian in Knowing God, Why We Believe What We Believe With | No Comments
At the heart of any theological enterprise is the knowledge of God. To know God is “life itself” (Bavinck). There is one small problem, though. How can the creature know the Creator? God’s ways are unfathomable and his judgments are unsearchable (Rom. 11:33). No one has ever known his mind and he has never sought …
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Knowing God
Posted Sep 17th, 2010 By Brian in Knowing God, Pastor Brian's Blog With | No Comments
Narrowly defined, theology is the study of God. Generally, though, theology is defined more broadly, relating to God and Christ, creation and new creation, redemption and reconciliation, and everything in between. As Herman Bavinck says, “So then the knowledge of God is the only dogma, the exclusive content, of the entire field of dogmatics. All …
