We have so much theology, but in the end what do we actually know about Him? Is theology the path God has given us to know Him?1 Corinthians 2:11 For who among men knows the thoughts of man ...
1 Corinthians 2:11 For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
You are the only one who knows what is in your own mind, and God's Spirit is the ... In the same way, no one can know the thoughts of God except God's Spirit. ...
No. Never via theology.We have so much theology, but in the end what do we actually know about Him? Is theology the path God has given us to know Him?
Thanks Jeff.Spiritual Wisdom
…10But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.…
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I was just reading that scripture before this thread was started.No. Never via theology.
Spiritual Gifts
…7Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by the same Spirit, 9to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,…
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Um...that’s theology.No. Never via theology.
Spiritual Gifts
…7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8 To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,…
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Thoughts?
No. Never via theology.
^^^Theology.Never get into theology to know the Lord. For knowing the Lord is not about knowledge.
It is kind of contradictory to say not to "know" the Lord by "knowledge". But knowing the Lord is not a theory. It is not like Physics and Chemistry that we can study them in college. A person cannot know God, unless he experiences God in his life.
In fact, knowledge can be a very dangerous thing. It can deceive a person. A person may know that Christ is Lord, yet he thinks that by knowing and accepting this he makes Christ his Lord. In reality he never really cares about it. He thinks and acts like nothing different from Christ not being his Lord. They are what the Bible calls hypocrites.
I am not saying you should not acquire any knowledge, but you should know the Lord by experiencing the truth of the knowledge of God you have in reality.
There are many things you can know from God. The love of God, for example, do you know it? Can you describe what it is, not by Biblical jargons but by your own words? If you are experiencing it, you will know it and can easily describe it, because it is part of your life.
How did you come to your understanding?What? Did I say something theoretical? I need no one to study my post like anyone study Theology. I want someone to do it.
How did you come to your understanding?
We have so much theology, but in the end what do we actually know about Him? Is theology the path God has given us to know Him?
What better things?I come to conclusion to say "you are not able to know the Lord via theology" by observing common pitfalls of Christians, by thinking logically with some common sense, and by my own experience in knowing God.
I did not say knowledge is of no use. I say there is no point to study theology when there are so much more things better than pure theories.
What better things?
^^^^Still theology.I am really worried, for if you do not know anything better than theology, you have built your faith on your knowledge of Christ, but not on the Living God who lives in us.
I will use theology to speak against theology, if you have valued theology so much.
1 Corinthians 8:1: "Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that "all of us possess knowledge." This "knowledge" puffs up, but love builds up."
1 Corinthians 13:2: "And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing."
Knowledge, and also theology, are never the focus in the Bible. On the other hand, the "knowledge" of God that the Bible described, is never theories.
Proverbs 6:32: "Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding; He who does so destroys his own soul."
Does a person commit adultery because he does not understand that it is bad? No. It is because even he knows it is against the law, he did not act according to it. That is why I say knowing the theory means nothing when you do not think and act according to it.
I would rather have the knowledge of only one verse and live by it, than to have the knowledge of the entire Bible and treat them as theories like Physics.
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