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Timeless Truths...What Everyone Needs To Know About God
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Why Do We Need A Biblical View Of God? (Principle 1)
In our book 10 Principles For Successful Christian Living , we emphasize that the first and foremost principle, for believers to live successfully in God’s sight, is to get a biblical view of God. What do we mean by this?
Basically, it means that we need to see God as the Bible portrays Him—the God who can do anything which is consistent with His character. This is how we should understand the God of the Bible.
This should be our starting point as we examine the Person of the God of Scripture….
In our book, What Everyone Needs To Know About God, we have two important sections….
Part 2 The Attributes Of God That Belong To Him Alone: God’s Unique Characteristics
Part 3 The Personal Attributes Of God: What Humans And God Have In Common
We look at these after introducing the subject…Our introduction reads as follows…
What is the God of the Bible like? What are His characteristics? What can we know about Him?
The Bible describes the attributes, or characteristics, of God—the only God who exists. It alone tells us what the one, true God is like.
Unfortunately, human beings have created God in their own image. The god they create is one that reflects their own nature. God is manipulated to fit the needs of the person creating Him.
Add to this, there are many Christians that have a deficient view of God. They also manipulate the concept of God to fit their own desires.
The proper perspective is to find out what the Bible has to say about the character of God. His attributes have been revealed to us in Scripture. Therefore, it is essential that we examine the attributes or the perfections of God. This section introduces us to this topic and brings us to our “timeless truth.”
What Are The Attributes Of God? (God’s Perfections)
How Do We Discover Them?
What is the God of the Bible like? What are His attributes? What does the Bible have to say about the character, or nature, of God?
This is the first question that we need to address as we attempt to understand what the Scripture teaches about God.
The Word Attribute Defined
To begin with, we need to know what we are talking about when we use the word “attribute.” What do we mean when we speak of His attributes?
An attribute of God can be defined as “an essential and permanent characteristic of His nature.” They are also called God’s “perfections.” Therefore, when we use the phrase “the attributes of God,” we are referring to the characteristics of God that He has revealed to us.
Where do we learn of God’s attributes? How are we able to determine what God is like? A few important observations need to be made.
1. We Can Know Certain Things About God From Looking At The World He Created
2. We Need God’s Written Word To Know Specifics About Him
3. We Do Not Have To Be Ignorant Of Who He Is
Jesus emphasized this truth. He made it clear that we can only know the living God to the degree that He reveals Himself to us. He said the following:
My Father has turned everything over to me. Only the Father knows the Son. And no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son is willing to reveal him (Matthew 11:27 God’s Word).
God has been willing to reveal Himself to us so that we can know what He is like —as well as what He expects from us.
4. Human Reason Is Inadequate To Know These Things
Consequently, human reason alone is not an adequate way to understand the character of God. When left to our own ideas about the nature, or character, of God, each of us goes our own way. The Bible informs us that through philosophical reasoning humanity cannot understand God. Paul wrote to the Corinthians:
For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of our proclamation, to save those who believe (1 Corinthians 1:21 NRSV UE).
Unaided human reason ends up making God into the image that we think He should be. It does not tell us who He truly is. In contrast, divine revelation is the only source that informs us of who the God of the Bible, in fact, is.
Thus, we must go to the Scripture alone if we want to know God’s attributes—His permanent characteristics. There are no other sources.
This is one of the important “timeless truths” that we should know and understand. Therefore, it is critical that we study the Bible to discover what it says about the God whom we love and serve.
Our book, “What Everyone Needs To Know About God” lays out the basic truths about His nature and character.
It will be a very helpful resource to study and learn about many timeless truths concerning the Living God.
Support the ministry of Don Stewart here:
Get access to all the materials from Pastor Don Stewart here:
Follow Pastor Don Stewart
In our book 10 Principles For Successful Christian Living , we emphasize that the first and foremost principle, for believers to live successfully in God’s sight, is to get a biblical view of God. What do we mean by this?
Basically, it means that we need to see God as the Bible portrays Him—the God who can do anything which is consistent with His character. This is how we should understand the God of the Bible.
This should be our starting point as we examine the Person of the God of Scripture….
In our book, What Everyone Needs To Know About God, we have two important sections….
Part 2 The Attributes Of God That Belong To Him Alone: God’s Unique Characteristics
Part 3 The Personal Attributes Of God: What Humans And God Have In Common
We look at these after introducing the subject…Our introduction reads as follows…
What is the God of the Bible like? What are His characteristics? What can we know about Him?
The Bible describes the attributes, or characteristics, of God—the only God who exists. It alone tells us what the one, true God is like.
Unfortunately, human beings have created God in their own image. The god they create is one that reflects their own nature. God is manipulated to fit the needs of the person creating Him.
Add to this, there are many Christians that have a deficient view of God. They also manipulate the concept of God to fit their own desires.
The proper perspective is to find out what the Bible has to say about the character of God. His attributes have been revealed to us in Scripture. Therefore, it is essential that we examine the attributes or the perfections of God. This section introduces us to this topic and brings us to our “timeless truth.”
What Are The Attributes Of God? (God’s Perfections)
How Do We Discover Them?
What is the God of the Bible like? What are His attributes? What does the Bible have to say about the character, or nature, of God?
This is the first question that we need to address as we attempt to understand what the Scripture teaches about God.
The Word Attribute Defined
To begin with, we need to know what we are talking about when we use the word “attribute.” What do we mean when we speak of His attributes?
An attribute of God can be defined as “an essential and permanent characteristic of His nature.” They are also called God’s “perfections.” Therefore, when we use the phrase “the attributes of God,” we are referring to the characteristics of God that He has revealed to us.
Where do we learn of God’s attributes? How are we able to determine what God is like? A few important observations need to be made.
1. We Can Know Certain Things About God From Looking At The World He Created
2. We Need God’s Written Word To Know Specifics About Him
3. We Do Not Have To Be Ignorant Of Who He Is
Jesus emphasized this truth. He made it clear that we can only know the living God to the degree that He reveals Himself to us. He said the following:
My Father has turned everything over to me. Only the Father knows the Son. And no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son is willing to reveal him (Matthew 11:27 God’s Word).
God has been willing to reveal Himself to us so that we can know what He is like —as well as what He expects from us.
4. Human Reason Is Inadequate To Know These Things
Consequently, human reason alone is not an adequate way to understand the character of God. When left to our own ideas about the nature, or character, of God, each of us goes our own way. The Bible informs us that through philosophical reasoning humanity cannot understand God. Paul wrote to the Corinthians:
For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of our proclamation, to save those who believe (1 Corinthians 1:21 NRSV UE).
Unaided human reason ends up making God into the image that we think He should be. It does not tell us who He truly is. In contrast, divine revelation is the only source that informs us of who the God of the Bible, in fact, is.
Thus, we must go to the Scripture alone if we want to know God’s attributes—His permanent characteristics. There are no other sources.
This is one of the important “timeless truths” that we should know and understand. Therefore, it is critical that we study the Bible to discover what it says about the God whom we love and serve.
Our book, “What Everyone Needs To Know About God” lays out the basic truths about His nature and character.
It will be a very helpful resource to study and learn about many timeless truths concerning the Living God.
Support the ministry of Don Stewart here:
Get access to all the materials from Pastor Don Stewart here:
Follow Pastor Don Stewart
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