![]() ![]() ![]() One can know a great deal about godliness without much knowledge of God * One can know a great deal about God without much knowledge of Him What normal person spends his time nostalgically dreaming of manure? In comparison, the presence and knowledge of Christ far surpasses these trivial hurts. People who really know God do not brood over might-have-beens, past hurts or things they have missed - they think on what they have gained. ![]() Meditation is the activity of calling to mind, and thinking over, and dwelling on, and applying to oneself, the various things one that knows about the works and ways and purposes and promises of God.Ĭhapter Two – The People Who Know Their God Prayer and praise to God –> life with God Knowledge about God –> meditations before God –> How can we turn our knowledge about God into knowledge of God? We have to turn each truth that we learn about God into matter for meditation before God, leading to prayer and praise to God.” (and lived out in everyday life with God) ![]() The very greatness of the subject matter will intoxicate us and we shall come to think of ourselves as a cut above other Christians because of our interest in it and grasp of it… “A crucial question as we start is, “What is my ultimate aim and object in occupying my mind with these things? What so I intend to do with my knowledge about God, once I have it? For the fact that we have to face is this: If we pursue theological knowledge for its own sake, it is bound to go bad on us. Godliness means responding to God’s revelation in trust and obedience, faith and worship, prayer and praise,submission and service God is triune – there are within God three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit God is Savior – active to rescue believers from the guilt and power of sin God has spoken to man, and the Bible is his Word So where do we start our study of God? With five foundational principles: “He who often thinks of God, will have a larger mind than the man who simply plods around this narrow globe…” (Spurgeon)īut why study God? Because if you disregard the study of God, “you sentence yourself to stumble and blunder through life blindfolded, as it were, with no sense of direction and no understanding of what surrounds you”. The study of God both humbles and expands the mind – and it heals the soul. What difference does it make if we believe in these things? Spurgeon fought against what he called the “downgrade” of the weakened Christian view of his day on the matters of Scripture, the atonement of Christ and human destiny. God is not sovereign or holy the historical accuracy of the Bible is to be questioned, etc. It is okay to go through religious motions, but set God off at a distanceĬhristian minds have been confused by modern skepticism “Ignorance of God – ignorance both of His ways and of the practice of communion with him – lies at the root of much of the church’s weakness today” (p.12)Ĭan this be applied to personal weakness as well?Ĭhristian minds have been conformed to the modern spirit What is the difference between a “balconeer” and a “traveler”? This is a book about transforming theology (studying about God) into everyday experience (true knowledge and experience of the nature and person of God in everyday life) ![]()
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