Friday, January 18, 2008

"you thought I was just like you"

Knowing God is possible because He has revealed Himself to us in His word. Comprehending Him is impossible. We can only know Him "in part" while we live on this earth. We are "made in the likeness of God," but we are the "created" and He is the "creator."

Psalm 50:21.....You thought I (God) was just like you.......

God has been reduced to a nebulous figure of the imagination, the "man upstairs," the "great santa claus in the sky." He has become the subject of movies, television shows, and all manner of questionable jokes and innuendos.

Sadly, God is no longer feared and reverenced before all else, He is no longer worshipped and praised. People think God is just "one of the boys."

What has happened?

Over the past hundred years or so, the focus of religion has shifted from God to man:

man must have his needs met
man must feel good about himself
man must not have his feelings hurt
man can find his own way to God

Therefore man worships himself and exalts himself and has no thought of God.

We must start with God "because God is God, and because if we put anything or anybody before Him, ourselves included, we are dishonoring Him." (MLJ - Great Doctrines of the Bible)

"The question of knowing God is the end, the supreme end, of all religion; it is the great thing that should be at the forefront of the mind and heart of every believer." (MLJ same book)

We must seek Him...........if we do, He promises that He will reward us.......not with riches, but with knowledge of Himself. (Hebrews 11:6)

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