God as Trinity

To study the person and nature of God is a humbling, daunting and yet necessary journey we must take throughout our Christian walk. In doing so it's important that we don't try and put God in a box or to pull him down to a place where we can define and understand him. We can't as he is inexhaustible in all that he is and revealed himself to be. Tozer said it best... 

“Left to ourselves we tend immediately to reduce God to manageable terms. We want to get Him where we can use Him, or at least know where He is when we need Him. We want a God we can in some measure control. We need the feeling of security that comes from knowing what God is like, and what He is like is of course a compose of all the religious pictures we have seen, all the best people we have known or heard about, and all the sublime ideas we have entertained. If all this sounds strange to modern ears, it is only because we have for a full half century taken God for granted. The glory of God has not been revealed to this generation of men.”

—A.W. Tozer

Why does our view of God matter? Our primary duty and principle reason we were created was to worship God. So, who are you worshiping?  In other words, are you worshiping the God you created in your mind to be or are you worshiping the God he has revealed himself to be? Think with me for a moment. If we have even a small initial wrong belief just imagine where that road will take you? From what I have experienced personally it will take you far away from a right view of God. Thus the view that we have now will matter greatly later on in whether or not you have a biblical view of God as revealed in Scripture or some other view. That's why I would implore you to study theology proper (study of God). We need to be constantly correcting our beliefs and ensuring that we keep ourselves in line with what the Bible says.  

                         

Can we have a perfect view of God? The quick answer is no. There isn’t anybody that has a perfect view of God. But what we must do is look at the Bible and our rich Christian heritage and history for that last 2000 plus years and look at how and what God has revealed about Himself. I believe that what you will find is that you have moved away, in many instances, to what is a right belief of who God is.

Has God revealed himself in such a way that he wants us to know Him accurately?Again, the short answer is yes. The doctrine of Trinity is a foundational cardinal truth in Christianity. All three major Christian traditions - Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox, throughout the history of the Church have been united on this doctrine. A denial of it constitutes a serious departure from the Christian faith and a rejection of the clear biblical witness to God as he has introduced himself to us. Sadly, many have gone astray from the faith because of their refusal to accept these truths. 

Stay tuned and we will continue to post more on this subject. May we, like the apostle Paul cry out, "Oh that I might know him" (Phil 3:10)!