Knowing God is the greatest privilege ever given to human beings. However, knowing God is much more complex than we might imagine.
We can say, for example, that we know a book or a car or accounting. That involves the mastery of a subject. It is altogether more complicated to say that we know a person. When a man says, “I know my wife,” he is not expressing the mastery of a subject but rather the depth of life experience, growth of sharing, and the mutual vulnerability that comes over years of life together. And yet, if the man is honest, he will admit that there is still room for growth to know his wife still more.
“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” A.W. Tozer
There is a certain predictability about how a person lives based on what they believe is true about God. What we think about God determines so much about us. If what we think about God is wrong, what we might get right about anything else really pales in significance.
Our knowledge of God, however, ought to transform us rather than merely satisfy our curiosity or make us unbeatable at Bible trivia. In this edition of the OakLeaf you will be introduced to several attributes of God with the intention of changing the way you live.
“I recently struck up a conversation with someone who told me that he graduated from Brigham Young University. I asked if he would tell me more about Mormonism…” [Read full article]
“one way to apply the truth of God’s glory is to think of supremacy. He is greater, better, higher than the creation we live in and the creatures He has made…” [Read Full Article]
“Divine holiness is unlike anything else; it is infinite, unapproachable, and incomprehensible. We are like blind people groping in darkness, desperately trying to grasp the true essence of God’s holiness…” [Read Full Article]
“Imagine that you are a King. The subjects of your realm are in a great rebellion against you. You quash the uprising…” [Read Full Article]
“When we consider the sovereignty of God, we acknowledge that God has the absolute right to rule over all creation, encompassing everything, from the smallest atom to the largest galaxy…” [Read Full Article]
“In a world of unfriendliness and endless noise, the idea of gentleness is somewhat foreign. Repulsive, even…” [Read Full Article]
John Piper
2015 Desiring God Conference
“Why is it that PhDs in theology commit adultery? They don’t know God. You can read theology 10 hours a day, 40 years long and not know God as beautiful, all-satisfying, the highest treasure of your life…”
