Sunday, January 31, 2010

The Proper Study of God

In Tozer’s book, we head directly into God’s character, which I believe is the proper study of theology proper. God’s being, much of it, is a mystery. We need to know of God’s strength, God’s creation, God’s knowledge, otherwise we could be entrusting ourselves to a weakling. But the focus of our knowledge of God is found in the most repeated creed in Scripture:

"The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.>\" Exodus 34:6-7

It doesn’t focus on God’s power or might, but on who God is like. And it is this that we will focus on for the rest of our time with Tozer.

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