Here is the book we'll be studying together...
The Knowledge of the Holy, by A.W. Tozer. Everyone going on the trip gets a free copy, and though there is some tough reading in it, anyone can know God better from it. The author uses much Scripture to explain the attributes of God in a way that makes God very understandable. I was amazed at how much I did not know about God when I first read it in 2001.
Here's a quick quote. Read the whole thing because the last third of this is the best:
"God knows instantly and effortlessly all matter and all matters, all mind and every mind, all spirit and all spirits, all being and every being, all creatureehood and all creatures, every plurality and all pluralities, all law and every law, all relations, all causes, all thoughts, all mysteries, all enigmas, all feeling, all desires, every unuttered secret, all thrones and dominions, all personalities, all things visible and invisible in heaven and in earth, motion, space, time, life, death, good, evil, heaven, and hell.
"Because God knows all things perfectly, He knows no thing better than any other thing, but all things equally well. He never discovers anything. He is never surprised, never amazed. He never wonders about anything nor (except when drawing men out for their own good) does He seek information or ask questions." (Page 56)
And this God loves us?! This God wants the best for us? How can it be?
If we don't understand the nature of God we will not be able to love and serve Him in the way we should. May we never see God the same as we study our Bibles and this book during this trip.
Here's a quick quote. Read the whole thing because the last third of this is the best:
"God knows instantly and effortlessly all matter and all matters, all mind and every mind, all spirit and all spirits, all being and every being, all creatureehood and all creatures, every plurality and all pluralities, all law and every law, all relations, all causes, all thoughts, all mysteries, all enigmas, all feeling, all desires, every unuttered secret, all thrones and dominions, all personalities, all things visible and invisible in heaven and in earth, motion, space, time, life, death, good, evil, heaven, and hell.
"Because God knows all things perfectly, He knows no thing better than any other thing, but all things equally well. He never discovers anything. He is never surprised, never amazed. He never wonders about anything nor (except when drawing men out for their own good) does He seek information or ask questions." (Page 56)
And this God loves us?! This God wants the best for us? How can it be?
If we don't understand the nature of God we will not be able to love and serve Him in the way we should. May we never see God the same as we study our Bibles and this book during this trip.
Pastor Dave
