Book Review: Knowledge of God (James Packer)
Summary : Part 1 Know Jehovah
1. Study of God
For the study of God, five basic truths, the five fundamental principles of Christians, will determine this course from beginning to end. The five basic principles are: ① God spoke to humans, and the Bible is God's word given to us to have wisdom to salvation. ② God is the Lord and King of the world He created. God rules everything for his own glory, showing perfection in everything he does. Because of this, humans and angels worship and praise God. ③ As the Savior, God actively shows sovereign love through the Lord Jesus Christ to save believers from guilt and the power of sin. And they make them children and give them a proper blessing. ④ God is the Trinity. There are three Persons in the Divine, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and the work of salvation is the work of these three Persons. That is, the Father decides to redeem, the Saint fulfills the redemption, and the Holy Spirit applies it. ⑤ Godliness means responding to God's revelation with trust and obedience, faith and worship, prayer and praise, obedience and service. do. Life must be revealed and operated under the word of God. This is true religion.
2. People who know their God
How does knowing God affect people? We will answer this through Daniel. ① Those who know God have great passion for God ② Those who know God have great thoughts about God ③ Those who know God show boldness for God ④ Those who know God have great satisfaction in God Get If we want knowledge of God, first we must recognize the lack of knowledge of God and ask the Lord to understand us. Second, we must seek the Savior. Only those who have found the Lord Jesus can testify before the people of the world that they know their God. It is Jesus' promise that if we search for Jesus with all our heart, we will surely find Him.
3. What you know and what you know
What were we created for? To know God. What goals should we set in life? It is knowing God. What is Jesus' eternal life? It is a knowledge of God. “Eternal life is to know the only true God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, whom he has sent” (John 17: 3). As we listen to God's Word, we find it very low. Because God speaks of your sins, guilt, weakness, ignorance, and foolishness, making you compel yourself to despair and helpless and cry out for forgiveness. When you listen to God's Word, you will realize that God actually opens your heart, makes you a friend, and makes you a companion and covenant partner in Barth's words. It is grace to know God. We are not dating God, but God is making us acquainted with God by making us know His love. God's knowledge of his people is related to the whole purpose of compassionate salvation. That knowing means God's personal affection for those who know him, the act of redemption, covenant faithfulness, and provident care. In other words, it is the salvation that is given forever from now on, as we have suggested earlier.
4. Only the true God.
The images damage God's honor. Because it covers the glory of God. The key reason to forbid paintings and images is that they inevitably hide most of the truth about the personal nature and qualities of the divine beings they describe—not all. Also, images lead us in the wrong way. Because they convey the wrong concept of God. Historically, people used to put the statue of Jesus on the cross as an aid to prayer, putting them at risk of thinking godliness as a reflection of Christ's physical suffering. This led to unhealthy thoughts about the spiritual value of physical suffering, and to fail to know the risen Savior. Any speculative theology in which the Bible relies on philosophical reasoning rather than revelation is wrong in this regard. Paul tells us how this theology of the Lord will eventually happen. “Because this world does not know God through his wisdom” (I Corinthians 1:21). To follow your mind's imagination in the field of theology is to remain ignorant of God. This is the way to worship idols, which are false images of God, made with your own guesses and imaginations. In light of this, the positive aspect of the second commandment is clear. A passive look at this commandment is a warning of religious practices and worship practices that discourage God's honor and distort God's truth. On the other hand, actively looking, the Creator God is transcendent, mysterious, incomprehensible and ordered to recognize that we are beyond all imaginative and philosophical thinking categories we can. Therefore, God's view must be taken from the Bible.
5. Incarnate God
The most difficult part of preaching the gospel is how to explain the incarnation to unbelievers. There are two mysteries here: “The Word became flesh” (John 1:14). God became human. This is the real stumbling block of Christianity. But once the incarnation is properly understood, these difficulties disappear. First of all, the baby born in Bethlehem was a real God. John knew that the word Son of God was defiled in the minds of readers with misleading associations. From the beginning, he tried to make it clear that Jesus was the claim and that Christians are the sons that Jesus believes to be in Jesus, to speak of divinity and nothing else. That is why the famous John Preface (John 1: 1-18) came out. There is nowhere in the New Testament that clearly explains the meaning and nature of Jesus being the Son of God. Also, the baby born in Bethlehem is God who became human. He was not the one who subtracted some elements of divinity from God, but was the one who added all things that made humanity his own by taking personality by himself. Moreover, it was not the new relationship created by the incarnation, but the eternal relationship between the saint in heaven and the Father's eternal continuation in time, that the saint, the newcomer, obeyed the Father when he was in the world. As in heaven, on earth, the saint was wholly dependent on the will of the Father. Likewise, the saint did not consciously know all that could be known, but only what the Father God meant to know. The saint's knowledge, like his actions, was limited by the will of God the Father.
6. He will testify
The Gospel of John tells us that it is God the Father who will send the Holy Spirit. It is the same as the Father who sent the Son. According to the Lord, the Father “will send the Holy Spirit in my name, that is, as the agency of Christ, who does the will of Christ, acts as His agent, and has His authority. Just as Jesus came in the name of the Father, acted as the Father's agent, preached the words of the Father, did the Father's work, and testified to the end of God who sent Himself as a messenger, the Holy Spirit came in the name of Jesus, in the world He will act as Jesus' agent and witness. Spiritism is like a jewel buried in ashes in the Christian doctrine, and few people are interested in it. We should not think that Christian truth can be proved by our arguments. No one can prove the truth of Christianity without the omnipotent work of the Holy Spirit renewing the blind mind. It is the sovereign privilege of the Spirit of Christ to make man's conscience a reality of the gospel. Those who testify of Christ must learn that the basis of their hope for success is not in their presentation of the truth, but in the power of the Holy Spirit to manifest it. If there is no Holy Spirit, there will be no Christians in the world.
7. God who does not change
We can say that the Bible is the word of God, the lamp of my feet and the light of my way, but we have doubts that it does not match the times when the Bible was written. We don't know how this story applies to us now, nor how to overcome it. From the standpoint of space, time, and culture, it is true that the people and their times are very far from us. But we need to find a connection with God from those people. In order to dispel this doubt, we must first start talking from the immutability of God. We must know that God's life does not change, and that God's character does not change. Likewise, God's truth does not change, and God's ways do not change. God's purposes do not change. Likewise, the Son of God does not change. Jesus Christ “is the same yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13: 8), and His hand still has the same power as it used to be. This fact brings great comfort to all of God's people.
8. God's Majesty
The Bible tells us two things about how to have the right concept of God's greatness. The first is to remove the limitations that would dwarf God when thinking about God. In Psalm 139, the journalist meditates on the infinite and unlimited nature of God's presence, knowledge, and power in relation to people. The psalmist says that we are always in God's presence. You can break your relationship with fellow humans. But you can't run away from the Creator. Even the darkness that hides me from human sight cannot be covered by God's eyes. The God who sees through all things is also the Almighty God. Here is the first step in understanding the greatness of God. It is to recognize how infinite God's wisdom, presence, and power are. The second is to compare God with the power or power we deem great. In Isaiah 40, God tells us to look at the work he has done, and the Prophet keeps telling us to look at the nations and the world. Think of the world's size, diversity, and complexity, and think of the 7 billion people living there and the sky above it, how little we are compared to the whole of our planet! But what about this huge whole planet compared to God? Look at the great ones. God is greater than the greats of this world. Finally, look at the stars. It is impossible to add scientific knowledge of the number of millions of stars or the distance of a few billion light years. When we try to think of the innumerable depths of the universe, we become paralyzed and dizzy mentally. It is all in God's hands and is subject to God's will. Look at your God!
9. Wise God
The wisdom of the Bible is not merely clever or subtle. Wisdom is the ability to see the best and best goals and the surest means to achieve them, and the tendency to choose them. Wisdom is a practical aspect of moral good. There is no frustration because God's wisdom is combined with omnipotence. Infinite wisdom and infinite power are combined together in God, and this makes God worthy of full trust. God's omnipotent wisdom is always active and never fails. All of God's creation and ministry of providence and grace show wisdom, and we see them properly only when we can see the omnipotent wisdom of God in them.
We will be able to see as much of what Paul saw in his fleshly thorns (whatever it was) in relation to God's wisdom. Paul says it came to him as “Satan's messenger” and tempted him to think bad things about God. Paul resisted this temptation and sought the face of Christ three times, asking for thorns to be removed. The only response Paul received was, “My grace is sufficient for you. This was a burden because my power was weak and it was complete. ” After contemplation, Paul realized the reason why he should suffer such suffering. It was so that he would continue to be humble, “to make him not too proud because he received so many revelations. With this thought and the words of Christ, he was enough. “Therefore I will boast of my weaknesses in great joy, that the power of Christ may dwell in me” (2 Corinthians 12: 7-9)
10. God's wisdom and our wisdom
When dealing with the attributes of God, the old Reformed theologians divided them into two groups: non-shared attributes and shared attributes. Wisdom is a shared attribute. As God was originally wise, God imparts wisdom to creation. Where can we find wisdom? What should we do to get this gift in our hands? According to the Bible, there are two prerequisites for this. First, we must learn to honor God. It is anxious that many Christians spend their entire lives too proud and proud to receive wisdom from God. There is a reason in the Bible to say that the humble man has wisdom ”(Prov. 11: 2). Second, we must learn to receive the Word of God. You can do this by immersing yourself in the Scriptures that make you “have wisdom to salvation” through faith in Christ and have the power to do all good (2 Tim. 3: 15-17). When God guides us by applying principles, we sometimes confirm such guidance through a different providence that we immediately recognize as a signal. But in fact, the gift of wisdom has nothing to do with this ability and presupposes that we are incapable of it. Ecclesiastes says the optimistic expectation of discovering a divine purpose for everything will ultimately lead to this pessimistic conclusion.
11. Your word is truth
The two facts about the Triune God in the Bible are the fact that the first God is the absolute king of the universe who controls all things in the universe and fulfills his will in everything that takes place in it, and the second is that God will do his will. In order to do that, you are saying that you express the meaning. We will look at the second word of God here because God's sovereignty must be understood in light of what the Bible says about God's Word. The ‘Tora’ from God, the King, has three characteristics. Some of them are laws (narrow orders or bans with sanctions attached). Some of them are promises (favorable or unfavorable). Some of them are proclamation (God's information about Himself and people, their actions, purposes, essence, and expectations). God's Word is absolute and it must be. Looking at this in two contexts, first, God's commandments are truth. Sexual indulgence does not make it more human, but less human. It makes humans like animals and tears the soul apart. It happens everywhere that ignores God's commandments. We live a truly human life just as much as we try to keep God's commandments. Second, God's promises are true. Because God keeps those promises. How does God's integrity appear? It appears to be fulfilling the promise. God is the covenant keeper.
12. God's Love
The daily and general ministry of the Holy Spirit shows much more interest in the gifts of healing and tongues than the daily work of the Holy Spirit, which gives peace, joy, hope and love by pouring knowledge of God's love into our hearts. (1 Corinthians 12: 28-30). The best that Paul could have hoped for the Ephesians in connection with the Holy Spirit was that the Holy Spirit continued to be more powerful toward them, and as Romans 5: 5 ministered, they gained a deeper understanding of God's love in Christ. Now pondering on God's love, we look into God's heart. We will stand on a holy land. And to step on the land without sinning, you need the grace of awe. Because we know that 'God is love', we can apply to ourselves the promise that all things work together and do good to those who love God and are called according to God's will (Rom 8:28). have. Every thing that happens to us expresses God's love for us one by one and promotes God's purpose for us. James Orr said, “Love is a principle that generally allows one moral being to rejoice in the hope of another moral being. It is a personal relationship in each person's life. "It is the best form of personality that we discover." Romans 8:32 says, "You have not spared your son ... Will you not give everything to us? "
13. God's grace
Paul said, “I am made of God by grace” (1 Corinthians 15 ”10), and their rule of life is“ I do not destroy the grace of God ”(Gal. 2:21). Along with this, we must realize God's retributive justice, but the Bible claims that this world created by the good God from beginning to end is a moral world. If God does not punish sin, it is against His cause. And unless a man knows and feels this fact, that there is no hope for evildoers, and must be judged by God, he can never trust God's grace. Paul asserts, "There is no body that will be justified before him by the act of the law" (Romans 3:20). No one can improve the relationship with God by regaining it once God's grace is lost. And in order to have biblical faith in God's grace, we must know this and lean forward. Grace and salvation are united as cause and effect. “You are saved by grace” (Ephesians 2: 5,8). “The grace of God, which gives salvation to all, appears” (Titus 2:11). The Gospel says, “For God so loved the world that He gave his only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16), “Christ died for us while we were still sinners. God has confirmed His love for us ”(Romans 5: 8), how the“ spring is opened ”according to the Prophets (Zech. 13: 1), and washed away sins and filthy things. To the listener “… Come to me all. I declare that I will give you rest ”(Matthew 11:28).
14. God the Judge
If you look at the Old Testament, you can see that the theme of God's action as a judge is clearly recorded. Nothing can escape God. You can fool humans, but you cannot fool God. God knows us as it is and judges us as it is. Paul says, “We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ.” The existence of God's judgment must have a direct impact on our view of life. If we know that the retributive judgment awaits us at the end of life, We will live differently than we do not, and the final judgment will be made according to our actions.Paul warns the Corinthians to be careful about what kind of lifestyle they will build upon Christ. If you stand on the ground with stones, jewels, trees, grass, or straw, each achievement will appear, and that day will reveal the achievement, which will be represented by fire, and the fire will test what each man's achievement is. If it stays there, you will receive a reward, and if anyone accomplishes it, you will be harmed, but you will be saved, but you will be saved in the fire ”(1 Corinthians 3: 12-15). You will find it ”), and then you will know that“ Never is condemned to those who are in Christ Jesus ”(Rom. 8: 1), and you will look forward to the joy of meeting with Jesus in the future.
15. God's wrath
One of the most surprising things about the Bible is that the New Testament and the Old Testament strongly emphasize the reality and fear of God's wrath. But what God is doing is simply ratifying and corroborating the judgments already imposed on them by the way He “punishes” those who choose to follow themselves. This appears in the account of God's first act of wrath against man in Genesis 3 There we find that even before God kicked Adam out of the Garden of Eden, Adam had already chosen to hide from God and avoid His presence. The same principle applies throughout the Bible. The New Testament argument for God's wrath is concentrated in Romans. God's wrath is God's response to our sin, and “the law makes it wrath” (4:15). This is because the law arouses the sins lurking in us and makes the crime—an act of wrath—fulfilled (5:20; 7: 7-13). If you want evidence that God's wrath revealed in fact in your conscience is already acting as a force in this world, Paul says you just need to look at the lives of those around you and see what God has “leave them alone” to.
16. Be kind and rigorous
People are confused about God's character. At its roots, ① people are in the habit of following their religious intuition rather than learning about God from the Word of God, and ② modern people think that all religions are equal, and not only Christian sources but also pagan sources. It leads to the concept of God, ③ with the fact that people no longer acknowledge the reality of their sins. ④ Today's people have a habit of separating the concept of God's Son from the concept of God's strictness. We must make the following efforts to eliminate the causes of this analyzed confusion. ① You must help people base their beliefs on what they say in the Bible. ② You must strive to show people the uniqueness and finality of the Lord Jesus Christ, the final word God gave to man. ③ Be willing to believe in yourself and be willing. At the same time, you need to correct yourself with the words of Christ, and at the same time, you must change your habit of separating the concept of God's Son of Man from the concept of God's Sternity. Paul says in Romans 11:22, "Behold the kindness and strictness of God." Strictly literally means 'cut off', which denotes the resolute reaping of the Son of Man from those who have rejected God's Son of Man. Paul means that behind all the expressions of God's kindness, there will be strict judgment if that kindness is despised.
17. Jealous God
The Bible makes it clear that God is a jealous God. “Jehovah is a God of jealousy, called jealousy” (Exodus 24:14). Thus, there are two things to keep in mind about God's jealousy. ① God's jealousy should be understood as a new person dynamic. God's jealousy is not a complex of frustration, envy, and resentment, like human jealousy, because God created us in his own image, yet a person of existence and no fallen nature. It appears hard. ② There are two kinds of human jealousy, and only one of them is evil. This kind of jealousy is the mad madness of rejected or pushed suitors, often called sexual jealousy. Another kind of jealousy is the zeal to protect a relationship between love or to revenge when it is broken. God's jealousy is like the latter. God's jealousy urges us to be zealous toward God. Paul had a heart for the Lord and was an eager person to make the most of it. In the face of prison and suffering, Paul affirms that “I do not value even my life in the least to finish the way I will run and the mission I have received from the Lord Jesus, to testify of the gospel of God's grace” (Acts 20:24). did. God's jealousy also threatens churches that are not zealous for God. It means to be cold or hot.
Summary 3 : Part 3-If God is for us
18. The heart of the gospel
At the heart of the gospel is the concept of 'reconciliation'. In the New Testament, there are four texts related to harmony. ① “Now, besides the law, a righteousness of God has appeared… In other words, there is no discrimination because it is God's righteousness to all believers through faith in Jesus Christ. With his blood he made a peace offering through faith ... To be righteous ”(Romans 3: 21-26) ②“ Therefore, he deserves to be like brothers in all things. This is a merciful and faithful high priest in the work of God, and the people are to redeem their sins ”(Hebrews 2:17). ③“ If anyone commits a sin, we have a prophet before the Father, who is righteous Jesus Christ. He is a peace offering for our sins ”(1 John 2: 1-2). ④“ God is love. God's love has been revealed to us in this way, and God is sending his only-begotten Son into the world to save us. Love is here, and we did not love God, but God loved us and sent His Son as a peace offering to atone for our sins ”(1 John 4: 8-10). In this way, harmony in the New Testament faith is central. Reconciliation, in addition to signifying the Atonement, also represents the calming of the wrath of God. The key to reconciliation is that Christ calmed the wrath of God by the sacrificial death of our sins. God's wrath is as personal and effective as God's love.
19. Children of God
A Christian can be defined as a person who has God as Father. The gift of being a son of God is ours, not by being born, but by being born again. “To those who receive it, those who believe in its name, are given the power to become children of God, because they are not of the lineage or flesh, nor of the will of man, but those born of God” (John 1: 12-13). The central idea in 1 John is the best gift God gives with love (1 John 3: 1), the love of Heavenly Father (2: 9-11), the principle of sonship, and the Heavenly Father, the privilege of sonship. And fellowship (2:13), avoiding righteousness and sin as evidence of sonship (2:29), seeing Jesus, the hope of sonship, and becoming like Jesus (3: 3). Being adopted is the highest privilege the gospel offers. It is even higher than justification. Being adopted is because it involves a richer relationship with God. Also, adoption is a lasting blessing. Parents are completely wise and good, and their children are permanently secured. The concept of quantum being itself is the 'traction of the saints' and is a guarantee. Also, the entire Christian life must be illuminated by adoption. Being a son should be the dominant idea in all respects, that is, the normative category. This is a natural conclusion in the nature of the matter, and is confirmed by the fact that the Lord has always taught Christian discipleship in this respect. In addition, the Holy Spirit is given to Christians as the “spirit of the quantum” and acts as the spirit of both in all ministries related to Christianity.
20. God our Leader
Given the problems God is leading us to, we must believe that God has a plan. The book of Acts records detailed guidance over three or four times. Guided by dreams, visions, and direct speech, even the apostles and people of the time were considered to be exceptional and not unusual, but these events show that at least God has no difficulty in revealing his will to his servants. . One of the misconceptions of India and others is to think of it as an internal impulse from the Holy Spirit, apart from the essentially written Word. The fundamental way that our rational Creator leads His rational creation is the fact that it consists of rational understanding and application of His written Word. The true way to respect the Holy Spirit as our leader is to respect the Bible, the means by which the Holy Spirit guides us. It should be noted that “guided by the Spirit of God” in Romans 8:14 is not related to the inner “voice” or such experience, but rather to restraining known sins and not living in the flesh. Only within these limits of guidance, God gives us inner impulses on the question of 'for calling'. The Holy Spirit does not transcend the Word of God, but leads it within the limits set by the Word. "he … He leads you in the way of righteousness ”(Psalm 23: 3). God does not lead us in any other way that contradicts his Word.
21. Inward Trials
When we preach the Gospel, we should not only speak of rosy fantasy. The foundation of evangelical ministry is to accept the Bible as God's promises and those promises as God's guarantees. The topics that usually appear there are justification by faith through the cross, new birth through the Holy Spirit, and new life gained in the power of Christ's resurrection. The Bible is full of truths that can heal souls. However, improper application can have unfortunate consequences. We must look at the two aspects of the Gospel without mercy. God's grace is a deeper knowledge of God and fellowship that keeps getting close to God. Grace is that God draws our sinners closer and closer to Him. God takes steps to “be eager for Jehovah” if we borrow typical biblical text that teaches the secrets of godly life in order to make us believe in God out of self-confidence. For this purpose, God uses our sins and mistakes. God does not protect us from the attack of the world, the body, and Satan, or protect us from burdensome and frustrating circumstances, or the problems caused by our own temperament and psychology. Rather, it exposes us to all this. So he deeply recognizes his deficiency and makes him more hung on God. It is the ultimate reason that God fills our lives with this kind of suffering and embarrassment.
22. God's Satisfaction
Romans is the culmination of the Bible in all respects. Luther called the Romans “the most obvious gospel.” Calvin said, “If you understand Romans, you have a clear path to understanding the whole Bible.” In connection with these two concepts in the preface to the Romans, Chindale said, “The main and most prominent part of the New Testament and the purest“ Yu Angela come, ”that is, the good news we call the gospel, and the light and way to the entire Bible. Called. All the paths in the Bible lead to each other, and every point of view presented in the Bible is most clearly seen in Romans, and no one can predict what will happen when the Romans' message captures the heart of a person. Among them, chapter 8 is the best part. The simple statement “God is for us” is actually one of the richest and most important words in the Bible. Paul says that "God" gave his son "for all of us." And this fact itself is a guarantee that “everything” will be given to us. God is faithful to you, and sufficient for you. You will never need more than God provides, and it will always be sufficient whenever God provides materially and spiritually. Those who know God will learn to win generously, and with Paul, rejoicing in the satisfaction of God, they will live like Romans 8. “When you asked to find my face, I said to the Lord with my heart,“ O LORD, I will find your face ”(Psalm 27: 8).
<Review> Part 4
Advantages
James Packer, a evangelical theologian representing this century, served as a professor of Regents (systematic theology), and most of all, is known for seeking harmony and unity between biblical piety and theological understanding. It is a scholar who emphasized that the pointing Christ should be vividly revealed in the lives of individuals and churches. The author conveys systematic theological knowledge to beginners and the general public by describing the theology in a plain style through a essays in a plain and simple style. In particular, the concept of the incarnation that can be seen as a theological challenge is based on the preface of John's Gospel. The clear explanation and the like are its own advantages. The book also shows readers who have a theological foundation how to apply theological knowledge to real life, and it is a godly mind that helps to achieve the effect of systematic theology + Bible reading, especially in Romans chapter 8 in chapter 22. The author's sharp comment on the book gives a vivid shock to the reader, who wants to rush to Romans chapter 8. This book, along with the biblical insight of the author, brings us to the real kingdom of God by allowing readers to realize the love and grace of pure God, awe of the wrathful God, and preaching the heart of the gospel to impress. This is a valuable book that will help you get there.
Disadvantages
James Packer, in the heading of "Knowing God," cited people and travelers sitting on the balcony as an example, this book is a book for travelers, and the problem in this book is a question asked by travelers, but in this book, There seems to be a lack of aspects of how'knowing knowledge' is applied empirically in real life. Although this is supplemented in the appendix 「Research and Discussion Problems」, it remains unfortunate that it would have been nice to have this content dissolved in the text because the content of the text and the appendix affect the readers differently. In addition, the book does not have a uniform composition for each chapter, so it is not easy to grasp the concept in a regular basis. For example, in some chapters, the conclusions are taken as “our reactions,” while in others, the conclusions are just continuations of the author's story, and there is no uniform form for each chapter. It would have been better if it had been constructed in a unified form. In addition, as the author himself mentioned, each chapter is compiled and edited in a series of magazines, so from a systematic theological point of view, it is inevitable that there are conceptual omissions, and some chapters have recurring and recurring themes. As for, it is inevitably deteriorated.
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1. To an individual
The author unfolds our entire life centered on God with calm meditation and smooth handwriting. If you have the opportunity to read while reading, this book covers in depth many topics that you should meditate on so long as you have the desire to take this book along with the original Bible book on a long-distance train trip. We must know the majesty of God. God is sovereign, omnipotent and omnipotent. As we meditate on His majesty, we must 'wait upon Jehovah' until we gain new strength by caring about these things. The two purposes of God's wisdom are to accomplish personal sanctification and ministry and service in the lives of God's people. But how do we identify God's intrinsic purpose in a frustrating and painful situation? First, we should consider them as coming from God and ask how the gospel of God requires us to respond to them and in them. Second, we need to find God's face specifically for them. If you do both, you will fully grasp God's purpose in suffering. We should think about whether we are children of God and God as the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ as our brothers. We must live by considering what it is like to respect, obey, follow God, and please God the Father. Whether we are willing to meditate on God's wrath or reluctance to meditate is a sure means of verifying whether our hearts are truly affected by God. When we fear God's wrath, we can truly realize the grace God is trying to give us.
2. At the church
We recognize the work of the Holy Spirit in the Church and remember that only the Holy Spirit can certify that our witness is true, and we expect and believe that the Holy Spirit will do so, and in our thoughts, prayers, and real life Must learn to glorify “He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” We must believe that even in the midst of the nuclear age, God and Christ are all-powerful to save, despite all the changes and uncertainties in life. For every problem that arises in the church, we must solve it according to God's Word, including the Bible. The Bible is that the fruit of wisdom resembles Christ – peace, humility, and love (James 3:17) – and its root is faith in Christ as the manifestation of God's wisdom (1 Corinthians 1:24, 30) (1 Corinthians 3: 18; 2 Tim. 3:15). If so, we should make our efforts to seek wisdom to be an effort for these things, and seek the knowledge that we cannot have in this world and neglect the wise purpose of God by neglecting faith and faithfulness. Our church community as Christians must be people who acknowledge and live under the Word of God. The Church knows that the Word of God was not only given directly to them through the Bible, but also to create, govern and tidy things around them. Because the Bible says that everything works together to do good, the idea that God controls their environment brings us joy.
3. In society
When we preach to unbelieving believers, we must have answers to theologically difficult questions. Among them, it is necessary to theorize for themselves how to solve the doubts of non-believers about the part of the incarnation and the Trinity. Today, we are obliged to properly convey the parts that are not well understood to Christians as well as non-believers. When people hear God's word, they must teach them not to do what they feel, but to speak in the Bible as the basis of conviction. We have to show ourselves to God, and to those who live without realizing their sins, we must admonish ourselves to live according to the teachings of Jesus Christ, and God is not only a loving and blessed God, but a harsh disciplinary person when we do not obey. Should be informed. Amen.
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