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What do you believe about God?

 “Everyone’s a theologian.” -R.C. Sproul

Why though? Because everyone believes *something* about God. Your view of everything in life is formed by how you view God.
If He’s Santa Clause to you, then you may find lots of disappointment in life when things don’t go your way. If He’s a strict Father, then you may find yourself walking on eggshells trying not to make Him angry. If He’s a permissive big brother, then you may find yourself following your fleshy desires and apologizing for them later.
You may not be persuaded to believe there’s a God. But He doesn’t need you to believe He exists in order to exist. Yet still a belief about God - that He’s nonexistent.
What we need to know (not everything we want to know) is written in the Bible. It will come to a shock to some, but the Bible is not a book about us. It’s a book about God.
I’ve experienced so many of His attributes in my own life - patience, kindness, justice, mercy, faithfulness - but wouldn’t be able to identify them unless I’d first had comprehension of them through His Word.
Each attribute makes up God and Who He is. He doesn’t contain more of one attribute than the other - He’s in perfect wholeness within Himself.
As a Christian, I long to know more about God each day. I’m not trying to gain favor or become better. I simply believe His ways are perfect (Psalm 18:30), so why would I not want to learn more about the best that can be?
To learn more about Him, I can read His Word and ask for wisdom and understanding through the Holy Spirit. Hence, the need for theology - the lifelong study of God.
What you believe about God affects your life choices, your marriage, your family, your job, your money, your attitude, your emotions. But you can know that you’ll be most satisfied when He is most glorified in your life (paraphrased from John Piper’s thoughts in Dont Waste Your Life).
So here’s a challenge for you. Write down 10 truths you know about God (even if you don’t totally understand them) and how you’ve seen God use them to work in your life. How can those 10 truths affect other aspects of your life that could seem unrelated?




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