Learning about God

Learning about God

   God is invisible. He is not within the grasp of five senses of human beings. How, then, can we know Him? This is the biggest question in the area of theology. Philosophers around the world, down through the ages, have tried to explain God. With all the explanations, God is still unknown to mankind. God is a mystery and difficult to comprehend.

   Yet we cannot give up our desire to know Him. We exist because of Him and for Him. He made us with a purpose; unless we know that purpose and live up to it, our existence would be meaningless. Unless we know God, we cannot know His purposes for us. Hence our desire is to know Him. Knowing God is most difficult and essential in human life.

   How do we know God? There are various means through which God reveals Himself to us. Firstly we know God by observing the nature. Nature is an expression of God's attributes. Romans 1: 20 says "God's invisible qualities, both eternal power and His divine nature have been clearly seen… in the things that God had made".

   Secondly God reveals Himself through His written Word, the Holy Bible. Every other religious holy book contains a part of the truth about the creator. But the Holy Bible is God's inspired Word and is the ultimate authority on all spiritual issues. Where other books differ with the Bible, the Bible is to be preferred as the only reliable testimony of God. Those who want to know God must know the Bible.

   Thirdly there is the human conscience. One's own conscience is the voice of God, the mouthpiece of God, implanted in the human soul. Our conscience tells us what is right and what is wrong. Even when we think of God our conscience tells us which thought is right and which concept is not right.

   Then the final and the most wonderful revelation of God is His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus is the final revelation of God and His character. He is the visible image of the invisible God. By looking at Jesus and meditating upon His words and His deeds we know what God is like.

   We cannot know God unless we approach Him through Christ. Any claim saying that someone knew God without accepting Jesus as Lord, is a false claim. Every person who is thirsty to know God must come to Christ.

   Come to the Lord Jesus Christ, read God's holy Word and then study the nature under the guidance of your conscience - this is the right way to acquire the correct knowledge of God. May the Lord give you the wisdom to make the right decision! God bless you