How do we come to know God?
Today we considered the question of how one comes to know God, or how our ancestors came to know God. Though initially we thought that we all come to know God through divine Revelation (that is, God telling us about Him), we realized it is not so: We come to experience the Divine (God) through reason and through life-experiences. The whole of creation is "speaking" to us about the Creator. The goodness that we see around is revealing the "ultimate source" of all goodness, namely God. They recocognised God as superior, all powerful, and all knowledge being. Some however, mistaking thought of many gods!
The Israelites were probably the first of all peoples who had a unique and personal knowledge of God. This they had through the help of their Patriarchs and then through Moses and the rest of the prophets. There we now can speak of a special revelation. There God revealed Himself as ONE God (as opposed to many gods), personal and loving. he is a God who creates, but doesn't abandon His creation to fate, but watches and takes care of it leading it to the "Sabbath rest".
In Christianity this fundamental knowledge of God is deepened, since God reveals Himself through His Son. We Christians know God best then through Christ.
Given below is a presentation of true and false ideas of God:
Review Questions
1. What are the divine attributes?
2. What are the main errors about God?
3. How do we know about the Holy Trinity?
4. What does it mean to be a child of God? (see, Jn 1:11-12)
The Israelites were probably the first of all peoples who had a unique and personal knowledge of God. This they had through the help of their Patriarchs and then through Moses and the rest of the prophets. There we now can speak of a special revelation. There God revealed Himself as ONE God (as opposed to many gods), personal and loving. he is a God who creates, but doesn't abandon His creation to fate, but watches and takes care of it leading it to the "Sabbath rest".
In Christianity this fundamental knowledge of God is deepened, since God reveals Himself through His Son. We Christians know God best then through Christ.
Given below is a presentation of true and false ideas of God:
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| Correct Ideas about God Think about each of the above characteristics of God... |
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| False Ideas about God Why are they false? |
Review Questions
1. What are the divine attributes?
2. What are the main errors about God?
3. How do we know about the Holy Trinity?
4. What does it mean to be a child of God? (see, Jn 1:11-12)
