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Perhaps the greatest reason that theology is worth our time is that it gives us a more clear and more grand view of God. Theology proper - the study of God - presses us into thinking about God in a way that clarifies who He is, who we are, and also how little we know about and understand Him. Just last night I was listening to a lecture on God and Creation from Southern Evangelical Seminary, and throughout the lecture, I was repeatedly struck by how much knowledge there is in the world. August, Aquinas, Anselm - these are just a few of the great minds who have influenced our view of God today. To study even the works of these three man would take more than a lifetime. And then to think of others like Calvin, Luther, Taylor, Lewis, and more - all this just shows us how small we truly are. And consider that even if we could grasp fully all that these men had written and said in their lifetimes, it would still be but less than a single grain of sand on the shores of God's wisdom.
As you ponder the greatness of God, the vastness of His power and of His mind, we can see why Paul would end Romans 11 like this:
Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God.
How unsearchable His judgments, and His paths tracing out.
'Who has know the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?'
'Who has ever given to God that God should repay them?'
For from Him and through Him and for Him are all things.
To Him be the glory forever. Amen.
- tC
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