And often it takes a proper understanding of scripture to inform us.
Seriously God, you chose them??????
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unsafe
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Theology is a study of God ------this is from Got Questions -----read all
What is the definition of theology?
Question: "What is the definition of theology?"
Answer: The word “theology” comes from two Greek words that combined mean “the study of God.” Christian theology is simply an attempt to understand God as He is revealed in the Bible. No theology will ever fully explain God and His ways because God is infinitely and eternally higher than we are. Therefore, any attempt to describe Him will fall short (Romans 11:33-36). However, God does want us to know Him insofar as we are able, and theology is the art and science of knowing what we can know and understand about God in an organized and understandable manner. Some people try to avoid theology because they believe it is divisive. Properly understood, though, theology is uniting. Proper, biblical theology is a good thing; it is the teaching of God's Word (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
The study of theology, then, is nothing more than digging into God’s Word to discover what He has revealed about Himself. When we do this, we come to know Him as Creator of all things, Sustainer of all things, and Judge of all things. He is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and end of all things.
unsafe says --------I am trying to get across that in order to search the spiritual meaning from God's word -----you need the Holy Spirit and He teaches all things that are spiritual not man -----
Theology will never give us the Spiritual meaning of any scripture -------theology will never be able to interpret a spiritual meaning that is intended in scripture -----only the Holy Spirit can do that --------theology will never give you spiritual Guidance ---only the HS can
do that ----
You either believe this scripture below or you don't ---Period ---there is no in between ------Jesus says this ------Now This is a Theology teaching at it's best -----this is exactly what theology can teach humans ----who God is -----
1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (ERV)
God’s Wisdom
6 We teach wisdom to people who are mature, but the wisdom we teach is not from this world. It is not the wisdom of the rulers of this world, who are losing their power. 7 But we speak God’s secret wisdom that has been hidden from everyone until now. God planned this wisdom for our glory. He planned it before the world began. 8 None of the rulers of this world understood this wisdom. If they had understood it, they would not have killed our great and glorious Lord on a cross. 9 But as the Scriptures say,
“No one has ever seen,
no one has ever heard,
no one has ever imagined
what God has prepared for those who love him.”
10 But God has shown us these things through the Spirit.
The Spirit knows all things. The Spirit even knows the deep secrets of God. 11 It is like this: No one knows the thoughts that another person has. Only the person’s spirit that lives inside knows those thoughts. It is the same with God. No one knows God’s thoughts except God’s Spirit. 12 We received the Spirit that is from God, not the spirit of the world. We received God’s Spirit so that we can know all that God has given us.
13 When we say this, we don’t use words taught to us by human wisdom. We use words taught to us by the Spirit. We use the Spirit’s words to explain spiritual truths. 14 People who do not have God’s Spirit do not accept the things that come from his Spirit. They think these things are foolish. They cannot understand them, because they can only be understood with the Spirit’s help.15 We who have the Spirit are able to make judgments about all these things. But anyone without the Spirit is not able to make proper judgments about us.16 As the Scriptures say,
“Who can know what is on the Lord’s mind?
Who is able to give him advice?”
But we have been given Christ’s way of thinking.
unsafe says ----Worth Repeating -----
10 But God has shown us these things through the Spirit.
The Spirit knows all things.
The Spirit even knows the deep secrets of God.
Only the person’s spirit that lives inside knows those thoughts. It is the same with God.
No one knows God’s thoughts except God’s Spirit.
12 We received the Spirit that is from God, not the spirit of the world.
We received God’s Spirit so that we can know all that God has given us.
13 When we say this, we don’t use words taught to us by human wisdom. We use words taught to us by the Spirit
unsafe says -----What is Spiritual Truth -----God's word is Spiritual truth ----this whole Paragraph is important from scripture above ----worth repeating ----
13 When we say this, we don’t use words taught to us by human wisdom. We use words taught to us by the Spirit. We use the Spirit’s words to explain spiritual truths.
14 People who do not have God’s Spirit do not accept the things that come from his Spirit. They think these things are foolish.
They cannot understand them, because they can only be understood with the Spirit’s help.
15 We who have the Spirit are able to make judgments about all these things. But anyone without the Spirit ----is not able to make proper judgments about us.
unsafe says ----
So any Christian or Clergy that has a problem with this Scripture will have to take it to God not me and question it ---
-unsafe says ----I believe scripture and I believe that anyone who has not the Holy Spirit cannot know the Spiritual things of God and that includes interpreting scripture to it's true meaning -----and no theology will do none of that or teach any of that -----cause theology is a study only of God ------
What is the definition of theology?
Question: "What is the definition of theology?"
Answer: The word “theology” comes from two Greek words that combined mean “the study of God.” Christian theology is simply an attempt to understand God as He is revealed in the Bible. No theology will ever fully explain God and His ways because God is infinitely and eternally higher than we are. Therefore, any attempt to describe Him will fall short (Romans 11:33-36). However, God does want us to know Him insofar as we are able, and theology is the art and science of knowing what we can know and understand about God in an organized and understandable manner. Some people try to avoid theology because they believe it is divisive. Properly understood, though, theology is uniting. Proper, biblical theology is a good thing; it is the teaching of God's Word (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
The study of theology, then, is nothing more than digging into God’s Word to discover what He has revealed about Himself. When we do this, we come to know Him as Creator of all things, Sustainer of all things, and Judge of all things. He is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and end of all things.
unsafe says --------I am trying to get across that in order to search the spiritual meaning from God's word -----you need the Holy Spirit and He teaches all things that are spiritual not man -----
Theology will never give us the Spiritual meaning of any scripture -------theology will never be able to interpret a spiritual meaning that is intended in scripture -----only the Holy Spirit can do that --------theology will never give you spiritual Guidance ---only the HS can
do that ----
You either believe this scripture below or you don't ---Period ---there is no in between ------Jesus says this ------Now This is a Theology teaching at it's best -----this is exactly what theology can teach humans ----who God is -----
1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (ERV)
God’s Wisdom
6 We teach wisdom to people who are mature, but the wisdom we teach is not from this world. It is not the wisdom of the rulers of this world, who are losing their power. 7 But we speak God’s secret wisdom that has been hidden from everyone until now. God planned this wisdom for our glory. He planned it before the world began. 8 None of the rulers of this world understood this wisdom. If they had understood it, they would not have killed our great and glorious Lord on a cross. 9 But as the Scriptures say,
“No one has ever seen,
no one has ever heard,
no one has ever imagined
what God has prepared for those who love him.”
10 But God has shown us these things through the Spirit.
The Spirit knows all things. The Spirit even knows the deep secrets of God. 11 It is like this: No one knows the thoughts that another person has. Only the person’s spirit that lives inside knows those thoughts. It is the same with God. No one knows God’s thoughts except God’s Spirit. 12 We received the Spirit that is from God, not the spirit of the world. We received God’s Spirit so that we can know all that God has given us.
13 When we say this, we don’t use words taught to us by human wisdom. We use words taught to us by the Spirit. We use the Spirit’s words to explain spiritual truths. 14 People who do not have God’s Spirit do not accept the things that come from his Spirit. They think these things are foolish. They cannot understand them, because they can only be understood with the Spirit’s help.15 We who have the Spirit are able to make judgments about all these things. But anyone without the Spirit is not able to make proper judgments about us.16 As the Scriptures say,
“Who can know what is on the Lord’s mind?
Who is able to give him advice?”
But we have been given Christ’s way of thinking.
unsafe says ----Worth Repeating -----
10 But God has shown us these things through the Spirit.
The Spirit knows all things.
The Spirit even knows the deep secrets of God.
Only the person’s spirit that lives inside knows those thoughts. It is the same with God.
No one knows God’s thoughts except God’s Spirit.
12 We received the Spirit that is from God, not the spirit of the world.
We received God’s Spirit so that we can know all that God has given us.
13 When we say this, we don’t use words taught to us by human wisdom. We use words taught to us by the Spirit
unsafe says -----What is Spiritual Truth -----God's word is Spiritual truth ----this whole Paragraph is important from scripture above ----worth repeating ----
13 When we say this, we don’t use words taught to us by human wisdom. We use words taught to us by the Spirit. We use the Spirit’s words to explain spiritual truths.
14 People who do not have God’s Spirit do not accept the things that come from his Spirit. They think these things are foolish.
They cannot understand them, because they can only be understood with the Spirit’s help.
15 We who have the Spirit are able to make judgments about all these things. But anyone without the Spirit ----is not able to make proper judgments about us.
unsafe says ----
So any Christian or Clergy that has a problem with this Scripture will have to take it to God not me and question it ---
-unsafe says ----I believe scripture and I believe that anyone who has not the Holy Spirit cannot know the Spiritual things of God and that includes interpreting scripture to it's true meaning -----and no theology will do none of that or teach any of that -----cause theology is a study only of God ------
revsdd
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Actually "the study of God" would be a dictionary definition of theology (ie, how we use the word today) but the actual Greek words when combined don't mean "the study of God" but something more like "God words." (Theos = God; Logos = word) "Study" would be derived, but colloquially I'd argue that "theology" just means "talking about God."
Mendalla
Happy headbanging ape!!
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
Pretty much. And that applies to any "ology" (anthropology, palaeontology, and so on). We have formalized the "ologies" as "fields of study" but that's not the literal Greek.
airclean33
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This being very true Waterfall. So would you tell me, how do you understand it?
GordW
Church-Geek-Oramus
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
One common definition (though I forget the original source) of theology is "faith seeking understanding".
One of the ongoing divisions in the church is between scholasticism and pietism (though really there is a specturm between extremes at either end). IIRC, people who lean more towards pietism tend to favour personal experience and discount formal theology while the reverse is true for those who lean towards scholasticism. ANd as with most things, a healthy spirituality grows best with both
Of course, do you have a couple weeks?
airclean33
Well-Known Member
Hi Waterfall ' only GOD Knows that.
Hi Waterfall ' only GOD Knows that.
Some of us are able to prophesy. You do not.
Quite.
I'm prophesying.
airclean33
Well-Known Member
--GordW--Hear is a verse or two . God has layed on my mind. Romans 8: 14 Galatians 3:26--29.
Please Let me know your thoughts Brother". airclean33--Gord.
I'm never wrong.
If you think so.