Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Doctrine pages 37-100

These pages talk about how God speaks. The second chapter starts off with a verse from 1 Corinthians 2:11-12 which says, "So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God". This verse gives me comfort knowing that it's okay that I don't understand God's plan because He is the only one who knows it because He made it. This chapter also says that, "People want to know and be known" which I thought was very interesting and true. All humans strive to know more about the world and what's going on around them, but they also desire to be known by other people. We as humans try so hard to be socially accepted, but all that matters is God's acceptance. In these pages of "Doctrine" it also talks about how God reveals himself in the world. Even when we don't notice, or think that it is God's doing, He is always there. God reveals himself through creation, common grace, and conscience. One way God acts as a conscience is how that he has already written his morality on our human hearts. God brings missionaries to an unreached group of people to reveal the gospel to them. God even sends angels to communicate the gospel of Jesus Christ, if necessary. This book makes me think deeper about my faith than I have before.

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