1. I agree with this quote because we cannot possibly contemplate God accurately, so any visual picture we make will be not correct. God is so far above us that we cannot make an accurate picture, so it is not actually God.
2. I think that he would say the same for this generation since God has not fully revealed himself to us yet. I think that what he means by the contemporary God is only slightly above the Greek and Roman Gods is that the Greek and Roman Gods were all powerful, and could create which is the same as the contemporary Christian God.
3. I believe that this quote is true, because we are naturally curious people, and there is so much that is unknown to us, and we long to know about it all, including who we are, and where we come from, and we can sense that there is a divine creator. I think that we can see this in all humans because everyone comes to a point where they don't feel satisfied with the answers of the world, and feel like there is something more.
4. I think that Tozer uses a feminine pronoun to describe the soul because the church is the bride of Christ, so that means we are all brides to him.
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
"One True Devotion"
1.
I think that the most powerful analogy for me is that devotion is spiritual sugar that removes bitterness from discipline and anything harmful from our consolations. This is most meaningful because it is easy to think of devotion as a chore or a burden, but this shapes our thinking of it as actually being the sweetener of our daily lives.
2.
I think that the meaning of true devotion is when we completely give ourselves to God, and love him in the way that he designed us to love him. This would be having a perfect love and devotion towards him. I think that this is possible for us to achieve when God puts his spirit into us.
3.
My favorite devotional practices are praying, and walking through nature. The hardest one for me is getting myself to sit down and read the Bible without any distractions.
4.
I think that the best devotional practice for me is praying throughout the day, and listenning to sermons before bed.
I think that the most powerful analogy for me is that devotion is spiritual sugar that removes bitterness from discipline and anything harmful from our consolations. This is most meaningful because it is easy to think of devotion as a chore or a burden, but this shapes our thinking of it as actually being the sweetener of our daily lives.
2.
I think that the meaning of true devotion is when we completely give ourselves to God, and love him in the way that he designed us to love him. This would be having a perfect love and devotion towards him. I think that this is possible for us to achieve when God puts his spirit into us.
3.
My favorite devotional practices are praying, and walking through nature. The hardest one for me is getting myself to sit down and read the Bible without any distractions.
4.
I think that the best devotional practice for me is praying throughout the day, and listenning to sermons before bed.
Thursday, September 10, 2015
The Knowledge of the Holy
1. In the preface to The Knowledge of the Holy, Tozer identifies the problem as "A low view of God." I believe this is very true because so many times in our lives we make the wrong choices because we think what we are doing is better for us, like we are bigger than God. We feel like we can go against what God teaches us without any consequence, and that leads into an abyss of sin.
2. I think what Tozer means about "The majesty of God" is the realization of the awesomeness (in the truest sense of the word) of God, and the ability that that has to touch us spiritually.
3. The further losses that Tozer identifies are a loss of religious awe, a loss of consciousness of the divine spirit, a loss of religious spirit, and our ability to withdraw inwardly to meet God in adoring silence. All of these have to do with our being in touch with the holy spirit.
4. I think that with time, our society has gotten less and less in touch with God. A huge factor in this is technology, and how much it is spreading, and how fast our lives are moving, so that we can easily forget, or be distracted from God. Our education however, shows us how to be aware of God, and stay in touch with him, even whilst we live in a society moving at breakneck speed. We can teach others how to slow down their lives, and how to stay in touch with God.
2. I think what Tozer means about "The majesty of God" is the realization of the awesomeness (in the truest sense of the word) of God, and the ability that that has to touch us spiritually.
3. The further losses that Tozer identifies are a loss of religious awe, a loss of consciousness of the divine spirit, a loss of religious spirit, and our ability to withdraw inwardly to meet God in adoring silence. All of these have to do with our being in touch with the holy spirit.
4. I think that with time, our society has gotten less and less in touch with God. A huge factor in this is technology, and how much it is spreading, and how fast our lives are moving, so that we can easily forget, or be distracted from God. Our education however, shows us how to be aware of God, and stay in touch with him, even whilst we live in a society moving at breakneck speed. We can teach others how to slow down their lives, and how to stay in touch with God.
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