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Itducti
g pp Jm c pjc:C c Km k,
K b c;
b k :H c ?
(Y .)
Jm 2:0 niv984
I w, Jm, c xmp
p pp w
g gs. The implicatin was that he wul cme up with
. G c c w c
I:
B m pp xc G
w .
.
T , T w b G, only
G (thei Gly), have ne what nt even pagans tae
m nothing .
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T cmc c :
B pp , O ,
w ,
c Lord.
. 2
T :
M pp cmm w :
T k m,
p w,
w c,
bk c c w.
. 3
S, pp p m, , w
rom a leaky articial hole in the ground to cool, resh, purew m xb, c.
T x
b, G, G m. T w, w
w-b, w : D Lord (Pm
37:4) Rjc L w (Ppp 4:4). T
w D :
O I k Lord, I k:
I m w Lord
m ,
z b Lord
k m mp.
Pm 27:4
This is why Jesus sai, The kingm heaven [Gs well-
] k . W m ,
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, j w
b (Mw 3:44).
G himsel is the geatest teasue imaginable, an thelgy,
G, mb.
T bk b , b pcc b m-
c , bc z
w c:
Bibliology w G m m kw
Bb pcc.
Theology proper1 is the stuy G himselwh he is anw w .
Angelology is the study o other spiritual beingsangels,
m, S.
Anthropology is the stuy the pinnacle Gs ceatin
m, b m.
Hamartiology is the study o that which is contrary to
G.
Christology is the stuy the Sn G, the secn pesn
Tw w w .
Pneumatology is the stuy the Hly Spiit, the thi pesn
Tw w w .
Soteriology G pbm
.
Ecclesiology cc, b C
pp cp.Eschatology w G w
Scp.
A w b cp : I , pp
cul cme st since eveything fws m G, incluing the
W G, the Bible. Nmally, hweve, Biblilgy pecees
pp bc Bb pm (
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only) source o inormation about God. So rst we must un-
w cc w w .
Ate an intuctin t thelgy (chapte 1), Biblilgy will be
c cp 2. T pp w w cp-
6.
A (cp 2) p (cp 34)
cme next, since they eal with beings ceate by G. Hama-
(cp 6) w p, c
w w m xpc.
W c m p p m - .
Christology (chapters 1722) would t immediately ater
pp, c C G, c p
T. Hw, I w c p m-
tiology because, in addition to being God, Jesus Christ, also
m, bcm m pbm
. T pp, p, m p
b C.
Pm (cp 232) c mm -
lw thelgy ppe, since the Spiit is G, the thi pesn
T, b w T c
pesn. Steilgy (chaptes 2632) ts next; the wk Jesus
C p b , H Sp p-
p wk C w b m.
Ecclesiology (chapters 3336) ollows as it deals with thecorporate nature o all believers. And eschatology (chapters
3740) cm bc w .
I have witten this bk m an evangelical pespective. This
m I m cc cmm c bc :
F c, Bb w cm b W
G, w , cmp w; J
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C w cm b G w
m; J c pc,
w c c pc,
coming back to earth physically and visibly; and nally, aith
C w b ccp b G
j pc .
As we examine an iscuss these issues, I will pvie evience
w w b. I w q c bbc
x w, w I c c m m, I -
c k p x m w. A , I m bck p b
q c G W .
Even those who share this same evangelical perspective do
, pc m .
S I c p c
w I m. I kp m -
c p m w ( mc).
I m bk w w pp
kw G b, w -
atin yu pesnal, nging, lielng pusuit me an
m G, pm pc .
Y w b m. Hpp !
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Wt Is Te?
Many peple, ate heaing the w theology, ll thei
eyes an envisin esteic schlaly ebates that have
b . Hw, mc
more basic, more oundational, than this, and it has every-
thing to do with real lie. The word itsel comes rom the
Greek terms or God (theos) and word, thought, or
(logos). S theology m: wc c b
b G, G. I
pm ( xc) c m bGod is the Bible, theology can be thought o as the study
Bb: W c? W , cc
Scp?
A more ormal denition might be something like this:
Theology simply means thinking about God and expressing
m w. Nc cb c-
. T pm something, b doing
o something, specically, thinking and expressing. The term
doctrine k c
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the expessing (thugh smetimes theology is use as a synnym
doctrine).
Fm, c m
simply a mental activity; it als invlves cmmunicatin. This is
w bc kw G kp
. I b p p
G w.
I this is what theology is, then it ollows that theology
m everyone , b k k
about God to some degree. Even atheists do; they just doso in negative terms. At some level, all people are theolo-
gians, whether they know it or not.2 The question, then, is
nt whethe ne is ing thelgy but whethe ne is ing
cc.
S how w cc?
How to Do TheologyFirst, one truth that Christians have long understood may
initially seem counterintuitive: We must do theology in faith.
Nmally we wul assume that ate we thughly unestan
m, w c w w b . B
Bb c . T p P :
T p w Sp [ b] ccp cm m Sp G [.., G W,
the Bible] . . . and cannot understand them because they are
c Sp.
C 2:4
In other words, only a person o aithone who trusts in
G Wc W
. Am Cb (03309) p w:
I b I m . O,
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rephrased it, theology is aith seeking understanding. The
b, , pc .
This does not mean aith is blind. It is not mindless or ir-
. G w k m wc
there is insucient basis or belie. It does mean we must do
theology in dependence upon God, the subject o our study
pm c Bb, W.
T Sp, w (J 6:3).
Second, we must do theology in humility. This should be
obvious by the very act that God is an innite and perectly
b, w w cmp m w
m b fc b . (S Jm 7:9, w
m.)
M ,
w m w,
c Lord.A ,
m w w
m .
I :89
S we shul thelgy humbly, ealizing we will all sht
o perection. This also implies that we should constantly be
b m m
p c .
Thi, we must do theology with the right motives. T ten
theology has been motivated by pride that seeks to show the
p c kw. T, c,
is the opposite o doing it humbly. In contrast, God-pleasing
mtives inclue ing thelgy t magniy himWhateve yu
, it all the gly G (1 Cinthians 10:31)an t
p E m b cc m
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b b p ( C 4:26; Ep 4:6;
C :28).
F, we must do theology in the right way. F c,
bjc p W m b
human? Femst, we must ega Gs W as u pimay
c (m c cp 2). T w
bbc x pc. Nx, w p
x c, m cc, k
m w cmmc
c ( bbc p m,see chaptes 35). Finally, we synthesize u nings in e t
w, W Bb c b w m
b m?
How to Understand Theology
Theology m xp m mb b-
cp (c, xmp, bbc , ctheology, and natural theology). Again, this books approach
alls under the category o systematic theology: the study o
Bb mp cz mz c
cc b pc. G, c p-
: W Bb c b Bb? G? J
Christ? the Holy Spirit? angels? humans? sin? salvation? the
cc? ( )?The answers are hardly irrelevant or stuf to interest only
academic types. They are thoroughly useul, prooundly ap-
plicable, even vital t u veall well-being. Paul emnstate
this by how he organized his letters. The rst part, generally
c, xp what kw b
(.., Rm ; Ep 3). T p,
pcc, pp how
shul live as a esult thei aith an knwlege (e.g., Rmans
26; Ep 46).
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9
T cc: Theology (biblical truth) is the basis for
Christian living. Paul also showed its relevance by repeatedly
c p ( p p: 2 Tm,
Titus) t teach peple sun ctine. The w sound means
. T p bbc c, w-
out it we will be unhealthy spiritually and vulnerable to alse
c ( cc P ).
W c ppcb -
ways readily apparent, we ought to assume that it is relevant
an cntinue t pne G-eveale tuth, with Gs help, asc w b p c. G not w
w . T b W G
should not only afect our thinking (what we believe and un-
) b b (w w ), m
cc (w w ).
Theee, an nally, t thelgy cectly we must apply
it to our own lives and help others apply it to their lives. G
esies t use thelgy (biblical tuth) t tansm us int gly
pp. I m p w wk w
cp c j .
I n t e r e s t I n g F a c t
Up until the last couple of centuries, theology was known as thequeen o the sciences. The assumption was that since everything
comes rom God, nothing can be sufciently understood apart rom
God. Thereore, you were not considered to be educated in anyfeld
o study unless you had also studied theology. Oh, or the good old
days, when theology was given its appropriate and necessary place!
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2
hw C I Kw gd?
We can know God or one reason only: God has made
himsel known. I God had not chosen to do this, wecul nt have knwn him. That is, G is nt accessible thugh
u senses, u easn, u expeience, any the means apat
m w b ccb. O kw G
b p p ;
willing b kw, desires b kw.
T m revelation cm m Gk w apocalupsis
( Nw Tm bk), wc m
an uncveing evealing smething that was peviusly
kw. T c , , m w c kw
G because he has chsen t make himsel an his wks knwn.
T w k : pcc.
General Revelation
G kw G -
able to all people o all times and all places. Such knowledge
cm w.
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2
First, general revelation comes through nature, that is,
through what God has made. Psalm 19:1 says, The heavens
declare the glory o God; the skies proclaim the work o his
. G cmmc c. P w,
Sc c w G b q
pw b c , b
unest m what has been mae, s that peple ae withut
xc (Rm :20). Sm G c b c
seen through his works. This is not just communication but
clearcommunication, which is why people are without ex-c. E wc G
.
Secn, general revelation comes through human beings, that
, w b G m. T w c,
thing, a sense the ivine. In the vese bee Pauls statement
about what can be known o God in nature, he says, What
m b kw b G p m, bc G
m p m (Rm :9). G pc w
all humans an inner sense o his existence, and he has made
p.
A m w. Ecc
3: , H m . T
means we all have a G-given inne sense that thee is me than
j --w; mG m.
A P w, m G-mp m:
W G, w [w] w, b
q b w, w m,
though they do not have the law. They show that the require-
m w w , ccc
also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing
m m m.
Rm 2:4
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This moral sense is the human conscience, a reection o
God, who himsel is the moral standard. He has written his
w .
Thi, general revelation comes through history, that is, hw
G wk m pc. T w D m
w G c m ; p
kings an aises up thes (Daniel 2:21; see als Jb 12:23; Acts
17:26). Histy is the wking ut Gs plans an pupses,
w w kw , w xpc b
wk c .So through at least these waysnature, humans, and his-
toryGod has made himsel known to all people. Everyone
eveywhee knws that the ne tue G exists an knws sme-
thing abut him. As Paul makes clea, all peple ae accuntable
kw (w xc, Rm :20), b -
cally, all suppess the tuth by thei wickeness (Rmans 1:18).
Specifc (Special) Revelation
Whereas general revelation is available to all people gener-
, pcc ( pc) b pcc
people and at specic times and places. Historically, this has
k m m, c w:
First, God has revealed himsel through an audible voice.
This seems implied in Genesis 12:1: The Lord had said toAbam. . . . A clea example is when G calle ut t Samuel
(see 1 Samuel 3), an at st Samuel thught Eli was calling him.
Sc, G m through dreams, c
Josephs (Genesis 37:511). Later, Pharaoh had two related
dreams and God enabled Joseph to interpret them (Genesis
4:37). Jp pcc P, G
P w b (. 2, 28).
Thi, G has eveale himselthrough visions, instance,
Abm (G :). T bk D c
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G m w , km,
and Gods work to establish his eternal kingdom that would
pc m km (D 72).
F, G m through messengers, c
pp . T Hbw w prophet
(nabi) m pk, , w pk G. T
Hbw Gk m angel (malak angelos)
bth mean messenge. Smetimes angels accmpanie a visin
G pp (.., Zc :9; 2:3).
F, G m m w through hisSon, Jesus Christ. T b b c,
, b pm k m
to his eternal divine nature. For example, the Old Testament
ten eeences the angel the Lord (Yahweh), as in Juges
6:, w pcc cm G w w
w. I m p,
t nly as the Lord (v. 14), s clealy this is nt just any angel G b G m. M c b pcc
is the second person o the Trinity appearing on earth as a
human. The tem applie is theophany, an appeaance visible
m (Gk phain bcm b, pp)
G (Gk theos).
T m bcm pm w J w
b. T p J w cc b
m W (logos)T W w G (J :),
an The W became fesh an mae his welling amng us
(. 4). A , m [G] kw (. 8). J
C pm cmmc m G G.
W c kw G bc bcm p
J C.
Essentially, us tay, specic evelatin is the witten W
o God, the Bible. In the Gospels we have the record o the
ultimate revelation, Jesus Christ. We also have the records o
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Gs wn vice, eams, visins, pphets an angels,
an s much me. The Biblewhat it says abut itsel an the
mpc w b c cp 3.
s o b e r I n g F a c t
While general revelation is sufcient to make all people guilty o turn-
ing away rom God (Romans 1:1820), it is not sufcient to provide
salvation or anyone. Only specifc revelationspecifcally, Jesus Christand the gospelare sufcient or salvation (Romans 10:1317).