The Lord God commanded man, saying. From every tree of the garden you may eat as you wish, but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat. But from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat. For fr…

May the God of peace Himself make you perfectly holy. May your spirit, your soul, and your body all be kept without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (I Thessalonians 5.23) 1 The Composition of Man Another aspect of human bein…

What is man? What is man that thou shouldest esteem him, and be mindful of him? (Job 7.17) 1 Creation and the Four States in the “Image of God What is man? From ancient times to the present, thinkers and biologists have given various answe…

God sent me before you that I might leave the rest of you in the land, and that you might live through the great salvation. Therefore it is not you who have sent me here, but God.” (Genesis 45.7-8) 1 Sanctification, Creation, and Providenc…

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.The earth was a vast and empty void, and darkness was over the face of the great waters, and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters.And God said, “Let there be light.…

God has made known to us the mystery of His will. He has made known to us the mystery of his will, that in Christ God would gather together all things in heaven and on earth in accordance with his predestined will, in the fullness of time,…

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. (II Corinthians 13.13) 1 As a Mystery, Not a Mystery From the Sozzini school of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries down to…

Eternal life is to know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. (John 17.3) 1 Natural Religion First, we would like to clarify our understanding of who the One True God is by comparing Him with the “gods” or deities in…

When the door of the Word of God is opened, light shines throughAnd enlightens the foolish. I open my mouth wide and gasp.Truly, I long for your word.(Psalm 119.130-131) 1 Christ, the center of revelation A novel should be read as a novel,…

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims the work of His hands.Day speaks to day, and night shows knowledge to night.He speaks not, neither does he speak, nor is his voice heard.But the glory of his glory reached t…

I pray thus. May your love be ever more abundant in knowledge and in all discernment, so that you may discern what is important. (Philippians 1.9-10) 1 To love God (1) Is “theology” permitted? What does it mean to “know God?” It may be tha…