Why should we study the attributes of God?
There is no higher subject that any mind can contemplate than the subject of the study of God.
No other truth is so mind expanding.
No other truth is so heart enlarging.
No other truth is so life changing as the study of God.
The higher our knowledge of God the higher our worship of Him will be.
As your knowledge of God increases so will your understanding of how He wants us to live for Him. It is the knowledge of God that shapes how we think, how we feel and how we act and how we speak. It is our knowledge of God that shapes what we believe, how we see the world around us. The more we understand about God, the greater will be our appreciation of our Creator and our Redeemer. We have to get our picture of God right. We cannot be wrong about God and be right elsewhere.
In 1855 in London, England, Charles Hayden Spurgeon stood in the pulpit as he began his exposition of Malachi 3:6, and in the introduction, this 20-year old young preacher said these profound words.
“There is something exceedingly improving to the mind in a contemplation of the divinity. It is a subject so vast that all of our thoughts are lost in its immensity. It is so deep that our pride is drowned in its infinity. Other subjects we can comprehend and grapple with; in them we feel a kind of self content and go on our way with the thought, ‘Behold, I am wise.’ But when we come to this master science, finding that our plumb line cannot sound its depth, and that our eagle eye cannot see its height, we turn away with solemn exclamation, “I am but yesterday and know nothing.” - C.H. Spurgeon
And while the subject humbles the mind, it also expands it. Nothing will so enlarge the intellect. Nothing will so magnify the whole soul of man as the devoted investigation of the great subject of the deity.
We stand as an insect on the surface of the sun, gazing into the brilliance of the sun… realizing we are but nothing. Apart from Him we could not exist. God had a reason for creating us. And He wants us to love Him and live our life to bring glory to Him.
A study of God's attributes is truly amazing. The attributes of God are inseparably connected to each other. What is true of the Father is true of the Son and is true of the Holy Spirit. All the attributes are eternally permanent. It is not uncommon for the attributes to overlap and compliment each other. For example, the mercy of God is seen along with the justice of God and they are not at odds with each other.
"Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
-2 Timothy 2:15
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