Understanding God

"O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?" Romans 11:33-34

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:8-9

We can never fully know God while on this earth and even in glory we will not comprehend the magnitude of God. But by God's grace and mercy we can know Him well enough for salvation and a meaningful existence in this mortal life that can bring glory to Him.

There were and are people chosen by God to know Him in a more intimate way. God's prophets. Enoch, walked with God. Moses saw the glory of God. Elijah heard God's "still small voice" and among men born of women there was none greater than John the Baptist save those who are least in the Kingdom (Matt. 11:11).

God has always had His chosen few who seemed to have a little more understanding of the nature and character of God and it was these people whom God used to call His wayward children to repent and return to the paths of righteousness. If ever we needed true prophets of God it is NOW.

Quite frankly, if any of the 12 apostles anonymously came into your fellowship and pointed out those things within your fellowship that are inconsistent with the nature of God you would throw them out of your church. Churches today are more concerned with tradition than truth. And I'm not referring to "traditional" churches. Even the nondenominational churches are more stuck on traditions than biblical truth. The apostles would not recognize your church as a New Testament fellowship. They would easily identify the paganism that exists in your church. Paul would probably come right out and chastise most of you for heresy in the form of syncretism. You have allowed the Godless pagan culture around you to influence how you perceive and worship God. Your ecumenicism literally makes God want to vomit (Rev. 3:14-19)

And you who claim to be "bible believing" churches yet embrace Roman pagan Catholic practices God may judge you even all the more harshly for you rebuke your liberal ecumenical neighbor but you have a beam of heresy in your own eye.

The reformation of the 16th, 17th and 18th century was not complete. There were too many trappings of ancient pagan Rome that remained and now pervert even those who claim a biblical theology and faith. If we are ever going to come to a clearer understanding of God we must rid our fellowships of paganism. Humble yourselves, admit you have followed traditions of men and not Gods' word alone.

Listen, Satan does not want to get rid of the church. He desires to pollute and pervert the Body of Christ. He does not want to destroy God's creation, Satan wants to distort and dilute it.

We cannot begin to understand Almighty God until we rid our lives, our families and our fellowships of the trappings of paganism and popular culture in our midst.