A "call" back to Godology

Theology is the buzzword today in Christian circles and Seminaries. It is the technical term for man's study of God. It is in vogue to study systematic theology which is basically the systematizing of the doctrines of Scripture. Nothing wrong so far. But what happens when theology becomes what we preach, teach, and believe instead of Scripture?

Remember that it is "man's" study of God and thus it is subject to biases and interpretive motives known or unknown. Therefore, it is dangerous ground to herald theology in such a high manner. We have a great many problems in Christendom these days and bad theology has added to them. Well founded theology is the kind that yields to Scripture and revises itself based upon what God has actually said about Himself.

Godology is the revelation of God by God; it is what God has said from the mouth of the One who said it. The Church has abandoned feast, festivals, and commandments from the Scripture that are commanded by God. The reason? They believe their own traditions and theology over what God has actually said. Steven Curtis Chapman has a new album out that chronicles his reactions to the tragic death of his five year old daughter. In the song "Questions", the first line goes like this:

Who are you God?

Cause you are turning out to be

so much different than I imagined.

Could it be that the Church believes in a God that they have imagined? What if all that they have practiced, taught, and known for the past 500 years was not based on Scripture, but traditions of men? These questions must be asked because each man will give account and he will not be able to say that his pastor mislead him or he just did not know. We each must know what God has said about Himself and what He has commanded us to do.

If you fail to study Godology, you will be led astray and may find yourself at the end of your life having practiced that which is actually an abomination to the Lord. Are the feasts and festivals that you observe really biblical? Are you ignoring the ones that God has given as eternal statutes? God did not design it so that we would have to make up things to honor Him; He told us what is right and good. Think on this as we enter the holiday season and celebrate a holiday that is pagan in origin and not sanctioned by God.

Only by studying what God has actually said are we able to keep from going to the right or to the left. Hear O Israel and choose life today.