The Godhead - God
God cannot be known (Agnosticism) |
Agnosticism
(from Greek a ‘without’ + gnosis ‘knowledge’) is the belief that
nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God.
Therefore, agnostics are people who feel that God’s existence cannot be
proved. |
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Confutation |
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I have
already showed from the Scripture (in the previous confutation) that the
existence of God can be proved in various ways. However, I would like to say
something else. Man can not only know that God exists, but also know Him
personally. In other words, He can have a personal relationship with God. For
Jesus Christ said: “All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man
knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son,
and he to whom the Son will reveal him” (Luke |
I am by
the grace of God among those who know God. However, I would like to make it
clear that God cannot be perfectly known by our imperfect mind. I mean, we
can’t know all His purposes, all His ways, all His judgements, all His
thoughts, for the Scripture says: “Oh, the depth of the riches both of the
wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgements and His ways
past finding out! For who has known the mind of the Lord?” (Romans |
In
conclusion, one can know God but not through his understanding or reason or
through philosophy or some so called science, but only through repentance and
faith in the Son of God. We are among those who know God, and even though we
know that our knowledge of God is partial, as it is written: “We know in
part” (1 Corinthians 13:9 – NKJV), we have the firm confidence that one day we
will know God just as we also are known by Him. We have an altar on which we
offer our spiritual sacrifices, but not an altar with the inscription ‘to the
unknown or unknowable God’ but with this inscription ‘to the God we have
known and whom can be known through Christ Jesus, His Son’. To Him be the glory now and forevermore. Amen. |
Beware of agnosticism and refute it, for it is a
wrong belief, which is used by that ancient serpent to keep millions of
people far from the true and living God. |