The concept of God that we come to understand with spiritual conviction comes to us through "biblical theology" as wellmattrose wrote: This sounds as awful lot like coming up with a philosophical concept of God and then applying it to the Scriptures.
as historical, systematic and natural theologies. With the latter, for instance, we learn about God through His "general
revelation" and what God has revealed through the natural order of creation. What we can conclude from general revelation
or natural revelation is distinctly called natural theology. It is based on general revelation. Historical theology is based
on biblical theology (and in some cases tradition) so these are all important in forming our understanding of God.
We use "logic" when interpreting the scriptures because logic is the greatest hermeneutic we have and God is a God of
order.... and does NOT contradict Himself.
This is exactly what biblical, historical, and systematic theology does. General revelation corroborates these three.mattrose wrote:Wouldn't it be better to start with revelation (primarily Jesus... but Scripture also) and then begin to develop your philosophical concept of God if you feel so inclined?
What kind of "pain" and "suffering" does God the Father experience? Please be specific. I'm trying to understand howmattrose wrote:So to say God never experiences pain or suffering ...
this is consistent with God the Father's other attributes. To me, it makes no sense to have God the Father experiencing
pain and suffering while He is sustaining every sub atomic particle and anti particle of infinite inner space and is completely
sovereign in His bringing forth of His Perfect Plan and is omniscient of all things we will ever do.
I would have tremendous cognitive dissonance if I believed God the Father was experiencing pain and suffering so
please explain this to me.