Comments on: Hallelujah! We Know So Little!

By: Ingrid Asplund

Ingrid Asplund — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:11:55 +0000

“I think one Sunday a month everyone in church—and especially our pastors, church leaders, and anyone who makes any kind of living talking or writing about God—should come into the pews, take a seat, and, for the duration of the time the service usually lasts, remain perfectly quiet.”

Like the Quakers! I love the Quakers! I am myself not Quaker, but I go to meetings associated with a Quaker group and we often do silent worship for 5-10 minutes at the end of the meeting. It is always a powerful spiritual experience for me.

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By: Todd Kramer

Todd Kramer — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 03:00:30 +0000

I would agree with you if the pastors would sit and listen to the brothers and sisters of the faith but only if the Holy Spirit would be allowed to do what he wants to that day through the people for satan would try to bring confusion into the body that day and he would use that to his own glory and not let the Glory go to the Blessed Father or Blessed Son and Savior Jesus Christ or The Blessed Holy Spirit. For the war is still raging on and we need His direction in what is right and what would be the most blessed event that day for if we Lift up Jesus he will draw all men unto himself and then God himself would be Glorified

By: John Shore

John Shore — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:15:59 +0000

Fantastic. You’ve gotten my point exactly. We SHOULD more readily admit how little we “know” God. We know the important stuff–the crucial, immediate stuff that we NEED to know. But beyond that, we should be careful not to too stridently speculate.

Hey, you might also “enjoy” (if that’s the right word) a piece I recently wrote dealing with the same sort of theme. It’s here:

http://johnshore.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/are-we-already-fulfilling-god%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cplan%e2%80%9d-for-us/

Thanks again for writing.

By: Terri Wright

Terri Wright — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:20:03 +0000

WOW I never knew that not knowing everything about God would feel so good. I am a relatively new Christian and sometimes feel inadequate for not knowing everything about God as some of my fellow worshipers do. Then I realize that they have been here longer than I so they probably should know a little more than me and in all actuality they don’t know everything about Him I’m just too knew to realize that. Thanks for letting me know and everyone else know that we’re NOT supposed to know everything about God, thats not our place and we should be happy to admit it.

By: nisperos

nisperos — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:54:30 +0000

My first impression on reading this post is… that we sometimes enjoy people for their differences rather than their similarities; that is, we might find them funny either because they resonate with us or because we don't get ourselves into the same pickles they get themselves into…

My starting point when something is important or even interesting to me is that I want to know more about it in order to understand it rather than to be certain about it or to master it.

I think that in our relationship with God… or our spouses, or friends, or the people we meet… it's very similar. The message, assuming we continue the dialogue, goes something like this: "I like you. We have some things in common, but I'm also not you, and hence different in some respects. That's OK. In fact, it's part of what makes the relationship tick."

With God, of course, we are talking about a difference in degree. Have you ever been awed by someone? Maybe because of who they are such as a celebrity, a politician, a church leader, or an eminent scholar in a particular field? When we are younger (and sometimes even when older), it's about all we can do to walk up and shake someone's hand and maybe tell them we like their talk, their performance, or their concert. Then later, we might progress to the stage where we can talk to said person and tell them some specific details which we enjoyed or maybe even ask them a few questions. Later on, we could probably ask them questions or try to make witty conversations with them all day or for as long as we can monopolize their time… Finally, for those we might become close to, there's more give and take, we get a better idea of their personal lives and thoughts rather than perhaps the part which we originally focused on, and a friendship or relationship can finally develop. With our awesome God, he gives us the opportunity to be a co-worker and a friend we can share with and count on even when the stakes are high.

By: Kerri B.

Kerri B. — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:52:06 +0000

Yeah…yeah.

Rock on, John Shore. Rock on.

By: Ross

Ross — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:54:04 +0000

Yes, even in scripture, there is much mystery. I frequently come across passages or verses that are utterly perplexing. Sometimes it's just a case of me not knowing proper context of how people thought or lived 2 to 4 thousand years ago, but there are some that just aren't and won't be clear on this side of eternity. I get irked when a Bible teacher offers an explanation to a particular difficult passage or verse that is clearly a stretch, but because they feel an answer has to be given they offer one up. Why not just say, "I don't know…this is a mystery." He would get more credibility, from me at least.