Can Never Know All
Brethren, it is well for us to remember that as human beings we can never know all of the Godhead. If we were capable of knowing all of the Godhead perfectly, we would be equal to the Godhead. For illustration, we know that we cannot pour an entire quart of water into a vessel that has a capacity of less than a quart. So, you could never pour all of the Godhead into the experience of any being who is less than God Himself.
A similar kind of illustration was used long ago by ancient fathers in the church as they argued for the Trinity in the Godhead. They pointed out that God the eternal Father is an infinite God, and He is love. The very nature of love is to give itself, but the Father could not give His love fully to anyone not fully equal to Himself. Thus we have the revelation of the Son who is equal to the Father and of the eternal Father pouring out His love into the Son, who could contain it, because the Son is equal with the Father. Further, these ancient wise men reasoned, if the Father were to pour out His love on the Son, a medium of communication equal both to the Father and to the Son would be required, and this was the Holy Ghost. So we have their concept of the Trinity—the ancient Father in the fullness of His love pouring Himself through the Holy Ghost, who is in being equal to Him, into the Son who is in being equal to the Spirit and to the Father.
Certainly not all of the mystery of the Godhead can be known by man, but just as certainly, all that man can know of God in this life is revealed in Jesus Christ. When the Apostle Paul said with yearning, “That I may know Him” (Philippians 3:10), he was not speaking of intellectual knowledge, that which can be learned and memorized, but Paul was speaking of the reality of an experience, that of knowing God personally and consciously, spirit touching spirit and heart touching heart.
There are many in the churches of our day who talk some of the Christian language but who know God only by hearsay. Most of them have read some book about God. They have seen some reflection of the light of God. They may have heard some faint echo of the voice of God, but their own personal knowledge of God is very slight.
Brethren, it is well for us to remember that as human beings we can never know all of the Godhead. If we were capable of knowing all of the Godhead perfectly, we would be equal to the Godhead. For illustration, we know that we cannot pour an entire quart of water into a vessel that has a capacity of less than a quart. So, you could never pour all of the Godhead into the experience of any being who is less than God Himself.
A similar kind of illustration was used long ago by ancient fathers in the church as they argued for the Trinity in the Godhead. They pointed out that God the eternal Father is an infinite God, and He is love. The very nature of love is to give itself, but the Father could not give His love fully to anyone not fully equal to Himself. Thus we have the revelation of the Son who is equal to the Father and of the eternal Father pouring out His love into the Son, who could contain it, because the Son is equal with the Father. Further, these ancient wise men reasoned, if the Father were to pour out His love on the Son, a medium of communication equal both to the Father and to the Son would be required, and this was the Holy Ghost. So we have their concept of the Trinity—the ancient Father in the fullness of His love pouring Himself through the Holy Ghost, who is in being equal to Him, into the Son who is in being equal to the Spirit and to the Father.
Certainly not all of the mystery of the Godhead can be known by man, but just as certainly, all that man can know of God in this life is revealed in Jesus Christ. When the Apostle Paul said with yearning, “That I may know Him” (Philippians 3:10), he was not speaking of intellectual knowledge, that which can be learned and memorized, but Paul was speaking of the reality of an experience, that of knowing God personally and consciously, spirit touching spirit and heart touching heart.
There are many in the churches of our day who talk some of the Christian language but who know God only by hearsay. Most of them have read some book about God. They have seen some reflection of the light of God. They may have heard some faint echo of the voice of God, but their own personal knowledge of God is very slight.
Can Never Know All
Brethren, it is well for us to remember that as human beings we can never know all of the Godhead. If we were capable of knowing all of the Godhead perfectly, we would be equal to the Godhead. For illustration, we know that we cannot pour an entire quart of water into a vessel that has a capacity of less than a quart. So, you could never pour all of the Godhead into the experience of any being who is less than God Himself.
A similar kind of illustration was used long ago by ancient fathers in the church as they argued for the Trinity in the Godhead. They pointed out that God the eternal Father is an infinite God, and He is love. The very nature of love is to give itself, but the Father could not give His love fully to anyone not fully equal to Himself. Thus we have the revelation of the Son who is equal to the Father and of the eternal Father pouring out His love into the Son, who could contain it, because the Son is equal with the Father. Further, these ancient wise men reasoned, if the Father were to pour out His love on the Son, a medium of communication equal both to the Father and to the Son would be required, and this was the Holy Ghost. So we have their concept of the Trinity—the ancient Father in the fullness of His love pouring Himself through the Holy Ghost, who is in being equal to Him, into the Son who is in being equal to the Spirit and to the Father.
Certainly not all of the mystery of the Godhead can be known by man, but just as certainly, all that man can know of God in this life is revealed in Jesus Christ. When the Apostle Paul said with yearning, “That I may know Him” (Philippians 3:10), he was not speaking of intellectual knowledge, that which can be learned and memorized, but Paul was speaking of the reality of an experience, that of knowing God personally and consciously, spirit touching spirit and heart touching heart.
There are many in the churches of our day who talk some of the Christian language but who know God only by hearsay. Most of them have read some book about God. They have seen some reflection of the light of God. They may have heard some faint echo of the voice of God, but their own personal knowledge of God is very slight.
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