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  THE STUDY OF GOD
  by A.W. Tozer
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Summary: Theology is critically important because Christian revelation
has the answers to life's questions, and neglecting it is folly.

Topics: "Divine Revelation", "Theology"
Scripture References: Psalm 119:105, Proverbs 1:7, Isaiah 55:8, Romans 1:20

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A.W. Tozer emphasizes the critical importance of theology, asserting
that understanding God is essential for humanity, as we are made in His
image and accountable to Him. He argues that Christian revelation
provides the authoritative answers to life's profound questions, and
neglecting these truths in favor of human philosophies is folly. Tozer
compares this neglect to a motorist ignoring a road map, suggesting that
while alternative methods may exist, they are inadequate for finding
one's way home. He believes that the wisdom found in Scripture surpasses
the greatest philosophical thoughts of ancient Greece, highlighting the
value of divine revelation over human reasoning.

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It is precisely because God is, and because man is made in His image and
is accountable to Him, that theology is so critically important.
Christian revelation alone has the answer to life?s unanswered questions
about God and human destiny. To let these authoritative answers lie
neglected while we search everywhere else for answers and find none is,
it seems to me, nothing less than folly. No motorist would be excused if
he neglected to consult his road map and tried instead to find his way
across the country by looking for moss on logs, or by observing the
flight of wild bees or watching the movements of the heavenly bodies.

If there were no map a man might find his way by the stars; but for a
traveler trying to get home the stars would be a poor substitute for a
map.

Without a map the Greeks did an admirable piece of navigating; but the
Hebrews possessed the map and so had no need of human philosophy. As one
not wholly unacquainted with Greek thought I state it is my belief that
but one of Isaiah?s eloquent chapters or David?s inspired psalms
contains more real help for mankind than all the output of the finest
minds of Greece during the centuries of her glory.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/aw-tozer/the-study-of-god/
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