Importance of theology in our formation as Christians of the new generation

evangelista.yova (35)in #celestialchallenge • 6 years ago

Introduction

If it is true that God gives us the necessary wisdom to be able to understand him, understand his word, have discernment about our lives, but we Christians are called to model, to answer the unknowns that the unconverted are unaware In order to be able to make the model prototype that God wants for us, we must give special importance to the study of theology, because if we prepare ourselves in this area we will have the necessary sustenance and discernment to be able to decipher together with the prayers that let us give to God all that is in the holy book of the bible.

What is theology?

According to the meaning that derives from the Greeks, theos is God and logos study, which means study the study of God.

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Everything that relates us to God must be undertaken and directed in the study of theology, it was something that I did not understand, and once I thought I understood, then I did not admit it, because I thought that everything that related to God and his environment it only depended on the communion that we had with him, on what we did with the assistances to the church, that everything is covered with the prayers, and that not everything before mentioned is necessary, but to that we must add the study of theology

Theology starts from the fact of the unequivocal existence of God. That is why theology does not deal with the empirical demonstration of its existence, since it takes this affirmation for granted.

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I think that since the bases were founded so that theology could be taken into account as a source of inspiration to understand the things of God, it had to start from the fact that everything that has a relationship with God does not need demonstration, God he is perfect and omnipotent, he is above all things in the universe, therefore he does not require proof of his existence and biblical laws. However, the most difficult things to understand and explain about God can be studied, understood and explained through theology.

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In its beginnings it was the Greeks along with the great philosophers of the moment who originated the study of theology, but it is not until the birth of Christ, when the true theological roots of Christianity are founded.

Christian Theology.

The study of Christian theology we have to associate it with the Christian Apology, since this is the area of theology responsible for explaining through arguments the closest thing to the rational everything related to Christianity and the things of God.

The term theology, therefore, is not initially of Christian origin. Only through a progressive process does the Christian use of the term "theology" prevail both in the East and in the West. For Clement of Alexandria, it indicates the "knowledge of divine things." For Origen, he expresses the "true doctrine about God and about Jesus Christ as Savior." It corresponds to Eusebio the privilege of having applied for the first time the theologos attribute to John the Evangelist, since in his gospel he wrote an "eminent doctrine about God." From it, the Catholic Church affirms that theology indicates the true doctrine, the Christian, in opposition to the false doctrine taught by pagans and heretics.

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As you can read in the textual quote Christian theology has always been in evolution, and for us evangelical Christians it is of the utmost importance to enter into this world to be well prepared in the knowledge of the word of God.

Now, the question that all my Christian brothers would ask themselves:

What are the true origins of evangelical Christian theology?

From Luther he began a new theological journey, separate and independent of traditional Catholic theology. Protestant theology arises thus, that differs from the catholic one in doctrinal questions that are considered fundamental:

The Bible is considered infallible Word of God and the most important text of all the books in the world.

There are no documents other than the Bible that are accepted as infallible. In addition, to be based on the so-called canon of Palestine or Hebrew canon that consists of 39 books, unlike the Catholic Bible that contains 46 books, it is taken from the canon of Alexandria that contains seven books, called apocryphal by the Protestant tradition and, also called deuterocanonical books by the Catholic tradition.

Adoration is not accepted to any kind of image or to any human person. Therefore, prostration is not accepted in front of any image.

The existence of purgatory is not accepted. The baptism of children or infants is not accepted, but until the individual has formed an awareness of the moral. The Virgin Mary is not recognized nor any other biblical or historical character as an intercessor before God.

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There are many things that I differ from the textual quotation that I have previously extracted from wikipedia, one of them is that it highlights the prohibition character in the evangelical doctrine, something that is not the case, always evangelical Christians have characterized ourselves for seeking an explanation to the things of life, but always attached to the sacred book (Bible). In our belief it is not that things are forbidden, but that we compare them with what is written in the Bible and we realize that certain traditions under our principles are wrong, as for example is the case of the adoration of images, our God makes reference to us in the Bible clearly of how jealous he is with the adoration to another source and image, it is considered idolatry, and it is not that the gospel prohibits it as such, God forbids it, and as I said at the beginning of the post, Who is above God to contradict that?

Conclusion

Many contradictions and doctrines are under the condition of entering into the theology, and the deep study of the Bible, to make clear many aspects, so that it is not seen as a doctrinal whim but rather a mandate from our God to be fulfill their mandates, and in this way we can meet with the heavenly Father God, when he makes his official call to his children here on earth.

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