![]() ![]() It is not arrogance but humility that takes God at his Word that he is a very specific and definite kind of God, even as we acknowledge that his ways are higher than our ways and that we can never exhaust the mystery and majesty of God. God has revealed himself in a very specific and definite way. So sometimes people say something like, "Well, everybody has a different view of God but it's fair to say that there's some kind of basic reality or deity underlying it all, and we all basically believe the same thing." What they fail to note is that this is as definite, specific, and certain as any hard-core fundamentalist.Ĭhristians need not be arrogant, but we can be certain. Saying "you can't say anything too specific or too definite about God" is in fact saying something VERY specific and VERY definite about God. Here's the rub: saying "you can't put God in a box" IS in fact saying something very specific and very definite about God. ![]() So saying "You can't put God in a box" ends up being a response to anyone who says anything too definite or specific about God. Now, this can be a reaction to the overconfidence and closed-mindedness of their own background, where people never ask questions and never think too hard about what they're talking about when they talk about God. I'm good with that.īut sometimes people use this phrase to avoid saying anything too specific or too definite about God. There are some aspects of God that are easier to grasp, but we have to constantly remind ourselves of the majesty and mystery of God. Other times, people mean that we cannot fully comprehend God. Often, people mean that you shouldn't have a lack of faith in God God can do more than we think or imagine. I frequently hear people say "you can't put God in a box." Now, there are proper and improper uses of this phrase.
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