People try to pin God down. Figure God out. Box God in. People develop elaborate, and not so elaborate, theological containers for God. As if anyone could put God in cage. As if anyone could put God in Tupperware like last night's leftovers.
People say, "The Bible says that God is...." Perhaps the Bible does say this or that about God. But to use the Bible as an exhaustive measuring scoop for God is anti-biblical. The Bible goes to great lengths to dissuade people from the erroneous notion that God can be fully comprehended. The biblical descriptions of God are not meant to be exhaustive of God. For how can God ever be exhausted? And if descriptions of God cannot be exhaustive then we must be very careful about our God-claims. We must be humble. Our claims must be tentative. Hubris has no place in conversations about God.
People say, "The Bible says that God is...." Perhaps the Bible does say this or that about God. But to use the Bible as an exhaustive measuring scoop for God is anti-biblical. The Bible goes to great lengths to dissuade people from the erroneous notion that God can be fully comprehended. The biblical descriptions of God are not meant to be exhaustive of God. For how can God ever be exhausted? And if descriptions of God cannot be exhaustive then we must be very careful about our God-claims. We must be humble. Our claims must be tentative. Hubris has no place in conversations about God.
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