What is Theology? Theology is the critical study of the nature of the divine. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the supernatural, but also especially with epistemology, and asks and seeks to answer the question of revelation.
Epistemology is the branch of philosophy concerned with the theory of knowledge. Epistemology is the study of the nature of knowledge, justification, and the rationality of belief.
The Bible is a book of miracles and that is what separates it from the religions of the world. Jesus’ birth was a miracle. His ministry was confirmed by miracles. His resurrection was a miracle. Miracles confirm His Word even today and I am a testimony of His miraculous power after being spared from death five different, distinct times in my life.
Many believers have withdrawn from expecting miracles and have changed their focus to theology. They no longer expect the unexpected but have become satisfied with simply studying and analyzing the Divine Nature of FATHER. Numerology is any belief in the divine or mystical relationship between a number and one or more coinciding events. Yes, FATHER is the supreme Mathematician but why spend countless hours analyzing numbers as though they will lead to a coinciding event as a result?
People have an innermost desire for the miraculous and will go to great lengths to experience the miraculous. All of us are hard-wired to pursue the miraculous because it brings us closer to the Divine. Will the critical study of the nature of the divine bring us closer? No. Will seeking and analyzing signs bring us closer? Once again, no. Will becoming an expert in numerology bring forth the divine? Not in the least. Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 12:
38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”
39 But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
An adulterous generation is made up of those unfaithful to FATHER. They are not walking in Agape Love but are seeking their own enrichment. They are not walking in faith and trusting in Our Lord Jesus Christ. They promote “conditional” theology. Show me a sign and I will respond. They begin trusting in signs utilizing numbers as though FATHER has to create some event with a specific number to get their attention.
We need to walk in faith, not theology or numerology. Critical thinking will not get us closer to the Divine. Seeking a relationship with FATHER and walking in Love will. Studying and dwelling on HIS Word which expresses HIS Divine Nature will move us closer to the Divine. Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in Romans chapter 10:
17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
And in Hebrews chapter 11, it is written by THE SPIRIT:
6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
7 By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
FATHER rewards those who diligently seek HIM. If we want to walk with HIM, we must be diligent in our seeking and we will be rewarded for our commitment. Let us not be occasional seekers but let us focus daily in our seeking. By faith, Noah was Divinely warned and became an heir of righteousness. Noah was not a theologian but walked in simple faith.
Seeking the Divine is not a complex, critical study which only a few obtain. Jesus selected unlearned fishermen to be disciples to spread The Word with signs following. We must begin to expect the unexpected as we diligently seek HIM. FATHER will rewards us with the Divine and the miraculous.